How migratory birds can navigate home from their wintering grounds to their breeding sites over hundreds and thousands of kilometres has been an admired mystery over more than a century. Profound advances towards a solution of this problem have been achieved with a model bird, the homing pigeon. This monograph summarizes our current knowledge about pigeon homing, about the birds' application of a sun compass and a magnetic compass, of a visual topographical map within a familiar area and -- most surprisingly -- of an olfactory map using atmospheric chemosignals as indicators of position in distant unfamiliar areas.
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How migratory birds can navigate home from their wintering grounds to their breeding sites over hundreds and thousands of kilometres has been an admired mystery over more than a century. Profound advances towards a solution of this problem have been achieved with a model bird, the homing pigeon. This monograph summarizes our current knowledge about pigeon homing, about the birds' application of a sun compass and a magnetic compass, of a visual topographical map within a familiar area and -- most surprisingly -- of an olfactory map using atmospheric chemosignals as indicators of position in distant unfamiliar areas.
Imprint | Springer-Verlag |
Country of origin | Germany |
Release date | October 2010 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | 2005 |
Authors | Hans G Wallraff |
Dimensions | 235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 229 |
Edition | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-06118-9 |
Barcode | 9783642061189 |
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LSN | 3-642-06118-4 |