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]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The comparative method in studying innate behaviour patterns, by K. Z. Lorenz
  • Is modern ethology objective? By J. S. Kennedy
  • Interrelationship of the "innate" and the "acquired" in instinctive behavior, by T. C. Schneirla
  • The spines of stickleback (Gasterosteus and Pygosteus) as means of defence against predators (Perca and Esox) by R. Hoogland, D. Morris, and N. Tinbergen
  • Timing and spacing of broods in the black-headed gull Larus ridibundus, by I. J. Patterson
  • Egg shell removal by the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus L.: a behaviour component of camouflage, by N. Tinbergen and others
  • Adaptations in the kittiwake to cliff-nesting, by E. Cullen.