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Having the nerve to home: trigeminal magnetoreceptor versus olfactory mediation of homing in pigeons by Gagliardo, A, Ioalè, P, Savini, M, Wild, J M

“…The ability of pigeons to find their way home from unfamiliar sites located up to hundreds of kilometers away is well known, but the mechanisms underlying this…”
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The homing pigeon hippocampus and the development of landmark navigation by Strasser, Rosemary, Bingman, Verner P., Ioalé, Paolo, Casini, Giovanni, Bagnoli, Paola

“…The role of the homing pigeon hippocampal formation was examined in the development of loft fidelity and landmark navigation. During the course of five…”
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Homing in Pigeons: The Role of the Hippocampal Formation in the Representation of Landmarks Used for Navigation by Gagliardo, Anna, Ioale, Paolo, Bingman, Verner P

“…When given repeated training from a location, homing pigeons acquire the ability to use familiar landmarks to navigate home. Both control and…”
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Relevance of visual cues for orientation at familiar sites by homing pigeons: an experiment in a circular arena by Gagliardo, Anna, Odetti, Francesca, Ioalè, Paolo

“…Whether pigeons use visual landmarks for orientation from familiar locations has been a subject of debate. By recording the directional choices of both anosmic…”
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Hippocampus and homing in pigeons: left and right hemispheric differences in navigational map learning by Gagliardo, Anna, Ioalè, Paolo, Odetti, Francesca, Bingman, Verner P., Siegel, Jennifer J., Vallortigara, Giorgio

“…One‐month‐old, inexperienced homing pigeons, prior to any opportunity to learn a navigational map, were subjected to either right or left unilateral ablation…”
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The ontogeny of the homing pigeon navigational map: evidence for a sensitive learning period by GagHardo, Anna, Ioalé, Paolo, Odetti, Francesca, Bingman, Verner P.

“…Homing pigeons can learn a navigational map by relying on the heterogeneous distribution of atmospheric odours in the environment. To test whether there might…”
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Hippocampal participation in navigational map learning in young homing pigeons is dependent on training experience by Ioalè, Paolo, Gagliardo, Anna, Bingman, Verner P.

“…The homing pigeon navigational map is perhaps one of the most striking examples of a naturally occurring spatial representation of the environment used to…”
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Geographical and Temporal Variability in Pigeon Homing: Parallel Studies in Italy and Germany by A. Foà, Benvenuti, S., P. Ioalé, Wallraff, H. G.

“…Young homing pigeons from the same German stocks were housed in two lofts, one in southern Germany, near Munich, and one in Italy, near Pisa. In the course of…”
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The Avian Hippocampus: Evidence for a Role in the Development of the Homing Pigeon Navigational Map by Bingman, V. P, Ioalé, P, Casini, G, Bagnoli, P

“…Young homing pigeons were subjected to hippocampal lesion before being placed in their permanent loft to examine what effect such treatment may have on the…”
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Further experiments on the relationship between hippocampus and orientation following phase-shift in homing pigeons by Ioalè, Paolo, Gagliardo, Anna, Bingman, Verner P

“…Following a clock- or phase-shift of the light–dark cycle, hippocampal lesioned pigeons ( Columba livia) consistently display a larger deviation in vanishing…”
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The homing behaviour of Cory's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) studied by means of a direction recorder by Antonia, L, Antonia, P, Benvenuti, S, IoalÈ, P, Massa, B, Bonadonna, F

“…A direction recorder, which can be carried by a flying bird on its back, has been used for the first time on a wild species. The device can detect and record…”
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DIFFERENTIAL ROLE OF LEFT and RIGHT HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION IN THE ACQUISITION OF THE NAVIGATIONAL MAP IN HOMING PIGEONS by Gagliardo, A., Ioalè, P., Odetti, F., Bingman, V. P., Vallortigara, G.

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A New Experiment To Verify the Spatial Range of Pigeons' Olfactory Map by Benvenuti, S, IOALÈ, P, Nacci, L

“…Abstract A series of tests with homing pigeons was carried out to verify the spatial range of their olfactory map. In each test, a group of experimental birds,…”
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Homing Pigeons Do Extract Directional Information from Olfactory Stimuli by P. Ioalè, M. Nozzolini, Papi, F.

“…Two groups of pigeons were kept from fledging time in two cages fully exposed to winds. From time to time, the cage containing experimentals was additionally…”
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Pigeon homing: The influence of topographical features in successive releases at the same site by Bonadonna, F., Dall'Antonia, L., Ioalè, P., Benvenuti, S.

“…A new device, the direction-recorder, offered the possibility to extend earlier studies of homing behaviour of pigeons when relevant topographical elements…”
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Olfactory bulb size, odor discrimination and magnetic insensitivity in hummingbirds by Ioalé, P, Papi, F

“…Relative olfactory bulb size with respect to telencephalic hemispheres (olfactory ratio) was measured in five species of hummingbirds. Trochiliformes were…”
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Hippocampal participation in the sun compass orientation of phase-shifted homing pigeons by Bingman, V P, Gagliardo, A, Ioalé, P

“…The orientation of phase-shifted control and hippocampal lesioned homing pigeons with previous homing experience was examined to investigate the possible…”
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Pigeon homing: site simulation experiments with bird-borne direction recorders by Dall’Antonia, Paolo, Dall’Antonia, Luigi, Ribolini, Alberto, Ioalè, Paolo, Benvenuti, Silvano

“…Previous experiments showed that pigeons allowed to smell olfactory cues at a ‘false’ release site, and subsequently transported to and released from another…”
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Pigeon orientation: effects of the application of magnets under overcast skies by Ioalè, P

“…To verify the existence of a magnetic compass in birds, researchers have often released homing pigeons under overcast skies that are equipped with bar magnets…”
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The neuroethology of cognitive maps: contributions from research on the hippocampus and homing pigeon navigation by Casini, G, Fontanesi, G, Bingman, V P, Jones, T J, Gagliardo, A, Ioalè, P, Bagnoli, P

“…The rich ethological tradition that characterizes the homing behavior of pigeons offers an excellent opportunity to examine the importance of the hippocampal…”
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