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philopatry — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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philopatry

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 14 | Mentions: 14

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Knowledge graph centered on philopatry with 71 nodes and 135 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Spruce, Atriplex canescens, Potentilla, mark-recapture (Sciuridae).

Definition

tendency of an organism to stay in or habitually return to a particular area

Related Terms (5)

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Publications (14)

Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2025Journal of Mammalogycentral

Maternal survival costs in an asocial mammal

2022Ecology and Evolutionmeasured

Density effects on juvenile female dispersal in a population of golden-mantled ground squirrels

Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)

Gene expression shifts in yellow-bellied marmots prior to natal dispersal

2019Behavioral Ecologyreferenced

Natal philopatry varies with larval condition in salamanders

2016Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiologycentral

Sociality, individual fitness and population dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots

2012Molecular Ecologymeasured

Sex differences in play behavior, personality, and philopatry in golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)

Related Concepts (10)

dispersal

process9 shared papers

density dependence

process4 shared papers

kin selection

theory3 shared papers

male-biased dispersal

phenomenon2 shared papers

inbreeding depression

phenomenon2 shared papers

habitat quality

concept2 shared papers

winter survival

process2 shared papers

Life Table Response Experiment

framework2 shared papers

matrilineal society

phenomenon2 shared papers

social fence hypothesis

hypothesis2 shared papers

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae11 papers

small mammals

Urocitellus columbianus

Sciuridae8 papers

Vatellus lateralis

Dytiscidae7 papers

Spermophilus lateralis

Spruce

Callospermophilus lateralis

Sciuridae7 papers

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Sciuridae6 papers

prairie dogs

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae4 papers

2012

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Proximate causes of natal dispersal in female yellow-bellied marmots, <i>Marmota flaviventris</i>

2011Ecologymeasured

Investigating patterns of juvenile dispersal in golden mantled ground squirrels, <i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>

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The effects of slope orientation and temperature upon activity of the north american pika, <i>Ochotona princeps</i>

Measuring dispersal in a metapopulation using stable isotope enrichment: high rates of sex-biased disperal between patches in a mayfly population

2003Oikosmeasured

Effects of food addition on life history of yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia Montanameasured

A 32-year demography of yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

1998J Zool Londonreferenced