home range

home range
the area in which an animal normally lives.
[1880-85]

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  • Home-range — Unter einem Aktionsraum (Englisch Home range) wird in der Zoologie und in der Sozial und Verhaltensgeographie die Größe des genutzten Lebensraumes eines Tieres bezeichnet. Der Aktionsraum eines Tieres ist meist wesentlich größer als das Revier,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Home Range —    The area in which a deer spends it s entire life which is thought to be less then a few square miles as long as food, water and shelter is available in that range …   Hunting glossary

  • home range — noun Date: 1884 the area to which an animal usually confines its daily activities …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • home range — the area over which an animal normally travels in its day to day activities …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • home range — /ˈhoʊm reɪndʒ/ (say hohm raynj) noun a defined region about which an animal habitually moves in its natural state …  

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