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

  • Burkhardt, Richard W. (Richard Wellington), 1944-
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[2005], ©2005
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Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2005], ©2005.

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xii, 636 pages : illustrations portraits ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 579-607) and index.

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.

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  • 0226080897
  • 9780226080895
  • 0226080900
  • 9780226080901