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 InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxxiii, 238 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-227) and index.
LCCN 2008021974
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