Olfactory-cued navigation in shearwaters: linking movement patterns to mechanisms
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10316/108045 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29919-0 |
Resumo: | After foraging in the open ocean pelagic birds can pinpoint their breeding colonies, located on remote islands in visually featureless seascapes. This remarkable ability to navigate over vast distances has been attributed to the birds being able to learn an olfactory map on the basis of wind-borne odors. Odor-cued navigation has been linked mechanistically to displacements with exponentially-truncated power-law distributions. Such distributions were previously identified in three species of Atlantic and Mediterranean shearwaters but crucially it has not been demonstrated that these distributions are wind-speed dependent, as expected if navigation was olfactory-cued. Here we show that the distributions are wind-speed dependent, in accordance with theoretical expectations. We thereby link movement patterns to underlying generative mechanisms. Our novel analysis is consistent with the results of more traditional, non-mathematical, invasive methods and thereby provides independent evidence for olfactory-cued navigation in wild birds. Our non-invasive diagnostic tool can be applied across taxa, potentially allowing for the assessment of its pervasiveness. |
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Olfactory-cued navigation in shearwaters: linking movement patterns to mechanismsAnimalsBirdsOlfactory PerceptionSmellSpatial NavigationAfter foraging in the open ocean pelagic birds can pinpoint their breeding colonies, located on remote islands in visually featureless seascapes. This remarkable ability to navigate over vast distances has been attributed to the birds being able to learn an olfactory map on the basis of wind-borne odors. Odor-cued navigation has been linked mechanistically to displacements with exponentially-truncated power-law distributions. Such distributions were previously identified in three species of Atlantic and Mediterranean shearwaters but crucially it has not been demonstrated that these distributions are wind-speed dependent, as expected if navigation was olfactory-cued. Here we show that the distributions are wind-speed dependent, in accordance with theoretical expectations. We thereby link movement patterns to underlying generative mechanisms. Our novel analysis is consistent with the results of more traditional, non-mathematical, invasive methods and thereby provides independent evidence for olfactory-cued navigation in wild birds. Our non-invasive diagnostic tool can be applied across taxa, potentially allowing for the assessment of its pervasiveness.Springer Nature2018-08-02info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/108045http://hdl.handle.net/10316/108045https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29919-0eng2045-2322Abolaffio, MiloReynolds, Andy MCecere, Jacopo GPaiva, Vítor H.Focardi, Stefanoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-08-07T14:20:21Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/108045Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:24:19.024623Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Olfactory-cued navigation in shearwaters: linking movement patterns to mechanisms |
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Olfactory-cued navigation in shearwaters: linking movement patterns to mechanisms |
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Olfactory-cued navigation in shearwaters: linking movement patterns to mechanisms Abolaffio, Milo Animals Birds Olfactory Perception Smell Spatial Navigation |
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Olfactory-cued navigation in shearwaters: linking movement patterns to mechanisms |
title_full |
Olfactory-cued navigation in shearwaters: linking movement patterns to mechanisms |
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Olfactory-cued navigation in shearwaters: linking movement patterns to mechanisms |
title_full_unstemmed |
Olfactory-cued navigation in shearwaters: linking movement patterns to mechanisms |
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Olfactory-cued navigation in shearwaters: linking movement patterns to mechanisms |
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Abolaffio, Milo |
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Abolaffio, Milo Reynolds, Andy M Cecere, Jacopo G Paiva, Vítor H. Focardi, Stefano |
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Reynolds, Andy M Cecere, Jacopo G Paiva, Vítor H. Focardi, Stefano |
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Abolaffio, Milo Reynolds, Andy M Cecere, Jacopo G Paiva, Vítor H. Focardi, Stefano |
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Animals Birds Olfactory Perception Smell Spatial Navigation |
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Animals Birds Olfactory Perception Smell Spatial Navigation |
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After foraging in the open ocean pelagic birds can pinpoint their breeding colonies, located on remote islands in visually featureless seascapes. This remarkable ability to navigate over vast distances has been attributed to the birds being able to learn an olfactory map on the basis of wind-borne odors. Odor-cued navigation has been linked mechanistically to displacements with exponentially-truncated power-law distributions. Such distributions were previously identified in three species of Atlantic and Mediterranean shearwaters but crucially it has not been demonstrated that these distributions are wind-speed dependent, as expected if navigation was olfactory-cued. Here we show that the distributions are wind-speed dependent, in accordance with theoretical expectations. We thereby link movement patterns to underlying generative mechanisms. Our novel analysis is consistent with the results of more traditional, non-mathematical, invasive methods and thereby provides independent evidence for olfactory-cued navigation in wild birds. Our non-invasive diagnostic tool can be applied across taxa, potentially allowing for the assessment of its pervasiveness. |
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2018 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10316/108045 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29919-0 |
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