The sun compass

Sun Navigation in Homing Pigeons

Gerald Matthews · Journal of Experimental Biology · 1953 · 134 citations

Life Sciences, Zoology, Animal Behavior +8

Orientation by Pigeons: Is the Sun Necessary?

William T. Keeton · Science · 1969 · 111 citations

Life Sciences, Zoology, Animal Behavior +10

Orientation of homing pigeons: compass orientation vs piloting by familiar landmarks

Eva F�ller, Ute Kowalski, Roswitha Wiltschko · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 1983 · 86 citations

Life Sciences, Psychology, Zoology +11

Sun compass orientation in seed-caching scrub jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens)

Wolfgang Wiltschko, Russell P. Balda · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 1989 · 80 citations

Life Sciences, Entomology, Zoology +7

Effects of a “permanent” clock-shift on the orientation of young homing pigeons

Wolfgang Wiltschko, Roswitha Wiltschko, William T. Keeton · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1976 · 69 citations

Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Zoology +8