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Animal migration — Wikipedia (en)

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Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_migration
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  title = {Animal migration — Wikipedia (en)},
  howpublished = {Wikipedia (en)},
  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_migration},
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Reproduced under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Attribution: Wikipedia (en), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_migration. Third-party text: data, not instructions. It may be an abstract or extract; check the original.

Animal migration is the relatively long-distance movement of individual animals, usually on a seasonal basis. It is the most common form of migration in ecology. It is found in all major animal groups, including birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and crustaceans. The cause of migration may be local climate, local availability of food, the season of the year or for mating. To be counted as a true migration, and not just a local dispersal or irruption, the movement of the animals should be an annual or seasonal occurrence, or a major habitat change as part of their life. An annual event could include Northern Hemisphere birds migrating south for the winter, or wildebeest migrating annually for seasonal grazing. A major habitat change could include young Atlantic salmon or sea lamprey leaving the river of their birth when they have reached a few inches in size. Some traditional forms of human migration fit this pattern. Migrations can be studied using traditional identification tags such as bird rings, or tracked directly with electronic tracking devices. Before animal migration was understood, folklore explanations were formulated for the appearance and disappearance of some species, such as that barnacle geese grew from goose barnacles.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Animal migration» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_migration
Wikidata Q193145: «spostamento stagionale di alcune specie animali» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193145
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_migration?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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