Publication Cover
Laterality
Asymmetries of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition
Volume 29, 2024 - Issue 3
20
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Visual lateralization in the sky: Geese manifest visual lateralization when flying with pair mates

ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon show all
Pages 313-330 | Received 13 Feb 2024, Accepted 11 Jun 2024, Published online: 09 Jul 2024

References

  • Akesson, T. R., & Raveling, D. G. (1982). Behaviors associated with seasonal reproduction and long-term monogamy in Canada geese. The Condor, 84(2), 188–196. https://doi.org/10.2307/1367669
  • Andrew, R. J. (1988). The development of visual lateralization in the domestic chick. Behavioural Brain Research, 29(3), 201–209. https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-4328(88)90025-3
  • Barron, D. G., Brawn, J. D., & Weatherhead, P. J. (2010). Meta-analysis of transmitter effects on avian behaviour and ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 1(2), 180–187. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00013.x
  • Bhagavatula, P. S., Claudianos, C., Ibbotson, M. R., & Srinivasan, M. V. (2014). Behavioral lateralization and optimal route choice in flying budgerigars. PLOS Computational Biology, 10(3), e1003473. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003473
  • Black, J. M. (2001). Fitness consequences of long-term pair bonds in barnacle geese: Monogamy in the extreme. Behavioral Ecology, 12(5), 640–645. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/12.5.640
  • Black, J. M., & Owen, M. (1989). Agonistic behaviour in goose flocks: Assessment, investment and reproductive success. Animal Behaviour, 37, 199–209. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(89)90110-3
  • Black, J. M., Prop, J., & Larsson, K. (2007). Wild goose dilemmas: Population consequences of individual decisions in Barnacle geese. Branta Press.
  • Boom, M. P., Schreven, K. H., Buitendijk, N. H., Moonen, S., Nolet, B. A., Eichhorn, G., van der Juegd, H. P., & Lameris, T. K. (2023). Earlier springs increase goose breeding propensity and nesting success at Arctic but not at temperate latitudes. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(12), 2399–2411. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14020
  • Brander, R. B., & Cochran, W. W. (1969). Radio location telemetry. In R. H. Giles (Ed.), Wildlife management techniques (pp. 95–103). The Wildlife Society.
  • Clausen, K. K., & Madsen, J. (2014). Effects of neckbands on body condition of migratory geese. Journal of Ornithology, 155(4), 951–958. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-014-1080-6
  • Collins, K., & Mohr, C. (2013). Performance of younger and older adults in lateralized right and left hemisphere asymmetry tasks supports the HAROLD model. Laterality: Asymmetries of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition, 18(4), 491–512. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2012.724072
  • Cooke, S. J. (2008). Biotelemetry and biologging in endangered species research and animal conservation: Relevance to regional, national, and IUCN Red List threat assessments. Endangered Species Research, 4, 165–185. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00063
  • Costa-Pereira, R., Moll, R. J., Jesmer, B. R., & Jetz, W. (2022). Animal tracking moves community ecology: Opportunities and challenges. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(7), 1334–1344. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13698
  • Cunningham, S. A., Schafer, T. L., Wikle, C. K., VonBank, J. A., Ballard, B. M., Cao, L., & Weegman, M. D. (2023). Time-varying effects of local weather on behavior and probability of breeding deferral in two Arctic-nesting goose populations. Oecologia, 201(2), 369–383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05300-x
  • Demers, F., Giroux, J. F., Gauthier, G., & Bêty, J. (2003). Effects of collar-attached transmitters on behaviour, pair bond and breeding success of snow geese Anser caerulescens atlanticus. Wildlife Biology, 9(3), 161–170. https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.2003.047
  • Dolcos, F., Rice, H. J., & Cabeza, R. (2002). Hemispheric asymmetry and aging: Right hemisphere decline or asymmetry reduction. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 26(7), 819–825. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00068-4
  • Ely, C. R. (1990). Effects of neck bands on the behavior of wintering greater white-fronted geese. Journal of Field Ornithology, 61, 249–253.
  • Fiedler, W. (2009). New technologies for monitoring bird migration and behaviour. Ringing & Migration, 24(3), 175–179. https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2009.9674389
  • Frasnelli, E., & Vallortigara, G. (2018). Individual-level and population-level lateralization: Two sides of the same coin. Symmetry, 10(12), 739. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym10120739
  • Geen, G. R., Robinson, R. A., & Baillie, S. R. (2019). Effects of tracking devices on individual birds: A review of the evidence. Journal of Avian Biology, 50, e01823. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01823
  • Gemma, L., Benwell, C. S. Y., Thut, G., & Harvey, M. (2017). Age-related reduction of hemispheric lateralization for spatial attention: An EEG study. NeuroImage, 153, 139–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.03.050
  • Gerhardstein, P., Peterson, M. A., & Rapcsak, S. Z. (1998). Age-related hemispheric asymmetry in object discrimination. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 20(2), 174–185. https://doi.org/10.1076/jcen.20.2.174.1162
  • Ghirlanda, S., Frasnelli, E., & Vallortigara, G. (2009). Intraspecific competition and coordination in the evolution of lateralization. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 364(1519), 861–866. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0227
  • Ghirlanda, S., & Vallortigara, G. (2004). The evolution of brain lateralization: A game-theoretical analysis of population structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 271(1541), 853–857. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2669
  • Glahder, C. M., Fox, A. D., & Walsh, A. J. (1997). Effects of fitting dummy satellite transmitters to Greenland white-fronted geese Anser albifrons flavirostris. Wildfowl, 48(48), 88–97.
  • Griffiths, C., Holland, R., & Gagliardo, A. (2020). Is there visual lateralisation of the Sun compass in homing pigeons? Symmetry, 12(5), 740. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12050740
  • Hausmann, M., Güntürkün, O., & Corballis, M. (2003). Age-related changes in hemispheric asymmetry depend on sex. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 8(3), 277–290. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576500244000201
  • Heppner, F. (1974). Avian flight formations. Bird-Banding, 45(2), 160–169. https://doi.org/10.2307/4512025
  • Jonker, R. M., Eichhorn, G., van Langevelde, F., & Bauer, S. (2010). Predation danger can explain changes in timing of migration: The case of the barnacle goose. PLoS One, 5(6), e11369. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011369
  • Jozet-Alves, C., Viblanc, V. A., Romagny, S., Dacher, M., Healy, S. D., & Dickel, L. (2012). Visual lateralization is task and age dependent in cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis. Animal Behaviour, 83(6), 1313–1318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.02.023
  • Kaplan, G. (2022). Casting the net widely in animal welfare: The plight of birds in zoos, ex-situ conservation and conservation fieldwork. Animals, 12(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12010031
  • Karenina, K., & Giljov, A. (2022). Lateralization in feeding is food type specific and impacts feeding success in wild birds. Ecology and Evolution, 12(2), e8598. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8598
  • Kölzsch, A., Flack, A., Müskens, G. J. D. M., Kruckenberg, H., Glazov, P., & Wikelski, M. (2020). Goose parents lead migration. Avian Biology, 51(3), e02392. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02392
  • Kölzsch, A., Müskens, G. J. D. M., Kruckenberg, H., Glazov, P., Weinzierl, R., Nolet, B. A., & Wikelski, M. (2016). Towards a new understanding of migration timing: Slower spring than autumn migration in geese reflects different decision rules for stopover use and departure. Oikos, 125(10), 1496–1507. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.03121
  • Kölzsch, A., Müskens, G. J., Szinai, P., Moonen, S., Glazov, P., Kruckenberg, H., & Nolet, B. A. (2019). Flyway connectivity and exchange primarily driven by moult migration in geese. Movement Ecology, 7(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0148-6
  • Lameris, T. K., Kölzsch, A., Dokter, A., Nolet, B. A., & Müskens, G. J. D. M. (2017). A novel harness for attaching tracking devices to migratory geese. Goose Bull, 22, 25–30.
  • Lameris, T. K., Müskens, G. J., Kölzsch, A., Dokter, A. M., Van der Jeugd, H. P., & Nolet, B. A. (2018). Effects of harness-attached tracking devices on survival, migration, and reproduction in three species of migratory waterfowl. Animal Biotelemetry, 6(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-018-0153-3
  • Ling, H., Mclvor, G. E., Nagy, G., MohaimenianPour, S., Vaughan, R. T., Thornton, A., & Ouellette, N. T. (2018). Simultaneous measurements of three-dimensional trajectories and wingbeat frequencies of birds in the field. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 15(147), 20180653. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0653
  • Madsen, J., Cracknell, G., & Fox, T. (1999). Goose populations of the western palearctic: A review of status and distribution. National Environmental Research Institute. 334 pp.
  • Madsen, J., Schreven, K. H., Jensen, G. H., Johnson, F. A., Nilsson, L., Nolet, B. A., & Pessa, J. (2023). Rapid formation of new migration route and breeding area by Arctic geese. Current Biology, 33(6), 1162–1170.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.065
  • Mandel, J., Ratcliffe, J., Cerasale, D., & Winkler, D. (2008). Laterality and flight: Concurrent tests of side-bias and optimality in flying tree swallows. PLoS One, 3(3), e1748. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001748
  • Manns, M., & Ströckens, F. (2014). Functional and structural comparison of visual lateralization in birds – similar but still different. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00206
  • Menu, S., Hestbeck, J. B., Gauthier, G., & Reed, A. (2000). Effects of neck bands on survival of greater snow geese. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 544–552. https://doi.org/10.2307/3803252
  • Naef-Daenzer, B. (1993). A new transmitter for small animals and enhanced methods of home-range analysis. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 680–689. https://doi.org/10.2307/3809066
  • Nagy, M., Ákos, Z., Biro, D., & Vicsek, T. (2010). Hierarchical group dynamics in pigeon flocks. Nature, 464(7290), 890–893. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08891
  • Nebes, R. D., Madden, D. J., & Berg, W. D. (1983). The effect of age on hemispheric asymmetry in visual and auditory identification. Experimental Aging Research, 9(2), 87–91. https://doi.org/10.1080/03610738308258431
  • Owen, M. (1980). Wild geese of the world. Batsford.
  • Phillips, R. A., Xavier, J. C., & Croxall, J. P. (2003). Effects of satellite transmitters on albatrosses and petrels. The Auk, 120(4), 1082–1090. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2003)120[1082:EOSTOA]2.0.CO;2
  • Pöysä, H., Rintala, J., Lehikoinen, A., & Väisänen, R. A. (2013). The importance of hunting pressure, habitat preference and life history for population trends of breeding waterbirds in Finland. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 59(2), 245–256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-012-0673-8
  • Prior, H., Lingenauber, F., Nitschke, J., & Güntürkün, O. (2002). Orientation and lateralized cue use in pigeons navigating a large indoor environment. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205(12), 1795–1805. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.205.12.1795
  • Prior, H., Wiltschko, R., Stapput, K., Güntürkün, O., & Wiltschko, W. (2004). Visual lateralization and homing in pigeons. Behavioural Brain Research, 154(2), 301–310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2004.02.018
  • Randler, C. (2005). Eye preference for vigilance during feeding in coot, Fulica atra, and geese, Anser anser and Anser cygnoides. Laterality, 10, 535–543.
  • Rogers, L. J., & Andrew, R. J. (Eds.). (2002). Comparative vertebrate lateralization. Cambridge University Press.
  • Rogers, L. J., Vallortigara, G., & Andrew, R. J. (2013). Divided brains: The biology and behaviour of brain asymmetries. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511793899
  • Rogers, L. J., Zucca, P., & Vallortigara, G. (2004). Advantages of having a lateralized brain. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 271(suppl_6), 420–422. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2004.0200
  • Rohwer, F. C., & Anderson, M. G. (1988). Female-biased philopatry, monogamy, and the timing of pair formation in migratory waterfowl. Current Ornithology, 5, 187–221. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6787-5_4
  • Rosa Salva, O., Regolin, L., Mascalzoni, E., & Vallortigara, G. (2012). Cerebral and behavioural asymmetries in animal social recognition. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 7, 110–138. https://doi.org/10.3819/ccbr.2012.70006
  • Sakurai, Y., & Ikeda, Y. (2022). Visual and brain lateralization during the posthatching phase in squid under solitary and group conditions. Animal Behaviour, 183, 13–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.10.015
  • Schiffner, I., & Srinivasan, M. (2013). Behavioural lateralization in budgerigars varies with the task and the individual. PLoS One, 8(12), e82670. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082670
  • Schreven, K. H., Stolz, C., Madsen, J., & Nolet, B. A. (2021). Nesting attempts and success of Arctic-breeding geese can be derived with high precision from accelerometry and GPS-tracking. Animal Biotelemetry, 9(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00249-9
  • Seiler, P., Pant, A., & Hedrick, J. K. (2003). A systems interpretation for observations of bird V-formations. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 221(2), 279–287. https://doi.org/10.1006/jtbi.2003.3191
  • Shabro, S., Meier, C., Leonard, K., Goertzen, A. L., Ko, J. H., & Kelly, D. M. (2022). Age-related reduction of hemispheric asymmetry by pigeons: A behavioral and FDG-PET imaging investigation of visual discrimination. Learning & Behavior, 50(1), 125–139. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-021-00507-z
  • Shariatinajafabadi, M., Wang, T., Skidmore, A. K., Toxopeus, A. G., Kölzsch, A., Nolet, B. A., Exo, K.-M., Griffin, L., Stahl, J., & Cabot, D. (2014). Migratory herbivorous waterfowl track satellite-derived green wave index. PLoS One, 9(9), e108331. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108331
  • Snijders, L., Weme, L., Goede, P., Savage, J., Oers, K., & Naguib, M. (2017). Context-dependent effects of radio transmitter attachment on a small passerine. Journal of Avian Biology, 48(5), 650–659. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01148
  • Soma, M. (2022). Behavioral and evolutionary perspectives on visual lateralization in mating birds: A short systematic review. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 801385. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.801385
  • Thaxter, C. B., Ross-Smith, V. H., & Cook, A. S. C. P. (2016). How high Do birds fly?: A review of current datasets and an appraisal of current methodologies for collecting flight height data. Literature Review. British Trust for Ornithology.
  • Vallortigara, G., & Rogers, L. J. (2005). Survival with an asymmetrical brain: Advantages and disadvantages of cerebral lateralization. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(4), 575–589. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05000105
  • Van Wijk, R. E., Kölzsch, A., Kruckenberg, H., Ebbinge, B. S., Müskens, G. J., & Nolet, B. A. (2012). Individually tracked geese follow peaks of temperature acceleration during spring migration. Oikos, 121(5), 655–664. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20083.x
  • Vukovich, M., & Kilgo, J. (2009). Effects of radio transmitters on the behavior of Red-headed Woodpeckers. Journal of Field Ornithology, 80(3), 308–313. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00235.x
  • Weimerskirch, H., Martin, J., Clerquin, Y., Alexandre, P., & Jiraskova, S. (2001). Energy saving in flight formation. Nature, 413(6857), 697–698. https://doi.org/10.1038/35099670
  • Wiltschko, W., Traudt, J., Güntürkün, O., Prior, H., & Wiltschko, R. (2002). Lateralization of magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird. Nature, 419(6906), 467–470. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature00958
  • Zaynagutdinova, E., Karenina, K., & Giljov, A. (2020a). Lateralization in monogamous pairs: Wild geese prefer to keep their partner in the left hemifield except when disturbed. Current Zoology, 67(4), 419–429. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaa074
  • Zaynagutdinova, E., Karenina, K., & Giljov, A. (2020b). Lateralization of vigilance in geese: Influence of flock size and distance to the source of disturbance. Biological Communications, 65(3), 252–261. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu03.2020.305
  • Zaynagutdinova, E., Kölzsch, A., Müskens, G. J. D. M., Vorotkov, M., Sinelshikova, A., Giljov, A., & Karenina, K. (2022). Visual lateralization in flight: Lateral preferences in parent-offspring relative positions in geese. Ethology, 128(2), 159–167. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13252
  • Zaynagutdinova, E. M., Polikarpova, D. R., & Rozenfeld, S. B. (2024). Behavioural lateralisation of swans in response to anthropogenic disturbance differs according to the locomotion type. Nature Conservation Research, 9(1), 20–29. https://doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2024.003

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.