Field studies of the sensory basis of homing and orientation to the home site in Ulvaria subbifurcata (Pisces: Stichaeidae)

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 2220-2224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory P. Goff ◽  
John M. Green
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Restricted Area ◽  
Homing Behaviour ◽  
Home Site ◽  
Steering Mechanism ◽  
Homing Performance

The roles of olfaction and vision in the homing behaviour and orientation to a home site in Ulvaria subbifurcata were investigated. These were examined by studying the home-site fidelity and the homing performance of normal, blind, and anosmic fish and the orientation to the home site of normal and sensory-impaired fish. The orientation and homing experiments indicated that olfactory contact with the home site is involved in the steering mechanism in homing. The home-site fidelity of anosmic fish, and the fact that some anosmic fish homed, indicated that vision may also be involved in the recognition of a restricted area around the home site.

Sensory basis of homing in the intertidal fish Oligocottus maculosus Girard

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 1023-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Woo Khoo
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Home Site ◽  
Sensory Channel ◽  
Normal Individuals ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Displacement Experiments ◽  
Homing Performance ◽  
Normal Fish ◽  
Blind Fish ◽  
Oligocottus Maculosus

The roles of vision and olfaction in the homing mechanism of Oligocottus maculosus Girard are investigated in this present study. These were tested by studying the homing performance of displaced blind, anosmic, and normal individuals, and the home-site fidelity of replaced individuals. The study was conducted at a rocky beach near Port Renfrew, on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, throughout 1968, 1969, and 1970. A significant reduction in. home-site fidelity was observed for blind and anosmic fish when compared with normal individuals, while no significant difference in fidelity was observed between them, indicating that both vision and olfaction are important components of home-site fidelity. From displacement experiments, blind fish are found to home belter than anosmic individuals, and on occasions they are equal in homing ability to normal fish. This indicates that vision may not be an important sensory channel in the homing of O. maculosus while olfaction may be. The homing mechanism is briefly discussed.

scholarly journals Site fidelity and localised homing behaviour in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Behaviour ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 150 (14) ◽  
pp. 1689-1708 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J.W. Ward ◽  
R. James ◽  
A.D.M. Wilson ◽  
M.M. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Social Facilitation ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Small Fish ◽  
Behavioural Ecology ◽  
Model Species ◽  
Homing Behaviour ◽  
Capture Site

The ability of animals to disperse towards their original home range following displacement has been demonstrated in a number of species. However, little is known about the homing ability of three-spine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus), an important model species in behavioural ecology. In addition, few studies have examined the role of social facilitation in relation to homing behaviour in fishes. We examined homing behaviour of sticklebacks displaced over distances of between 80 m and 160 m in land-drains with directional water flow. Fish were translocated from their original capture site, tagged and then released either in groups or solitarily. We performed recapture transects either one or two days later. Data provided by recaptured sticklebacks show that the fish dispersed in the direction of their original capture site. Although fish translocated downstream typically moved further than those translocated upstream, both dispersed towards their original capture site. There was no difference between fish released solitarily or in groups in their homing ability and indeed there was little evidence that fish translocated in groups remained together following their release. The homing ability of the fish was demonstrated by the finding that up to 80% of fish returned to their home ranges within two days of release over a distance equivalent to approximately 5000 body lengths of these small fish.

To roam or to home: site fidelity in a tropical coastal shark

2012 ◽  
Vol 159 (8) ◽  
pp. 1647-1657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle M. Knip ◽  
Michelle R. Heupel ◽  
Colin A. Simpfendorfer
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Home Site

scholarly journals Homing behaviour of pigeons subjected to unilateral zinc sulphate treatment of their olfactory mucosa

1996 ◽  
Vol 199 (11) ◽  
pp. 2531-2535 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Benvenuti ◽  
A Gagliardo
Keyword(s):  
Brain Damage ◽  
Zinc Sulphate ◽  
Experimental Treatment ◽  
Olfactory Mucosa ◽  
Initial Orientation ◽  
Sulphate Solution ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Homing Behaviour ◽  
Homing Performance ◽  
Zinc Sulphate Solution

Pigeons were made anosmic by unilateral treatment of their olfactory mucosa with a zinc sulphate solution and by plugging the contralateral nostril. In a series of releases at unfamiliar sites, 55­79 km from the home loft, the experimental birds' homing behaviour was compared with that of two control groups: unmanipulated control birds, and birds subjected to unilateral zinc sulphate treatment and equipped with an ipsilateral nasal plug. The experimental pigeons exhibited homing behaviour ­ in terms of both homeward initial orientation and homing performance ­ significantly poorer than that of both unmanipulated and treated control pigeons. In addition, the homing behaviour of the treated controls turned out to be only slightly, and not significantly, poorer than that of the unmanipulated birds. The results show that the impaired homing capabilities of the zinc-sulphate-treated birds are due to the lack of navigational information and not to non-specific brain damage caused by the experimental treatment.

Home-site fidelity in migratory honeybees

Nature ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 406 (6795) ◽  
pp. 474-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Neumann ◽  
Nikolaus Koeniger ◽  
Gudrun Koeniger ◽  
Salim Tingek ◽  
Per Kryger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Home Site

The effects of age and length on homing performance in the intertidal cottid, Oligocottus maculosus Girard

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 598-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. S. Craik
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Considerable Variability ◽  
Size Classes ◽  
Homing Behaviour ◽  
Total Length ◽  
Homing Performance ◽  
Oligocottus Maculosus

The intertidal cottid Oligocottus maculosus Girard has been previously reported to demonstrate homing behaviour, that is, to return to its home range (group of tidepools covered in normal travel) and (or) its home pool (pool of first capture) when transplanted to a pool some distance away. Investigation of significant differences in homing behaviour between the three major age groups of O. maculosus showed an improvement in the percentage successfully homing with length, peaking between 5 and 7 cm (total length) (age 2), with considerable variability in smaller size classes and decreasing homing success in larger fish.Juvenile fish (about 2.3 to 2.7 cm) move extensively between tidepools and begin demonstrating home range fidelity and homing behaviour at about 3 cm. It is suggested that during this period of extensive movement, the area is in some way "learned" and "memorized."

Site fidelity and homing behaviour of intertidal sculpins revisited

2016 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 341-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Knope ◽  
K. A. Tice ◽  
D. C. Rypkema
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Homing Behaviour
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