Perspectives in Ethology Volume 4 Advantages of Diversity
One of the attractive features of the great classical ethologists was their readiness to ask different kinds of questions about behavior - and to do so without muddling the answers. Niko Tinbergen, for instance, was interested in the evolution of behavior. But he also had interests in the present-da...
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Table of Contents:
- IV. Games Theory and Animal Contests
- V. Discussion
- VI. Acknowledgments
- VII. References
- 11 Science and the Law: A Muddled Interface
- IV. Behavior: The Interaction of the Organism with Its Environment
- V. Integrative Levels in the Evolutionary Process
- VI. Acknowledgments
- VII. References
- 8 From Causations to Translations: What Biochemists can Contribute to the Study of Behavior
- I. Abstract
- II. On Levels of Analysis
- III. The Objects of Behavioral Study
- IV. The Inadequacy of Systems Approaches
- V. The Hazards of Reification
- VI. The Reductionist Fallacy
- VII. Springing the Trap?
- VIII. From Causes to Translations
- IX. Theory into Practice
- X. Acknowledgments
- XI. References
- 9 Behavior and the Physical World of an Animal
- I. Abstract
- II. The Parameters of Concern
- III. The Physical World Comes First
- IV. Size and the Physical World
- V. Behavior and the Flow of Fluids
- VI. Remarks in Conclusion
- VII. References
- 10 Escalated Fighting and the War of Nerves: Games Theory and Animal Combat
- I. Abstract
- II. Introduction
- III. Escalation in Contests
- II. Introduction
- III. Evolutionary Social Ecology
- IV. Proximate Social Ecology
- V. Functional Social Ecology
- VI. Interdigitation of Evolutionary, Proximate, and Functional Social Ecology
- VII. Acknowledgments
- VIII. References
- 5 Social Structure and Individual Ontogenies: Problems of Description, Mechanism, and Evolution
- I. Abstract
- II. Introduction
- III. Ontogenetic Trajectories
- IV. Homeostasis or Steady State?
- V. Evolution of Maturational Controls
- VI. Conclusion
- VII. Acknowledgments
- VIII. Appendix
- IX. References
- 6 On a Possible Relation Between Cultural Transmission and Genetical Evolution
- I. Abstract
- II. Introduction
- III. Components of Intelligence
- IV. Habit and Instinct
- V. Assimilative Selection
- VI. Evolution of Intelligence
- VII. Acknowledgments
- VIII. References
- 7 The Behavior of Organisms, as it is Linked to Genes and Populations
- I. Abstract
- II. Introduction
- III. Integrative Levels in Biology
- 1 The Nature and Description of Behavior Patterns
- I. Abstract
- II. Introduction
- III. Describing Behavior: Two Methods or One?
- IV. The Domains of Regularity
- V. Natural Units of Behavior
- VI. The Description of Behavior Patterns
- VII. Conclusions
- VIII. Summary
- IX. Acknowledgments
- X. References
- 2 Individual Differences in Animal Behavior
- I. Abstract
- II. Introduction
- III. Differences in Feeding Behavior
- IV. Strategies of Behavior
- V. Communication of Identity
- VI. Model Action Patterns
- VII. Adaptiveness or Noise?
- VIII. Conclusion
- IX. Acknowledgments
- X. References
- 3 Toward a Falsifiable Theory of Evolution
- I. Abstract
- II. Introduction
- III. The Tautology of Evolutionary Biology
- IV. The Tautology in Behaviorism
- V. A Resolution of the Tautology
- VI. Some Concluding Remarks
- VII. Acknowledgments
- VIII. References
- 4 Evolutionary, Proximate, and Functional Primate Social Ecology
- I. Abstract