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SUBMITTER: Schiffner I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6160002 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schiffner Ingo I Fuhrmann Patrick P Reimann Juliane J Wiltschko Roswitha R
PloS one 20180927 9
Homing tracks of two groups of pigeons, Columba livia f. domestica, were analyzed in view of difference between individual birds and correlations between characteristic variables, looking at the initial phase while the pigeons were still at the release site, and the homing phase separately. Individual birds differed significantly in their flying speed during the initial phase, and one pigeon tended to stay longer at the release site than the others. There were no significant differences in stead ...[more]