Tinbergen's four questions: An appreciation and an update

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 712-718

  Bateson, Patrick ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PUBLIC FIGURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FAMOUS PERSONS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84888131950     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.09.013     Document Type: Review

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