... as the study of navigational mechanisms used by migratory and other wild birds becomes more accessible. Navigational map Familiar area map Migratory navigation Olfaction Geomagnetism Bird Beginning in the 1950s, laboratories in the United Kingdom ( Matthews, 1951 ) and Germany ( Kramer, 1957...

... and enlarging of the navigational ‘map’ and promote the integration of local values of navigational factors into this map, it seems possible that such a process needs to occur only once at a given site, when the birds are visiting this site for the first time. If that were the case, the birds could interpret...

... the zinc-sulphate-treated birds, the most notable result being a significant difference in homing success. Taken together, these results highlight the importance of atmospheric odours for the operation of the navigational map of the homing pigeon in a desert environment and, together with previous...

... force us to conclude that, at least for pigeons raised in New York (and perhaps those from other geographical locations as well), olfactory cues perceived at the home loft do not contribute to the formation of the navigational map. 22 8 1990 © 1991 by Company of Biologists 1991...