Genetic Evidence for Philopatry in a Colonially Nesting Seabird, the Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Auk
- Vol. 108 (3) , 688-694
- https://doi.org/10.2307/4088108
Abstract
Philopatry is the selective return of individual birds to breed close to the site of their own hatching. This phenomenon can greatly influence the opeKeywords
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