Geomagnetic imprinting predicts spatio-temporal variation in homing migration of pink and sockeye salmon

• Published in: Journal of The Royal Society Interface
• Main Authors: Putman, Nathan F., Jenkins, Erica S., Michielsens, Catherine G. J., Noakes, David L. G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2014
• Subjects: Research Articles; Fraser River; Pacific; Sockeye; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4233730/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25056214; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0542

Animals navigate using a variety of sensory cues, but how each is weighted during different phases of movement (e.g. dispersal, foraging, homing) is controversial. Here, we examine the geomagnetic and olfactory imprinting hypotheses of natal homing with datasets that recorded variation in the migrat...