Local Anesthesia of the Olfactory Membrane and Homing in Pigeons

作者: Klaus Schmidt-Koenig , John B. Phillips

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-11147-5_10

关键词: Local anesthesiaOlfactionHoming (biology)Orientation (mental)BiologyAnatomy

摘要: Xylocain spray, tested in heart-rate conditioning experiments, was used to eliminate olfaction. In homing experiments only slight and inconsistent effects of eliminated olfaction on initial orientation performance could be found.

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