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Magnetic alignment enhances homing efficiency of hunting dogs

Despite anecdotal reports of the astonishing homing abilities in dogs, their homing strategies are not fully understood. We equipped 27 hunting dogs with GPS collars and action cams, let them freely roam in forested areas, and analyzed components of homing in over 600 trials. When returning to the o...

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Autores principales: Benediktová, Kateřina, Adámková, Jana, Svoboda, Jan, Painter, Michael Scott, Bartoš, Luděk, Nováková, Petra, Vynikalová, Lucie, Hart, Vlastimil, Phillips, John, Burda, Hynek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7297537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32539933
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.55080