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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Natal homing

The behavior by which an animal returns to the place where it was born. For sea turtles, adult females return to lay eggs in the general region where they were born.

See also: chemoreception

WWW References:

• Natal homing in juvenile loggerhead turtles

Citations:

• Lohmann, K. J., Witherington, B., Lohmann, C. M. F. and Salmon, M. 1996. Orientation, migration, and natal beach homing in sea turtles. - In: Lutz, P. L. and Musick, J. A. (eds.), Biology of Sea Turltes. CRC Press, pp. 107-135.
• Bowen, B. W., Meylan, A. B., Ross, J. P., Limpus, C. J., Balazs, G. H. and Avise, J. C. 1992. Global population structure and natural history of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in terms of matriarchal phylogeny. - Evolution 46: 865-880.

Entered by: Matthew Godfrey
Modified by: Michael Coyne
Entered: 2005-05-05 21:09:05
Last modified: 2005-05-05 22:24:35