Pigeon homing from unfamiliar areas: An alternative to olfactory navigation is not in sight.

ABSTRACT: The conclusion that pigeons and other birds can find their way home from unfamiliar areas by means of olfactory signals is well based on a variety of experiments and supporting investigations of the chemical atmosphere. Here I argue that alternative concepts proposing other sources of geopositional information are disproved by experimental findings or, at least, are not experimentally supported and hardly realistic.

SUBMITTER: Wallraff HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4203629 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature