"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Animal Migration" by people in Profiles.
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DeSantis DL, Wagler AE, Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD. Effects of human-made resource hotspots on seasonal spatial strategies by a desert pitviper. Sci Rep. 2019 11 13; 9(1):16690.
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Chiaverano LM, Holland BS, Crow GL, Blair L, Yanagihara AA. Long-term fluctuations in circalunar Beach aggregations of the box jellyfish Alatina moseri in Hawaii, with links to environmental variability. PLoS One. 2013; 8(10):e77039.
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Lane C, Tameru B, Nganwa D, Habtemariam T, Asseged B, Robnett V, Wilson S. A quantitative risk assessment for the likelihood of introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus strain H5N1 into U.S. hunter retriever dogs. Avian Dis. 2010 Mar; 54(1 Suppl):699-706.
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Shpak M, Proulx SR. The role of life cycle and migration in selection for variance in offspring number. Bull Math Biol. 2007 Apr; 69(3):837-60.
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Scott KD, Lawrence N, Lange CL, Scott LJ, Wilkinson KS, Merritt MA, Miles M, Murray D, Graham GC. Assessing moth migration and population structuring in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) at the regional scale: example from the Darling Downs, Australia. J Econ Entomol. 2005 Dec; 98(6):2210-9.
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Shpak M. Evolution of variance in offspring number: the effects of population size and migration. Theory Biosci. 2005 Aug; 124(1):65-85.