Tinbergen's legacy : function and mechanism in behavioral biology / edited by Johan J. Bolhuis, Simon Verhulst.
| Other author | Bolhuis, Johan J. |
| Other author | Verhulst, Simon. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
| Description | xxiii, 238 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | On aims and methods of ethology / N. Tinbergen -- Tinbergen's four questions and contemporary behavioral biology / Jerry A. Hogan and Johan J. Bolhuis -- Causation : the study of behavioral mechanisms / Jerry A. Hogan -- Tinbergen's fourth question, ontogeny : sexual and individual differentiation / David Crews and Ton Groothuis -- The development of behavior : trends since Tinbergen (1963) / Jerry A. Hogan and Johan J. Bolhuis -- The study of function in behavioral ecology / Innes Cuthill -- The evolution of behavior, and integrating it towards a complete and correct understanding of behavioral biology / Michael J. Ryan -- Do ideas about function help in the study of causation? / David F. Sherry -- Function and mechanism in neuroecology : looking for clues / Johan J. Bolhuis. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-227) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008021974 |
| ISBN | 9780521874786 |
| ISBN | 0521874785 |
| ISBN | 9780521697552 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0521697557 (pbk.) |