[PDF] Top 20 Evidence for discrete landmark use by pigeons during homing

... and homing success to highlight how the presence of the wind turbines may have assisted ...Pre-CS pigeons took significantly longer to leave the turbine site (median difference 0min 53s, ...CS ... See full document

... displacement, homing can take place if a bird is able to establish the new position with respect to home (map step), and if it can determine a direction in space following which it will reach the goal (compass ... See full document

... conclusive evidence for this is still ...from pigeons by using thermocautery or by scraping the mucosa using a small spoon and observed a reduced tone and progressive atrophy of the wing ... See full document

... pigeon homing in Italy than in other parts of the world (for references, see Wallraff, 2005), despite the fact that anosmic birds have been shown to be impaired in all the countries where the tests have been ... See full document

... is evidence, however, that familiarity with the release site can affect the initial orientation and the homing success of pigeons (Benvenuti et ...that pigeons rely on two independent ... See full document

... no evidence that all the birds compromise between the home direction and the predicted direction of ...the pigeons must be using a sun- compass- independent method of orientation at this site in preference ... See full document

... expenditure. Evidence from sports medicine shows that exhausting exercise may cause oxidative ...using homing pigeons ( Columba livia ) as a model ...of pigeons flew for around 60 and 200·km, ... See full document

... Since the first evidence of functional lateralisation in birds, studies have documented right–left differences in avian visual processing (e.g. Rogers, 1996; Vallortigara et al., 1996; Güntürkün, 1997), auditory ... See full document

... some evidence about compensation in insects ...the use of the sun ...subjecting homing pigeons to a 6 h shift of their internal clock ...with pigeons, tend to mask any effect of ... See full document

... the homing pigeon (Columba livia) has proved a valuable model for investigating how birds navigate in unknown areas, yet many mysteries still ...experimental evidence gathered in Italy, that pigeons ... See full document

... how homing and migratory birds navigate over great distances remains an open question (Kennedy and Norman, ...birds use the Sun’s azimuthal position as a time-compensated compass, and he proposed a simple ... See full document

... animals use a cognitive map: a short-cut must lead across unfamiliar territory, familiar landmarks are not seen, and path integration is not being ...hungry pigeons flew either directly to the food loft ... See full document

... when homing from the closest site, CP, just ...the pigeons get to their home – older, more experienced pigeons are perhaps better able to cope with this ...to use – this is in agreement with ... See full document

... way pigeons use their gaze during ...was during the same four flights that they established idiosyncratically preferred homing routes (a well-known feature of route learning in ... See full document

... factors during the first six ...low during the first few ...experienced during the first few releases were still much lower than in the last few releases, which could suggest that the overall ... See full document

... Homing success Release and loft Piney Mt., Richmond Piney Mt., Durham Wilson, Durham Dugger Mt., White Pine Dugger Mt., Hillsboro Medoc, Durham Lick Stone, White Pine Lick Stone, Durham [r] ... See full document

... in pigeons (Columba livia), flying in a flock can be energetically more costly than flying alone (Usherwood et ...makes homing pigeons a useful model system for the study of collective navigation ... See full document

... Orientation of birds with 0-3 gauss coils compared to that of pigeons with a resistor substituted for the coils Mean vector Number Length of direction unit birds vector home 360'' 18 Jul[r] ... See full document

... Statistical confirmation of this point, and of the contrast with the relatively unitary nature of the orientation process, can be obtained from a consideration of the individual case his[r] ... See full document

... wind tunnel’s test section. Arterial and mixed venous blood (0.5·ml) was collected simultaneously in each Hamilton syringe during the sixth minute of flight. As soon as the bird landed on a perch lowered to signal ... See full document