... of magnetic information does not affect navigational abilities of experienced adult homing pigeons. * Author for correspondence( [email protected] ) 30 6 2009 2009 homing pigeons magnetic map olfactory map navigation About forty years ago a turning point...

... livia pigeon navigational map olfactory map spatial cognition olfaction anosmia The ability of homing pigeons to return home from unfamiliar locations distant from the home loft is generally explained as being the result of a two-step navigational process consisting of independent map...

... 1996 bird navigation pigeon homing olfactory map olfactory navigation The literature on olfaction in pigeon homing is now quite large. Recent summaries of the empirical data and theoretical arguments, both for and against, can be found in Papi (1991 , 1995 ), Wallraff (1990...

... of pigeons to find the way home. ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1996 bird navigation olfactory map atmospheric trace gases visual landscape home-independent orientation In recent years, research on pigeon homing has developed in a peculiarly dichotomous way. On the one hand, our...