Development of the navigational map in homing pigeons: effects of flight experience on orientation performance

2003 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1093-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Odetti ◽  
Paolo Ioalè ◽  
Anna Gagliardo
Keyword(s):  
Homing Pigeons ◽  
Flight Experience ◽  
Navigational Map

043.18
DIFFERENTIAL ROLE OF LEFT and RIGHT HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION IN THE ACQUISITION OF THE NAVIGATIONAL MAP IN HOMING PIGEONS

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3451-3451
Author(s):  
A. Gagliardo ◽  
P. Ioalè ◽  
F. Odetti ◽  
V. P. Bingman ◽  
G. Vallortigara
Keyword(s):  
Hippocampal Formation ◽  
Homing Pigeons ◽  
Navigational Map ◽  
Left And Right

Hippocampal lesions do not disrupt navigational map retention in homing pigeons under conditions when map acquisition is hippocampal dependent

2004 ◽  
Vol 153 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Gagliardo ◽  
Paolo Ioalè ◽  
Francesca Odetti ◽  
Meghan C Kahn ◽  
Verner P Bingman
Keyword(s):  
Homing Pigeons ◽  
Navigational Map ◽  
Hippocampal Lesions

H-II flight experience and its future

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamoru Endo ◽  
Kazuo Ohashi ◽  
Michio Kawakami
Keyword(s):  
Flight Experience

scholarly journals Infrasound and the Avian Navigational Map

2001 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan T. Hagstrum
Keyword(s):  
Shock Waves ◽  
Magnetic Compass ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Supersonic Transport ◽  
Atmospheric Processes ◽  
Topographic Features ◽  
Navigational Map ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Eastern Usa

Birds can accurately navigate over hundreds to thousands of kilometres, and use celestial and magnetic compass senses to orient their flight. How birds determine their location in order to select the correct homeward bearing (map sense) remains controversial, and has been attributed to their olfactory or magnetic senses. Pigeons can hear infrasound down to 0·05 Hz, and an acoustic avian map is proposed consisting of infrasonic cues radiated from steep-sided topographic features. The source of these infrasonic signals is microseisms continuously generated by interfering oceanic waves. Atmospheric processes affecting the infrasonic map cues can explain perplexing experimental results from pigeon releases. Moreover, four recent disrupted pigeon races in Europe and the north-eastern USA intersected infrasonic shock waves from the Concorde supersonic transport. Having an acoustic map might also allow clock-shifted birds to test their homeward progress and select between their magnetic and solar compasses.

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