OLFACTORY NAVIGATION TO NESTING BURROW IN LEACHS PETREL (OCEANODROMA-LEUCORRHOA)
OLFACTORY NAVIGATION TO NESTING BURROW IN LEACHS PETREL (OCEANODROMA-LEUCORRHOA)
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DOI：
10.1016/s0003-3472(74)80069-2
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发表时间：
1974-01-01
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影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
GRUBB, TC
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作者：
GRUBB, TC
视觉，听觉和嗅觉导航的归巢行为利奇的海燕筑巢洞穴进行了调查。晚上返回洞穴的海燕在洞穴附近厚厚的云冷杉树冠上方盘旋，然后飞到洞穴下风几米处的森林地面上。然后他们逆风走向他们的洞穴。鸟儿在静止的空气中比在风中降落得更靠近它们的洞穴，并且沿着更迂回的路线到达洞穴。它们无法避开通往洞穴的道路上的障碍物，在第一次尝试时往往无法准确定位洞穴入口，只有在进入洞穴后才发出声音。在Y型迷宫嗅觉室，圈养繁殖海燕选择的气流来自自己的巢材料，优先于一个从森林地面上收集的类似材料。在同样的装置中，鸟类对来自它们自己胃里的油或羽腺油的气流没有积极的反应。从洞穴中取出并在当天晚上释放的海燕，如果它们的外鼻孔被堵塞或如果它们的嗅觉神经被切断，则在一周内不会返回。如果不做手术或只做假手术，他们确实会回来。这些结果支持嗅觉引导系统在洞穴位置和反对视觉或听觉指导。
Visual, auditory, and olfactory navigation in the homing behaviour of Leach's petrel to the nesting burrow were investigated. Petrels returning to their burrows at night hovered above the thick spruce-fir canopy in the vicinity of the burrow before plummeting to the forest floor a few metres downwind of their burrows. They then walked upwind to their burrows. Birds landed closer to, and followed more circuitous routes to, their burrows in still air than in a wind. They failed to avoid obstacles in the path to burrows, often failed to locate accurately burrow entrances on first trial, and vocalized only after entering the burrow. In a Y-maze olfactorium, captive breeding petrels chose an air current coming from their own nest material in preference to one from similar materials collected on the forest floor. In the same apparatus, birds did not respond positively to air currents from their own stomach oil or preen gland oil. Petrels taken from burrows and released that same night did not return within a week if their external nares were plugged or if their olfactory nerves were transected. They did return if not operated on or if only subjected to sham operations. These results support an olfactory guidance system in burrow location and argue against visual or auditory guidance.