"Columbidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Family in the order COLUMBIFORMES, comprised of pigeons or doves. They are BIRDS with short legs, stout bodies, small heads, and slender bills. Some sources call the smaller species doves and the larger pigeons, but the names are interchangeable.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.050.150.900.248.165.150
Concept/Terms
Columba livia- Columba livia
- Rock Doves
- Dove, Rock
- Doves, Rock
- Rock Dove
- Feral Pigeons
- Feral Pigeon
- Pigeon, Feral
- Pigeons, Feral
- Domestic Pigeons
- Domestic Pigeon
- Pigeon, Domestic
- Pigeons, Domestic
- Rock Pigeons
- Pigeon, Rock
- Pigeons, Rock
- Rock Pigeon
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Columbidae" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Columbidae" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Columbidae" by people in Profiles.
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It's not all the same to pigeons: Representations of difference may be shared across species. Psychon Bull Rev. 2022 Jun; 29(3):882-890.
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A Pilot Study Investigating the Dynamics of Pigeon Circovirus Recombination in Domesticated Pigeons Housed in a Single Loft. Viruses. 2021 05 22; 13(6).
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Bidirectional conditioning: Revisiting Asratyan's 'alternating' training technique. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2020 05; 171:107211.
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Taking pigeons to heart: Birds proficiently diagnose human cardiac disease. Learn Behav. 2020 03; 48(1):9-21.
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Pigeon circoviruses display patterns of recombination, genomic secondary structure and selection similar to those of beak and feather disease viruses. J Gen Virol. 2014 Jun; 95(Pt 6):1338-1351.
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Relations among acute and chronic nicotine administration, short-term memory, and tactics of data analysis. J Exp Anal Behav. 2012 Sep; 98(2):155-67.
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Development of key-pecking, pause, and ambulation during extended exposure to a fixed-interval schedule of reinforcement. J Exp Anal Behav. 2012 May; 97(3):333-46.
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Expansion of an exotic species and concomitant disease outbreaks: pigeon paramyxovirus in free-ranging Eurasian collared doves. Ecohealth. 2012 Jun; 9(2):163-70.
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Effects of acute and chronic cocaine administration on titrating-delay matching-to-sample performance. J Exp Anal Behav. 2012 Mar; 97(2):151-61.
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Case study: recovery of ancient nuclear DNA from toe pads of the extinct passenger pigeon. Methods Mol Biol. 2012; 840:29-35.