Displacement distance and quality of orientation in a homing experiment with deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Abstract

Eighty-two deer mice were released at distances between 175 and 950 m from their home sites. The frequency of returns to the home site was higher among mice displaced over shorter distances than it was among mice displaced over longer distances. However, there is no evidence that the quality of orientation of the mice near the place of release or their rate of settlement in the release site area was dependent on the displacement distance.