Term Name: locomotory behavior
Synonyms: behavior via locomotion, locomotion in response to stimulus, locomotory behavioral response to stimulus, locomotory behaviour, locomotory behavioural response to stimulus
Definition: The specific movement from place to place of an organism in response to external or internal stimuli. Locomotion of a whole organism in a manner dependent upon some combination of that organism's internal state and external conditions.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007626]   QuickGO   AmiGO

Relationships (about)
has parts: locomotion involved in locomotory behavior
is a type of: single-organism behavior
has subtype: adult locomotory behavior chemotaxis in environment of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction larval locomotory behavior locomotor rhythm locomotory exploration behavior swimming behavior turning behavior