Tribute to tinbergen: The four problems of biology. a critical appraisal

Ethology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 224-227

  Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavioural ecology; Causation; Evolution; Fitness effects; Ontogeny; Survival value

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FITNESS; ONTOGENY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84892953334     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12209     Document Type: Article

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