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...Joachim Ostheim; Julia A. M. Delius; Juan D. Delius ABSTRACT The visual control of pecking by pigeons ( Columba livia ) has latterly been thought to be restricted to the fixation stops interrupting their downward head movements because these stops prevent interference by motion blur. Pigeons were...

... that vision plays a role in pecking adjustments only before movement initiation in pigeons, whereas crows may use vison during movement. Columba livia Corvus macrorhynchos Reaching Grasping Motor control Pecking behaviour is the fundamental motor repertoire in avian foraging...

... . 10.1242/jeb.049510 Ghazanfar , A. A. and Shepherd , S. V. ( 2011 ). Monkeys at the movies: what evolutionary cinematics tells us about film . Projections   5 , 1 - 25 . 10.3167/proj.2011.050202 Gioanni , H. ( 1988 ). Stabilizing gaze reflexes in the pigeon (Columba livia...

... and tested electroglottography (EGG) as a novel tool for examining vocal fold kinematics in the avian vocal organ, the syrinx. We furthermore imaged and quantified syringeal kinematics in the pigeon ( Columba livia ) syrinx with unprecedented detail. Our results show that EGG signals predict (1) the relative...

... plasticity by diverting resources from non-vital to vital traits such as spatial memory to enhance foraging efficiency. We tested in young feral pigeons ( Columba livia ) how diets of different nutritional value during development affect the capacity to retrieve food hidden in a spatially complex environment...

... the underlying kinematics and resulting aerodynamic mechanisms of low speed turning flight in the pigeon ( Columba livia ). Three birds were trained to perform 90 deg level turns in a stereotypical fashion and detailed three-dimensional (3D) kinematics were recorded at high speeds. Applying the angular momentum...

... as in Fig. 2A. In this study, we released homing pigeons ( Columba livia Gmelin 1789) from within a circular gravity anomaly showing normal magnetic values. The Boltishka gravity anomaly was formed by a meteorite impact in the early Mesozoic era ( Entin, 2011 ), which caused a crater of about 25 km...

... ( Wiltschko and Wiltschko, 2001 ). In 1958, Schmidt-Koenig performed the first such ‘clock-shift’ experiments with homing pigeons, Columba livia L. f. domestica ( Schmidt-Koenig, 1958 ). The sun compass has since been demonstrated to be a very important component of the avian navigational system...

...Tim Guilford; Dora Biro Homing pigeons ( Columba livia ) have been the central model of avian navigation research for many decades, but only more recently has research extended into understanding their mechanisms of orientation in the familiar area. The discovery (facilitated by GPS tracking...

...N. Blaser; G. Dell'Omo; G. Dell'Ariccia; D. P. Wolfer; H.-P. Lipp SUMMARY Homing pigeons ( Columba livia ) are believed to adopt a map-and-compass strategy to find their way home. Surprisingly, to date a clear demonstration of the use of a cognitive map in free-flight experiments is missing...

... conceived the study. R.H, C.F. and A.G. carried out the experiments. R.H and A.G. wrote the paper. COMPETING INTERESTS No competing interests declared. 1 12 2012 26 2 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 true navigation pigeon Columba livia...

... navigation avian map Columba livia release-site bias infrasound microbarom microseism After more than 50 years of intensive study, how homing and migratory birds navigate over great distances remains an open question ( Kennedy and Norman, 2005 ). Kramer’s ( Kramer, 1952 ) early work on avian...

.... 264 , 327 - 332 . Berg A. M. , Biewener A. A. ( 2008 ). Kinematics and power requirements of ascending and descending flight in the pigeon (Columba livia) J. Exp. Biol. 211 , 1120 - 1130 . Brown R. H. J. ( 1953 ). The flight of birds. II. Wing function in relation...

... output. * Author for correspondence( gaiadellariccia@yahoo.it ) 14 7 2009 2009 Columba livia GPS tracking homing pigeon motivation initial orientation The homing pigeon ( Columba livia Gmelin 1789) has been intensively used as a model species to study orientation...

...Gaia Dell'Ariccia; Giacomo Dell'Omo; Hans-Peter Lipp SUMMARY Flight experience is one of the factors that influences initial orientation of displaced homing pigeons ( Columba livia ). Prior studies showed a systematic dependence of initial orientation on previously flown direction. Using GPS data...

... does not interact with this reflex, at least over the treadmill velocities used in this experiment. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: henri.gioanni@univ-paris5.fr ) 17 11 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 bird pigeon Columba livia optokinetic...

... address: Structure and Motion Laboratory,The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield AL9 7TA,UK (e-mail: jusherwood@rvc.ac.uk ) 26 10 2004 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 aerodynamics bird pigeon Columba livia flight power lift pressure...

... for correspondence (e-mail: liisa.m.peltonen@helsinki.fi ) 22 4 2004 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2004 2004 skin blood flow nitric oxide temperature acclimation cold-induced vasodilatation laser Doppler velocimetry pigeon Columba livia Cutaneous blood vessels have two...