Migration
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Migration, Migratory behavior, or Migratory may refer:
- Gene migration, a process in evolution and population genetics
- Animal migration, the travelling of long distances in search of a new habitat
- Human migration, physical movement by humans from one area to another
- Bird migration, the regular seasonal journey undertaken by many species of birds
- Reverse migration (birds), a phenomenon in bird migration
- Fish migration, the regular journey of fish
- Insect migration, the seasonal movement of insects
- Lepidoptera migration, the movement of butterflies and moths
- Diel vertical migration, a daily migration undertaken by some ocean organisms
- Plant migration, see Seed dispersal, the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant
- Forest migration, the movement of large seed plant dominated communities in geographical space over time
Other sciences [edit]
- Cell migration, in biology
- Molecular diffusion, in physics
- Migration (chemistry), type of reaction in organic chemistry
- Geophysical migration, in seismic and ground penetrating radar data processing
- Microscopic motion of material caused by an external force, distinct from spontaneous diffusion, including drift current, electrophoresis, electromigration, thermodiffusion, sedimentation, in physical chemistry and materials
- Planetary migration, the alteration of the satellite's orbital parameters
Information Technology [edit]
- Data migration, the process of transferring data between storage types, formats, or computer systems
- System migration, the tasks involved when moving data and applications from current hardware to new hardware
Arts and entertainment [edit]
- "Migrate" (song), a song from Mariah Carey's album E=MC²
- Migrations, a 2000 photo essay and book by Sebastião Salgado
- Migrations (film), a 1988 film
- Migrations (album), a 2006 album by The Duhks
- Migration (Creative Source album)
- Migration (The Amboy Dukes album)
- Migrations, a stage play winner of the John Whiting Award, by Karim Alrawi
Other [edit]
- Piercing migration, in body modification, a process that occurs when a body piercing moves from its initial location
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