Animal Behavior: Orientation and Navigation
Terms
Endogenous
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This general term refers to factors within a given organism rather than those
external to that organism. Compare with Exogenous.
Exogenous
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This general term refers to factors external to a given organism rather than
those within that organism. Compare with Endogenous.
Kinesis
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Random, undirected movement. Compare with Taxis.
Taxis
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Movement whose direction is determined in relation to a stimulus. Compare with
Kinesis.
Zeitgeber
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An environmental agent (such as light or temperature) that entrains an
individual's behavior to that environment. Zeitgeber is German for
"time-giver."
