Science Section IV: Important Details

The act of moving from one region to another (, with the intent to return as part of its life cycle or annual act

Migration

Animals leaving and finding a new territory further away from where they were born

Dispersal

Migrators that must migrate

Obligate migrators

Migrators that can choose to migrate

Facultative migrators

Individuals choosing to only travel part of a distance or will avoid migrating entirely

Partial migration

Animals that choose not to migrate even if other members of their species migrate or if they themselves have migrated in the past

Residents

A special sense animals use to navigate with the Earth's magnetic field

Magnetoreception

The probability that an animal will behave in a certain way based on the number of other individuals who have already decided to do the behavior

Quorum response

Odor molecule representing something of specific importance to an animal

Olfactory cue

Process by which excess carbon is removed from the atmosphere and trapped deep underwater

Biological carbon pump

Animals artificially moved from one habitat to another and don't make a return journey

Invasive species