 Animal Migration
"Animal Migration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Periodic movements of animals in response to seasonal changes or reproductive instinct. Hormonal changes are the trigger in at least some animals. Most migrations are made for reasons of climatic change, feeding, or breeding.
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D025041
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.113.069.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Animal Migration- Animal Migration
- Animal Migrations
- Migrations, Animal
- Migration, Animal
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Animal Migration" by people in this website by year, and whether "Animal Migration" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Animal Migration" by people in Profiles.
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Middleton AD, Kauffman MJ, McWhirter DE, Cook JG, Cook RC, Nelson AA, Jimenez MD, Klaver RW. Rejoinder: challenge and opportunity in the study of ungulate migration amid environmental change. Ecology. 2013 Jun; 94(6):1280-6.
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Middleton AD, Kauffman MJ, McWhirter DE, Cook JG, Cook RC, Nelson AA, Jimenez MD, Klaver RW. Animal migration amid shifting patterns of phenology and predation: lessons from a Yellowstone elk herd. Ecology. 2013 Jun; 94(6):1245-56.
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Sawyer H, Kauffman MJ. Stopover ecology of a migratory ungulate. J Anim Ecol. 2011 Sep; 80(5):1078-87.
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Sawyer H, Kauffman MJ, Nielson RM, Horne JS. Identifying and prioritizing ungulate migration routes for landscape-level conservation. Ecol Appl. 2009 Dec; 19(8):2016-25.
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Kauffman MJ, Pollock JF, Walton B. Spatial structure, dispersal, and management of a recovering raptor population. Am Nat. 2004 Nov; 164(5):582-97.
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