A Review of Some Aspects of Avian Field Ethology
- 1 October 1966
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Auk
- Vol. 83 (4) , 637-661
- https://doi.org/10.2307/4083155
Abstract
This is a review of ethological concepts and terms; maintenance activities; communication, including a discussion of the causation, function and origin of displays; behavior and evolution, including intraspecific and interspecific variation in behavior, behavior and speciation, convergence, and behavior and taxonomy. Avian examples are used.This publication has 65 references indexed in Scilit:
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