Another brief “word of the day” entry:
- Philopatry —
- The tendency of an individual to return to, or stay in, its home area or another adopted locality, as opposed to nonreturning roaming behavior or simple dispersal away from home areas. Most philopatry research has concentrated on the homing behavior of migratory birds, but it now appears that many animal species display some degree of philopatric behavior. Derived from the Greek for “home-loving.”
Word and definition found through a research paper by Dr R. E. Hueter and Dr. M. R. Heupel, marine scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Shark Research.
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