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The tendency of an individual to return to, or stay in, its home area, or place of birth.See Also: philopatric
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Philopatry — In animal behaviour philopatry is the tendency of a migrating animal to return to a specific location in order to breed or feed. It derives from the Greek home loving , although it can be applied to more than just the area that an animal was born … Wikipedia
philopatry — the tendency of an individual to stay in its birth site, home area or other locality, or to return to such areas. This condition is opposed to dispersal or roaming behaviour; both are found in fishes … Dictionary of ichthyology
philopatry — n. [Gr. philos, loving; patrios, fatherland] The tendency of an individual to either stay in or return to its home or adopted locality … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Procellariidae — Taxobox name = Procellariidae image width = 250px image caption = Cape Petrel Daption capense regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Procellariidae familia authority = Leach, 1820 subdivision ranks … Wikipedia
Procellariiformes — Taxobox name = Procellariiformes fossil range = Middle Eocene – Recent image width = 250px image caption = Cape Petrel Daption capense regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves infraclassis = Neognathae ordo = Procellariiformes ordo… … Wikipedia
Ornate box turtle — This article is about the subspecies Terrapene ornata ornata. For the subspecies Terrapene ornata, see Terrapene ornata. Ornate box turtle Conservation status … Wikipedia
Seabird — This article is about the animal. For the alternative rock band of the same name, see Seabird (band). The Sooty Tern is highly aerial and marine and will spend months flying at sea, returning to land only for breeding.[1] Seabirds (also known as… … Wikipedia
Storm-petrel — Taxobox name = Storm petrels image width = 250px image caption = Wilson s Storm Petrel regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Hydrobatidae familia authority = Mathews, 1912 subdivision ranks = Genera … Wikipedia
Philopatrie — (wörtlich „Vaterliebe“, gemeint wohl eher „Vaterlandsliebe“), die Brutortstreue, ist ein zoologischer Fachbegriff, der bei verschiedenen Tierklassen, insbesondere bei Vögeln, manchen Säugetieren wie Walen oder Robben sowie bei einigen Reptilien,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Insect — For the Breed 77 album, see Insects (album). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma … Wikipedia
