migration pattern

collocation in English

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migration
noun[C or U]
uk
/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/us
/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
the process of animals travelling to a different place, usually when the ...
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pattern
noun
uk
/ˈpæt.ən/us
/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition ofmigrationandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The majority of the immigrants had amigrationpatternthat cannot easily be labelled.
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Much current migration theory lacks the capability to explain this distinctive and recentmigrationpattern.
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There was a difference inmigrationpatternbetween the two cohorts of married migrants.
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Finally, we discuss how rainfall variations andmigrationpatternof some species may account for a part of the temporal variation of bat abundance and space partitioning.
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There is also a loss of the normal neuronalmigrationpatternwithin the inner layers of the cerebral cortex, the brain region responsible for higher mental processing.
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This deterioration must be due to themigrationpattern, which also masks unemployment.
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Their seasonal distribution is also marked by the fact that they follow an anomalousmigrationpattern.
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Climate change appears to be affecting themigrationpatternof the garden warbler and blackcap.
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It is generally accepted that the naming comes from themigrationpatternof birds.
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They are often observed in a sort of dailymigrationpatternas a result.
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What is clear is that a very long-standingmigrationpatternhas reversed.
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These movements, in pursuit of ideal feeding conditions, seem more opportunistic movement rather than a fixedmigrationpattern.
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These birds have an unusualmigrationpatternas every few years in winter they migrate southwards in large numbers.
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There are several benefits associated with thismigrationpattern, including gains in financial capital, human capital, and social capital.
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A person's occupation may have been related to his or her social status, political interest, andmigrationpattern.
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However, they have a uniquemigrationpattern, where their cell bodies cross the midline to the contralateral side.
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The town is also on a north-south birdmigrationpattern, and birds can be frequently seen flying south in mass in the fall.
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Although fin whales are certainly migratory, moving seasonally in and out of high-latitude feeding areas, the overallmigrationpatternis not well understood.
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The harvest cycles, along with the usual boom and bust economic cycles associated with such farming has spurred a workermigrationpatternwhich has been studied.
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One example is a neuroblast migrating towards the olfactory bulb to differentiate into periglomercular or granule neurons which have a radialmigrationpatternrather than a tangential one.
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