Homing Behavior

Instinctual patterns of activity related to a specific area including ability of certain animals to return to a given place when displaced from it, often over great distances using navigational clues such as those used in migration (ANIMAL MIGRATION).

Year introduced: 1998

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Tree Number(s): F01.145.113.646

MeSH Unique ID: D006702

Entry Terms:

• Behavior, Homing
• Behaviors, Homing
• Homing Behaviors
• Home Range
• Home Ranges
• Range, Home
• Ranges, Home

Previous Indexing:

• Behavior, Animal (1966-1967)

See Also:

• Animal Migration

All MeSH Categories
Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Behavior
Behavior, Animal
Homing Behavior