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weather_data
Citation
Zannoni N, Wikelski M, Gagliardo A, Raza A, Kramer S, Seghetti C, Wang N, Edtbauer A, Williams J. 2020. weather_data. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.7n747m19/5Abstract
Many bird species have the ability to navigate home after being brought to a remote, even unfamiliar location. Environmental odours have been demonstrated to be critical to homeward navigation in over 40 years of experiments, yet the chemical identity of the odours has remained unknown. In this study, we investigate potential chemical navigational cues by measuring volatile organic compounds (VOCs): at the birds’ home-loft; in selected regional forest environments; and from an aircraft at 180 m. The measurements showed clear regional, horizontal and vertical spatial gradients that can form the basis of an olfactory map for marine emissions (dimethyl sulphide, DMS), biogenic compounds (terpenoids) and anthropogenic mixed air (aromatic compounds), and temporal changes consistent with a sea-breeze system. Air masses trajectories are used to examine GPS tracks from released birds, suggesting that local DMS concentrations alter their flight directions in predictable ways. This dataset reveals multiple regional-scale real-world chemical gradients that can form the basis of an olfactory map suitable for homing pigeons.
Keywords
animal movement, animal navigation, animal tracking, Columba livia, GPS logger, homing pigeon, olfaction, volatile organic compound
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BibTex
@misc{001/1_7n747m19/5, title = {weather_data}, author = {Zannoni, N and Wikelski, M and Gagliardo, A and Raza, A and Kramer, S and Seghetti, C and Wang, N and Edtbauer, A and Williams, J}, year = {2020}, URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.7n747m19/5}, doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.7n747m19/5}, publisher = {Movebank data repository} }
RIS
TY - DATA ID - doi:10.5441/001/1.7n747m19/5 T1 - weather_data AU - Zannoni, Nora AU - Wikelski, Martin AU - Gagliardo, Anna AU - Raza, Atif AU - Kramer, Stefan AU - Seghetti, Chiara AU - Wang, Nijing AU - Edtbauer, Achim AU - Williams, Jonathan Y1 - 2020/10/12 KW - animal movement KW - animal navigation KW - animal tracking KW - Columba livia KW - GPS logger KW - homing pigeon KW - olfaction KW - volatile organic compound KW - Columba livia PB - Movebank data repository UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.7n747m19/5 DO - doi:10.5441/001/1.7n747m19/5 ER -