Function and evolution of behavior ; an historical sample from the pens of ethologists /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klopfer, Peter H.
Other Authors: Hailman, Jack Parker, 1936-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., [1972]
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Description
Item Description:Companion volume to the author's Control and development of behavior.
--Determinants in cliff edge and escape responses in herring gull chicks in nature, by J. T. Emlen, Jr.--The black noddy Anous tenuirostris on Ascension Island, part 2: Behaviour, by J. M. Cullen and N. P. Ashmole.--Cliff-nesting adaptations of the Galapagos swallow-tailed gull, by J. P. Hailman.--Comparative studies on the behaviour of Anatinaw, by K. Z. Lorenz.--On locomotory movement in birds and the intention movements derived from them, by A. Daanje.--The feather postures of birds and the problem of the origin of social signals, by D. Morris.
--Remarks on the original sources of displays, by M. Moynihan.--Comparative studies of the behaviour of gulls (Laridae): a progress report, by N. Tinbergen.--The opening of milk bottles by birds, by J. Fisher and R. A. Hinde.--Further observations on the opening of milk bottles by birds: the establishment of behavioral modes, by P. H. Klopfer.--Social life of Japanese monkeys, by D. Miyadi.--Culturally transmitted patterns of vocal behavior in sparrows, by P. Marler and M. Tamura.
Physical Description:vii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.