Patterns of behavior : Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, and the founding of ethology / Richard W. Burkhardt, Jr.

Author/creator Burkhardt, Richard W., 1944-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Descriptionxii, 636 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction : theory, practice, and place in the study of animal behavior -- Charles Otis Whitman, Wallace Craig, and the biological study of animal behavior in America -- British field studies of behavior : Selous, Howard, Kirkman, and Huxley -- Konrad Lorenz and the conceptual foundations of ethology -- Niko Tinbergen and the Lorenzian program -- Lorenz and national socialism -- The postwar reconstruction of ethology -- Ethology's new settings -- Attracting attention -- Tinbergen's vision for ethology -- Conclusion : ethology's ecologies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 579-607) and index.
LCCN 2004004083
ISBN0226080897 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226080900 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QL750.5 .B87 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold