Instinct in the '50s: The British reception of Konrad Lorenz's theory of instinctive behavior

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 609-631

  Griffiths, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conrad Waddington; Ethology; Instinct; J.B.S. Haldane; Konrad Lorenz

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26844494981     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/sBIPH-004-0537-z     Document Type: Article

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