Psychiatry and Psychology

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).

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Abstract

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).

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Behavior, Homing
  • Behaviors, Homing
  • Homing Behaviors
  • Home Range
  • Home Ranges
  • Range, Home
  • Ranges, Home

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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History Note

98;(68)

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Previous Indexing

  • Behavior, Animal (1966-1967)

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  1. F01.145.113w.646w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Homing Behavior. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006702. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006702
  2. Homing Behavior. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_(biology)
  3. Homing Behavior. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1410759