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Pages 679-683 | Published online: 23 Aug 2006

  • Thorpe , W.H. 1954 . Some concepts of ethology . Nature , 174 : 101 – 105 .
  • Thorpe , W.H. 1956 . Learning and instinct in animals , 2nd ed. London 1963 is surprisingly not listed in the book under review.
  • Raven , C.E. 1947 . English naturalists from Neckham to Ray Cambridge
  • Haldane , J.B.S. 1954 . Introducing Douglas Spalding . British journal of animal behaviour , 2 : 1 – 1 .
  • Spalding , D.A. 1954 . Instinct . British journal of animal behaviour , 2 : 2 – 11 .
  • Romanes , G.J. 1892-97 . Darwin, and after Darwin London
  • Morgan , C.L. 1926 . Life, mind, and spirit London
  • See Barnett S.A. Modern ethology New York in press for a discussion
  • Loeb , J. 1901 . Comparative physiology of the brain London
  • The standard work is by Fraenkel G.S. Gunn D.L. The orientation of animals , 2 ed. Oxford 1940 1961, New York
  • Jennings , H.S. 1906 . Behavior of the lower organisms , Indiana : Bloomington .
  • von Frisch , K. 1967 . The dance language and orientation of bees Cambridge, Mass. See also K. von Frisch and O. von Frisch, Animal architecture (1974, New York), which, despite its date, is untouched by ethological theory.
  • Tinbergen , N. 1951 . The study of instinct Oxford
  • Tinbergen , N. 1953 . Social behaviour in animals London
  • Tinbergen , N. 1969 . “ Ethology ” . In Scientific thought 1900–1960 Edited by: Harré , R. Oxford in See also A. Nisbett, Konrad Lorenz (1976, London), who quotes Tinbergen (in litt.): ‘It is often said that [Lorenz] goes way beyond the facts and does not bother to record objectively, to quantify, to measure, to experiment. Of course, all that is necessary, but … the inspiration of much painstaking research … can often be traced back to bold … controversial statements by Lorenz’.
  • See, for example Beer C.G. The zoologist's approach to behaviour Tuatara 1963 11 170 177 12 (1964) 16–39; his ‘Ethology on the couch’, Science and psychoanalysis, 12 (1968), 198–213; R. A. Hinde, Animal behaviour (1970, New York); and J. S. Kennedy, ‘The emergence of behaviour’, Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 11 (1972), 168–176.
  • Lashley , K.S. 1938 . Experimental analysis of instinctive behavior . Psychological reviews , 45 : 445 – 471 .
  • See, for example Freud S. Civilization and its discontents The complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud London 1961 21 59 145 in W. McDougall, An introduction to social psychology (1908, Boston).
  • For example Barlow G.W. Modal action patterns How animals communicate Sebeok T.A. Bloomington, Indiana 1977 in C. G. Beer. ‘What is a display?’. American zoologist. 17 (1977), 155–165; M. Bekoff, ‘Quantitative studies of three areas of ethology’, in Quantitative methods in the study of animal behavior (ed. B. A. Hazlett: 1977, New York).
  • Hebb , D.O. 1953 . Heredity and environment in mammalian behaviour . British journal of animal behaviour , 1 : 43 – 47 .
  • Haldane , J.B.S. 1941 . New paths in genetics London
  • See Barnett Modern ethology New York in press for a discussion

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