Homing pigeons externally exposed to Deepwater Horizon crude oil change flight performance and behavior.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.008
Abstract: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the largest in U.S. history, contaminating thousands of miles of coastal habitat and affecting the lives of many avian species. The Gulf of Mexico is a critical bird migration… read more here.
Keywords: flight performance; homing pigeons; flight; deepwater horizon ... See more keywords
Aging is associated with larger brain mass and volume in homing pigeons (Columba livia)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.01.007
Abstract: In mammals, the brain decreases in mass and volume as a function of age. The current study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to investigate age-related changes in brain mass and volume… read more here.
Keywords: mass; brain mass; mass volume; homing pigeons ... See more keywords
Importance of the hippocampus for the learning of route fidelity in homing pigeons
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0095
Abstract: The avian hippocampal formation (HF) is thought to regulate map-like memory representations of visual landmarks/landscape features and has more recently been suggested to be similarly important for the perceptual integration of landmarks/landscapes. Aspects of spatial… read more here.
Keywords: landscape features; route fidelity; homing pigeons; importance hippocampus ... See more keywords
Personality and the collective: bold homing pigeons occupy higher leadership ranks in flocks
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0038
Abstract: While collective movement is ecologically widespread and conveys numerous benefits on individuals, it also poses a coordination problem: who controls the group's movements? The role that animal ‘personalities’ play in this question has recently become… read more here.
Keywords: leadership; occupy higher; collective movement; homing pigeons ... See more keywords
Homing pigeons (Columba livia) modulate wingbeat characteristics as a function of route familiarity
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DOI: 10.1242/jeb.154039
Abstract: ABSTRACT Mechanisms of avian navigation have received considerable attention, but whether different navigational strategies are accompanied by different flight characteristics is unknown. Managing energy expenditure is critical for survival; therefore, understanding how flight characteristics, and… read more here.
Keywords: familiarity; flight characteristics; pigeons columba; homing pigeons ... See more keywords