Behavioural traits of individual homing pigeons, Columba livia f. domestica, in their homing flights.

Homing tracks of two groups of pigeons, Columba livia f. domestica, were analyzed in view of difference between individual birds and correlations between characteristic variables, looking at the initial phase while the pigeons were still at the release site, and the homing phase separately. Individu...

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Main Authors: Ingo Schiffner, Patrick Fuhrmann, Juliane Reimann, Roswitha Wiltschko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6160002?pdf=render