...-oriented behaviour. From day 10 onwards, the birds returned to their original southerly headings. Together with previous findings, these data suggest that the navigational ‘map’ of these birds includes magnetic parameters and that a magnetite-based receptor provides them with information about...

... parameters in the multifactorial navigational system is poorly understood. ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1996 geomagnetic field compass orientation ‘inclination compass’ homing navigational ‘map’ If pigeons used magnetic map factors, their orientation should be affected at sites...