Animal Migration, Navigation, and Homing: Symposium Held at the University of Tübingen, August 17–20, 1977

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Second-order Statistical Analysis of Directions....Pages 3-24
Sensory Mechanisms for Animal Orientation — Can Any New Ones be Discovered?....Pages 25-34
Sensory Mechanisms Related to Homing in Pigeons....Pages 35-41
A Role for the Avian Pectén Oculi in Orientation to the Sun?....Pages 42-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Do Pigeons Use Their Eyes for Navigation? A New Technique!....Pages 57-64
Pigeon Homing: Cues Detected During the Outward Journey Influence Initial Orientation....Pages 65-77
Investigation of Pigeon Homing by Means of “Deflector Cages”....Pages 78-91
An Apparent Lunar Rhythm in the Day-to-Day Variations in Initial Bearings of Homing Pigeons....Pages 92-106
Further Experiments on the Olfactory Hypothesis of Pigeon Homing....Pages 107-118
Local Anesthesia of the Olfactory Membrane and Homing in Pigeons....Pages 119-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Sensitivity of the Homing Pigeon to an Earth-Strength Magnetic Field....Pages 127-134
Inversion of the Magnetic Field During Transport: Its Influence on the Homing Behavior of Pigeons....Pages 135-142
Anomalies in the Earth’s Magnetic Field Increase the Scatter of Pigeons’ Vanishing Bearings....Pages 143-151
Effect of Outward Journey in an Altered Magnetic Field on the Orientation of Young Homing Pigeons....Pages 152-161
Homing Pigeons’ Flight Over and Under Low Stratus....Pages 162-170
Preferred Compass Directions in Initial Orientation of Homing Pigeons....Pages 171-183
Further Investigations of the Effect of “Flight During Clock Shift” on Pigeon Orientation....Pages 184-193
Accurate Measurements of the Initial Track (Radius 1500 m) of Homing Pigeons....Pages 194-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Echolocation of Extended Surfaces....Pages 201-208
Radar Observations of Behavior of Migrating Birds in Response to Sounds Broadcast from the Ground....Pages 209-218
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Importance of the Daytime Flights of Nocturnal Migrants: Redetermined Migration Following Displacement....Pages 219-227
Field Studies of the Orientation Cue Hierarchy of Nocturnal Songbird Migrants....Pages 228-238
Orientation of Transatlantic Migrants....Pages 239-251
Effects of Alpine Topography and Winds on Migrating Birds....Pages 252-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Angle Sense in Painted Quails: A Parameter of Geodetic Orientation....Pages 269-274
Concept of Endogenous Control of Migration in Warblers....Pages 275-282
Orientation Strategies Used by Free-Flying Bird Migrants: A Radar Tracking Study....Pages 283-293
Environmental Variables and the Nightly Emigration Ratio of the Robin (Erithacus rubecola) on the Island Hjelm, Denmark....Pages 294-301
Further Analysis of the Magnetic Compass of Migratory Birds....Pages 302-310
Orientation Responses of Ring-Billed Gull Chicks: A Re-Evaluation....Pages 311-317
Primitive Models of Magnetoreception....Pages 318-322
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Directional and Discriminatory Responses of Salamanders to Weak Magnetic Fields....Pages 325-333
Orientation of Amphibians by Linearly Polarized Light....Pages 334-346
Experimental Evidence of Geomagnetic Orientation in Elasmobranch Fishes....Pages 347-353
The Magnetic Behavior of Mud Bacteria....Pages 354-355
Olfactory Imprinting in Coho Salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch )....Pages 356-369
Energetics of Migration in American Shad....Pages 370-377
Horizontal and Vertical Swimming of Eels During the Spawning Migration at the Edge of the Continental Shelf....Pages 378-391
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Some Experiments on Navigation in the Harbour Seal, Phoca vitulina ....Pages 395-404
Homing in Wild Myomorph Rodents: Current Problems....Pages 405-412
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Orientation Mechanisms of Marine Turtles....Pages 413-419
Nighttime Orientation of Hatchling Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Open Ocean....Pages 420-429
Mass Migration of Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus (Crustacea: Palinuridae): Synopsis and Orientation....Pages 430-439
Migration and Homing of Marine Invertebrates: A Potpourri of Strategies....Pages 440-446
Orientation Based on Directivity, a Directional Parameter of the Animal’s Radiant Environment....Pages 447-458
Back Matter....Pages 459-464