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

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.

scholarly journals Site fidelity, home range and homing behaviour in some species of birds captured at the Ornithological Station of Mbour (Senegal)

1990 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Baillon ◽  
S. Benvenuti
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Homing Behaviour

Site fidelity and homing behaviour of some kelp-bed fishes

1996 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1062-1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. B. Hartney
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Homing Behaviour ◽  
Kelp Bed

Site fidelity and homing behaviour in the intertidal species Chiton granosus (Polyplacophora) (Frembly 1889)

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 101932
Author(s):  
Camila Montecinos ◽  
Rodrigo Riera ◽  
Antonio Brante
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Homing Behaviour ◽  
Intertidal Species

scholarly journals Studies on homing behaviour and site fidelity in aquatic animals using biotelemetry

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 651-654
Author(s):  
HIROMICHI MITAMURA
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Aquatic Animals ◽  
Homing Behaviour

Site fidelity and homing behaviour in coral reef cardinalfishes

2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 1590-1600 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Marnane
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Homing Behaviour

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.

Site fidelity and long-distance homing by males of solitary parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soichiro Tani ◽  
Takatoshi Ueno
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Evolution ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Adaptive Significance ◽  
Parasitic Wasps ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Homing Behaviour ◽  
Release Area ◽  
Nest Provisioning ◽  
Nesting Habits

AbstractSite fidelity and long-distance homing are known to occur in nesting female Hymenoptera. We report here on the site fidelity and homing ability in males of five species of scoliid wasps (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae), a group whose females do not make nests but are ectoparasitoids of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). The males of these wasp species patrol female emergence areas searching for mates. Based on mark-recapture data, we found that between 40% and 100% of marked males left the release area and travelled 50–800 m from the point of capture returning to their original patrol area. We discuss the adaptive significance of site fidelity and homing behaviour in Scoliidae, and propose hypotheses about the evolution of the homing behaviour in Hymenoptera. The homing ability of these primitive Aculeata may represent a case of convergent evolution with other Hymenoptera in which males patrol emergence areas in search of females. Additionally, this homing ability may serve as a preadaptation for the evolution of nest-provisioning and nesting habits in Hymenoptera.

Ontogenetic variation in site fidelity and homing behaviour of a temperate reef fish

2012 ◽  
Vol 416-417 ◽  
pp. 162-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Shima ◽  
Daniel McNaughtan ◽  
Shane W. Geange ◽  
Shaun Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Reef Fish ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Ontogenetic Variation ◽  
Homing Behaviour ◽  
Temperate Reef ◽  
Temperate Reef Fish

Homing Ability and Home Range of Yellow-Phase American Eels in a Tidally Dominated Estuary

1995 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.J. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Lunar Phase ◽  
Homing Behaviour ◽  
Initial Errors ◽  
Capture Site ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
American Eels ◽  
Range Estimate

Yellow-phase American eels, Anguilla rostrata, were displaced 10–17 km between tidal fresh water and salinity-stratified water and followed to determine the degree of home site fidelity, swiftness of homing and whether environmental factors affect orientation or homing behaviour. Twenty-one eels were tracked continuously (eight eels displaced up the estuary, eight down the estuary and five controls) in the Penobscot Estuary, Maine, USA for 4–80 h each, while recording position every 20 min. Nine of the 16 displaced eels (56%) returned to their capture site either during the track or shortly afterwards. Three of the remaining seven eels made substantial progress towards their capture site within the time observed. Eels homed with equal frequency whether displaced up or down the estuary in an average of 220 h ±87 (SE). After release, no eel moved farther away from its capture site. The eels were active mostly at night but used only the appropriate tidal currents rather than directed swimming to move about their home range and to home. Control tracks provided a home-range estimate in this habitat of 6.7 ±1.6 km of estuary or 325 ±64 ha. Lunar phase or position of the moon did not appear to influence either homing behaviour or activity patterns. This study shows that orientation and homing to a specific site in eels occurs relatively quickly and with no initial errors in orientation.

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