migration pattern
Species travel blueprint
A migration pattern is the regular, predictable route and timing that animals follow when moving between seasonal habitats.
Birds, whales, and wildebeest all have characteristic migration patterns, often spanning thousands of miles.
The term extends to human movement: Researchers studied migration patterns from rural areas to cities.
In technology, it describes how data or users move between systems.
- flywayEstablished bird migration path
- birdFeathered flying vertebrate
- flockAnimals gathered together
- V formationAngled group flight pattern
- seasonYearly division or series
route · journey · breeding · breeding ground · wintering · instinct · homing instinct · navigation · internal compass · stopover · rest stop · habitat · herd · salmon · monarch · arctic · flight path · tern
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
- biological organizationcell, organ, tissue, organism, organ system
- tuna fishingalbacore, bigeye, bluefin, bluefin tuna, skipjack
- dialect mapsdialect atlas, linguistic atlas, word map
- climate patternsEl Nino, La Nina, ice age, warming, cooling
- DNA ancestryancestry test, DNA test, DNA match, genetic genealogy, haplogroup