Niko Tinbergen

R. W. Burkhardt

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01215-2

Niko Tinbergen

R. W. Burkhardt

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Niko Tinbergen was a key figure in establishing ethology as a scientific discipline. His analytical and experimental talents complemented Konrad Lorenz’s more intuitive theorizing; his work as a field biologist gave him perspectives that Lorenz lacked. Much of Tinbergen’s early research focused on questions of behavioral causation. Later, in the 1950s, he focused more on questions of behavioral evolution and function (survival value). His formulation of the “four questions” of ethology helped to define ethology and to provide a vision for its future. For his work, he received the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Lorenz and with Karl von Frisch.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
Editors	Jae Chun Choe
Publisher	Academic Press
Pages	128-134
Number of pages	7
Edition	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128132517
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01215-2
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

Behavioral ecology
Black-headed gull
Daniel Lehrman
Displacement activities
Ethology
Ethology’s ‘four questions’
Field biology
Herring gull
Kittiwake
Konrad Lorenz
Niko Tinbergen
Three-spined stickleback

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Environmental Science

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