ArticleRoyal Society open science2021
Fine-scale changes in speed and altitude suggest protean movements in homing pigeon flights.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Hippocampal Local Field Potentials Encode Continuous Flight Speed in Homing Pigeons via Complementary Gamma and Theta Signatures.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Distant Landmarks Used for Navigation by Homing Pigeons.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Multi-Sensor Assessment of Pigeon Flight Behavior: Role of Biomechanical and Landscape Characteristics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Changing Flight and Flocking Dynamics of Homing Pigeons (Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Turbulence causes kinematic and behavioural adjustments in a flapping flier.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024Article
- Estimating fine-scale changes in turbulence using the movements of a flapping flier.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- The role of wingbeat frequency and amplitude in flight power.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Review
- Emergence of splits and collective turns in pigeon flocks under predation.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Fine-scale changes in speed and altitude suggest protean movements in homing pigeon flights.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
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Abstract
The power curve provides a basis for predicting adjustments that animals make in flight speed, for example in relation to wind, distance, habitat foraging quality and objective. However, relatively few studies have examined how animals respond to the landscape below them, which could affect speed and power allocation through modifications in climb rate and perceived predation risk. We equipped homing pigeons (
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