Amphibian Orientation: An Unexpected Observation
- 20 January 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 155 (3760) , 352-353
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.155.3760.352
Abstract
The study of homing movements of displaced newts (Taricha rivularis) revealed unexpected features of the migratory behavior of amphibians. Newts leaving the breeding stream in the spring move not directly uphill but at an angle carrying them upstream. When they emerge after summer estivation this tendency is not evident in captures made during the autumn and winter. During the latter period, however, newly metamorphosed frogs (Rana boylii) show the same pronounced upstream migration that characterizes T. rivularis in the spring.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Course and timing of the homing migration in the newt Taricha rivularis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1966
- LONG DISTANCE HOMING IN THE NEWT TARICHA RIVULARISProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1964
- Migration and Speciation in NewtsScience, 1959
- Field experiments on the biology and genetic relationships of the Californian species of TriturusJournal of Experimental Zoology, 1955