Overview
This book aims to be a presentation of a biological approach to the phenomena of social behaviour. This approach is characterized by the need for careful observation of the variety of social phenomena occurring in nature; by emphasis on a balanced study of the three main biological problems - function, causation, evolution; by emphasis on an appropriate sequence of description, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis; and finally by emphasis on the need for continuous re-synthesis. The book covers a range of aspects of animal behaviour, including mating, fighting, family and group life, and social organizations, as well as some unrelated analytical evidence, acquired under such special laboratory conditions it is at present impossible to say how it is related to the normal life of the species concerned. The significance of intraspecific fighting, the causation of threat and courtship behaviour, the functions of releasers and other problems are discussed in detail and an attempt has been made to give them their proper place in the complex system of problems.
Full Product Details
Author: J. Tinbergen ,
G.P. Baerends
Publisher: Chapman and Hall
Imprint: Chapman and Hall
Edition: 2nd ed. 1965
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.246kg
ISBN: 9780412369209
ISBN 10: 0412369206
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 31 March 1990
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A fitting memorial would be for students and workers in the behavioural sciences to return to Tinbergen's works. Nature; Niko Tinbergen's outstanding contribution to the study of animal behaviour is well demonstrated by his leagacy of exellent books, among which the classic reprint is one of the most influential...remains as valid today as in 1946 BES Bulletin; The book..is obviously a classic and there is no doubt that it has contributed in establishing many a vocation..The present edition benefits from a foreword by Baerends..very few recent textbooks deal with the study of animal behaviour in such an enjoyable way. Acta O Ecologica
A fitting memorial would be for students and workers in the behavioural sciences to return to Tinbergen's works. Nature; Niko Tinbergen's outstanding contribution to the study of animal behaviour is well demonstrated by his leagacy of exellent books, among which the classic reprint is one of the most influential...remains as valid today as in 1946 BES Bulletin; The book..is obviously a classic and there is no doubt that it has contributed in establishing many a vocation..The present edition benefits from a foreword by Baerends..very few recent textbooks deal with the study of animal behaviour in such an enjoyable way.. Acta O Ecologica
