Article
Taking note of Tinbergen, or: the promise of a biology of behaviour.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 19 May 2013
Barrett Louise, Blumstein Daniel T, Clutton-Brock Timothy H, Kappeler Peter M
Abstract excerpt
In this concluding paper, we revisit Tinbergen's 1963 article and assess its impact on the field of behavioural research in general, and the papers in this volume in particular. We show how Tinbergen's insistence that greater attention should be paid to studies of 'survival value' has yielded immense returns over the past 50 years, allowing an integrative biology of behaviour to emerge and thrive, and that his...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Behavioral Research
- Biological Evolution
- Ecosystem
- Genetic Variation
- Phylogeny
- Primates
- Selection, Genetic
- Social Behavior
- Species Specificity