List of contributors
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Part I. Motivation and Perception: Editorial: 1
1. Hierarchical organisation: a candidate principle for ethology Richard Dawkins
2. Form and function on the temporal organisation of behaviour D. J. McFarland
3. Attentional processes and animal behaviour R. J. Andrew
4. Dynamic boundaries of patterned behaviour: interaction and self-organization John C. Fentress
5. Sound production and perception in birds as related to the general principles of pattern perception W. H. Thorpe and J. Hall-Craggs
Editorial: 2
Part II. Function and Evolution: Editorial: 3
6. Evolutionary rules and primate societies T.H. Clutton-Brock and P. H. Harvey
7. Social organization, communication and graded signals: the chimpanzee and the gorilla Peter Marler
8. Kin selection in lions and evolution B. C. R. Bertram
9. The social function of intellect N. K. Humphrey
Editorial: 4
Part III. Development: Editorial: 5
10. The place of genetics in the study of behaviour Aubrey Manning
11. Stages in the early behavioural development of altricial young of selected species of non-primate mammals Jay S. Rosenblatt
12. The study of animal play M. J. A. Simpson
13. Rules and reciprocity in behavioural development P. P. G. Bateson
Editorial: 6
Part IV. Human Social Relationships: Editorial: 7
14. Growing points in human ethology: another link between ethology and the social sciences? N.G. Blurton Jones
15. Towards understanding relationships: dynamic stability R. A. Hinde and Joan Stevenson-Hinde
16. How far do early differences in mother-child relations affect later development? Judy Dunn
17. Does ethology throw any light on human behaviour? Peter B. Medawar
18. Ethology in a changing world N. Tinbergen
Editorial: 8
Conclusion - on asking the right questions
Index.
