Together with Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen is generally
acknowledged as the founder of the young science of ethology.
Professor Tinbergen has spent a lifetime of research exploring the
behavior of many types of animals in their natural environments,
and has founded centers of worldwide renown for research and
teaching in the behavioral sciences, first in his native Holland
and later at Oxford. His influence extends far beyond the borders
of Europe and of zoology proper, and he has contributed
substantially to international and interdisciplinary collaboration
Tinbergen's work has been characterized by many as a "breath of
fresh air" in fields that were in danger of using touch with nature
and of becoming bogged down in theory. He has tirelessly worked for
the use of scientific methods in the study if human behavior, both
normal and abnormal. Without shying away from quantification and
measurement, he has made his main contribution in what Sir Peter
Medawar calls "creative observation" and in the design of
meaningful experiments, even in the seemingly chaotic and
continuously varying conditions if the natural habitat.
In following him in what Tinbergen likes to call his seemingly
aimless wanderings, the reader will catch a unique glimpse into the
workshop of ethology. Even when reporting on sophisticated
experiments, or when developing new theoretical concepts and
arguments, Tinergen writes simply, lucidly, and precisely. The
present volume spans forty years of pioneer investigation and
includes selections on the behavior of gulls; on the homing,
landmark preference, and prey findings of the digger wasp; on the
food hoarding of foxes; and on creatures living scattered as
adefense against predators.
These classic original studies will fascinate the increasing
number if readers interested in the topical problems if animals and
human behavior.
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