Altitudinal migration is a short-distance animal migration from lower altitudes to higher altitudes and back. Altitudinal migrants change their elevation...

southern ocean. Shorter migrations are common, while longer ones are not. The shorter migrations include altitudinal migrations on mountains, including...

are adapted for extreme cold, and some are adapted for long-distance migration. Reindeer vary greatly in size and color from the smallest, the Svalbard...

formation of vast deserts that isolated the sky islands. Endemism, altitudinal migration, and relict populations are some of the natural phenomena to be...

32% of passerines were partially migratory. Altitudinal migration is a form of short-distance migration in which birds spend the breeding season at higher...

largely resident, some show limited migratory behaviour, particularly altitudinal migration by those breeding at high altitudes moving to lower levels in winter...

1093/condor/106.3.449. Bjork, Robin; Powell, George (1994). "Implications of altitudinal migration for conservation strategies to protect tropical biodiversity: a...

(Psittacula himalayana) is the only psittacid species to exhibit altitudinal migration. The species' range extends from Pakistan, to Western Himalayas...

bird has not gone extinct on smaller islands such as Molokaʻi. Altitudinal migration complicates population assessment. Although 'I'iwi are still relatively...

each generation is estimated to be about 6.6 years. Parallels in altitudinal migration with the equally solitary mockingbird might be taken as indication...

America. Altitudinal migration Kuchis List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Albania Rarámuri Sarakatsani Seasonal human migration Yaylak Jones...

habitat it is usually found near water. The species undertakes some altitudinal migration, moving closer to sea level during the winter over some of its range...

Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging...

lowland rainforest, typical from Sarapiquí and Tortuguero, had an altitudinal migration to 500–600 m high, and flora of the highlands did not descent to...

understory and near fruiting trees. The species follows an annual altitudinal migration based on fruit availability, with most of the year being spent in...

species (such as quail) do migrate over considerable distances. Altitudinal migration is evidently quite common amongst montane species, and a few species...

resident, territorial species, but has been known to undertake limited altitudinal migration or form flocks outside of the breeding season. Like other wagtails...

woodland. It is mainly resident, but some populations take part in altitudinal migrations; breeding at altitudes of up to 1,900 m (6,200 ft) and spending...

farmland, parks and gardens. In New Zealand, T. sanctus vagans shows altitudinal migration, with post-breeding movement from higher altitudes to the coast...

also track altitudinal migration. However, this is technically hard to do, and the resolution seems to be too poor to track small altitudinal changes. 2H...

do not normally migrate other than for local movements, such as altitudinal migrations in the Himalayan species. The treecreepers are small woodland birds...

January 2008). "Can variation in risk of nest predation explain altitudinal migration in tropical birds?". Oecologia. 155 (2): 397–403. Bibcode:2008Oecol...

organism to perform the behavior. For example, birds that engage in altitudinal migration might make "trial runs" lasting a few hours that would induce physiological...

In addition to seasonal migration, N. nepalensis also exhibits altitudinal migration. Researchers found that N. nepalensis migrate to higher elevations...

Feng, Kaize; Peng, Kexin; Ran, Jianghong; Wu, Yongjie (2023). "Altitudinal migration behavior patterns of birds on the eastern slope of Mt. Gongga, China"...

forests, and the subtropical Andes. Some highland species have altitudinal migrations. Manakins feed in the understory on small fruit (but often remarkably...

It primarily occurs at 500–3,000 m, but there appears to be some altitudinal migration with birds observed at lower elevations in winter. In Haiti, it...

tending to stay in the same area all year round, although some altitudinal migration, to lower elevations in the cooler winter months, occurs. Lewin's...

females) to avoid direct competition with older males. They perform altitudinal migration. They are insectivores. BirdLife International (2016). "Tarsiger...

sites for future climates: Abies religiosa upper altitudinal limit expansion by assisted migration." They wrote, "We conclude that the establishment...