On some generative orders of behaviour |
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Authors: | Koenraad Kortmulder Enja Feuth-de Bruijn |
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Institution: | (1) Ethology Section, Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, Leiden University, POB 9516, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The sociobiological fashion has for a long time discouraged the development of theories of the immediate causation of behaviour. It is only recently that new approaches are being developed to improve on the classical ethological theory originated by Lorenz and Tinbergen. One new departure is behavioural field theory (BFT) which brings back the concept of energy in behaviour, without being susceptible to the drawbacks of the energy or fuel concept of classical theory. In this paper the new theory is explained in some detail and it is shown to be illuminating, predictive and testable in examples of play-like and territorial behaviour. |
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