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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Behavior, Animal > Homing Behavior

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Homing Behavior  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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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