...). COMPETING INTERESTS No competing interests declared. 23 11 2012 8 4 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 Columba livia pigeon homing navigation cognitive map GPS tracking orientation spatial task True large-scale navigation, as observed...

..., R. C., Dussourd, N. and Deutschlander, M. ( 1995 ). Behavioural evidence for the use of magnetic material in magnetoreception by a migratory bird. J. Exp. Biol. 198 , 141 -146. Beason, R. C., Wiltschko, R. and Wiltschko, W. ( 1997 ). Pigeon homing: effects of magnetic pulse on initial...

..., and Roswitha Wiltschko, who remains skeptical about the involvement of odors in pigeon homing. At the Editors’ request, I provide here a personal perspective on the debate from one who has had no involvement in the issue and, indeed, has never released a homing pigeon. ©The Company of Biologists Limited...

... ), pp. 257 – 268 . New York, London : Plenum Press . Graue , L. C. ( 1965 ). Initial orientation in pigeon homing related to magnetic contours . Am. Zool . 5 , 704 . Keeton , W. T. ( 1973 ). Release-site bias as a possible guide to the ‘map’ component in pigeon homing...

...K. Dornfeldt; D. Bilo ABSTRACT Spraying lidocaine (Xylocaine), a local anaesthetic, into the nasal cavity of homing pigeons is a technique widely used to study the role of olfaction in pigeon homing. Studies in the laboratory revealed that Xylocaine suppressed vestibular and optokinetic nystagmus...

... the pigeons′ behaviour. 11 7 1987 © 1987 by Company of Biologists 1987 pigeon homing navigation experience release site bias We report here the results of a long-term study in which experienced pigeons were released from the same site more than 60 times. The site, Gau-Bickelheim...