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Perspectives in Ethology

Volume 2

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  • © 1976

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Editors:
  1. P. P. G. Bateson

    1. Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

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  2. Peter H. Klopfer

    1. Department of Zoology, Duke University, Durham, USA

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Part of the book series: Perspectives in Ethology (PEIE)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Sociosexual Development in Primates

    • J. Hanby
    Pages 1-67

  3. Homeostatic Motor Processes in Mammalian Interactions: A Choreography of Display

    • Ilan Golani
    Pages 69-134

  4. Biological Rhythms as Information Channels in Interpersonal Communication Behavior

    • Paul Byers
    Pages 135-164

  5. Animal Play: Problems and Perspectives

    • Marc Bekoff
    Pages 165-188

  6. Exercise, Play, and Physical Training in Animals

    • Robert M. Fagen
    Pages 189-219

  7. My Descent from the Monkey

    • Nicholas S. Thompson
    Pages 221-230

  8. The Organization of Aggression and Fear In Vertebrates

    • John Archer
    Pages 231-298

  9. On Individuality: The Constituents of Distinctiveness

    • Wolfgang M. Schleidt
    Pages 299-310

  10. The Principle of Optimal Behavior and the Theory of Communities

    • H. Ronald Pulliam
    Pages 311-332

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 333-340
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About this book

In the preface to the first volume of this series we set out our aims, which were to encourage fresh perspectives in ethology and provide a forum for new ideas. We still feel that in the perfectly proper search for high stan­ dards of evidence, methodology has tended to remain the master rather than the servant of most aspects of ethological work. It is easy for us all to forget that the kinds of data we collect are largely determined by the kinds of questions we ask. Even an ethologist with the professed goal of providing a straightforward account of behavior must incorporate into his or her descriptions a great many assumptions about the organization of that be­ havior. Inevitably some facets of what went on will have been selected at the expense of others. This is sometimes done, for example, in the service of a theory that the fundamental unit for description is the fixed action pattern. Our point is not that constraints on the collection of data are bad but that the theory which gives rise to the selection of evidence should not be neglected. In the first volume, the choice of topics and authors was based upon our views about the exciting or developing issues in ethology. This volume represents a more opportunistic approach: the articles were selected from among the many offered to us as best conforming to our aims. Neverthe­ less, certain themes do emerge.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

    P. P. G. Bateson

  • Department of Zoology, Duke University, Durham, USA

    Peter H. Klopfer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Perspectives in Ethology

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 2

  • Editors: P. P. G. Bateson, Peter H. Klopfer

  • Series Title: Perspectives in Ethology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7572-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-7574-0Published: 15 January 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-7572-6Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0738-4394

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 340

  • Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Zoology

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