Migration

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In ecology and animal behaviour, Migration, Migratory behavior, or Migratory may refer to:

Animal migration, the physical movement by animals 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 or transport of large seed plant dominated communities in geographical space over time
Human migration, physic movement by humans from one area to another

Other scientific uses

Gene migration, a process in evolution and population genetics
Cell migration, in biology
Molecular diffusion, in physics
Migration (chemistry), type of reaction in organic chemistry
Seismic 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
Mouse models of breast cancer metastasis

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
Software migration, refers to the conversion, rewriting or porting of a legacy system to a modern computer systems

Piercing migration, in body modification, a process that occurs when a body piercing moves from its initial location