{"product_id":"9783540223856","title":"Avian Navigation: Pigeon Homing as a Paradigm","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAvian Navigation: Pigeon Homing as a Paradigm\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWallraff, Hans G.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow migratory birds can navigate home from their wintering grounds to their breeding sites over hundreds and thousands of kilometres has been an admired mystery over more than a century. Profound advances towards a solution of this problem have been achieved with a model bird, the homing pigeon. This monograph summarizes our current knowledge about pigeon homing, about the birds' application of a sun compass and a magnetic compass, of a visual topographical map within a familiar area and -- most surprisingly -- of an olfactory map using atmospheric chemosignals as indicators of position in distant unfamiliar areas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2004-12-06\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783540223856\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/b137573\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 229\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49471308333196,"sku":"9783540223856","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783540223856.jpg?v=1777983415","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783540223856","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}