home range
Creature's regular stomping-grounds
The area an animal regularly inhabits for feeding, mating, and raising young—distinct from territory, which is actively defended against intruders.
A home range may overlap with those of other individuals of the same species.
The concept applies in ecology and wildlife management: The wolf pack's home range covered roughly 200 square miles.
- core areaCentral, most important zone
- markVisible impression or sign
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- feeding groundArea where animals graze
den · nesting site · biogeography · wildlife corridors · track · telemetry · GPS collar · habitat fragmentation · territorial boundaries · buffer zone · domain · movement patterns · foraging · scent marking · ecology · trail · wildlife · scent
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
- territory termsturf, border, boundary, region, province
- species rangeendemic, native, widespread, endemism, disjunct
- wildlife ecologymigration routes, endemic species, breeding grounds, wintering grounds, nesting sites
- wildlife rangeshabitat, breeding ground, natural habitat, nesting area, feeding ground
- environmental psychologymental maps, cognitive maps, wayfinding, spatial perception, sense of place
home rangemigration path
Regular route of traveling animals
migration route · migration · seasonal migration · dispersal · nomadism
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