Social Behaviour in Animals With Special Reference to Vertebrates - Tinbergen, J.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1965)
I Introduction -- Statement of the problems -- The Herring Gull -- The Three-spined Stickleback -- The Grayling -- Types of social co-operation -- II Mating Behaviour -- The functions of mating behaviour -- Some instances of timing -- Persuasion and appeasement -- Orientation -- Reproductive isolation -- Conclusion -- III Family and Group Life -- Family life -- Group behaviour -- IV Fighting -- Reproductive fighting -- The functions of reproductive fighting -- The causes of fighting -- The peckorder -- V Analysis of Social Co-Operation -- Recapitulation -- The actor's behaviour -- The behaviour of the reactor -- Review of releasers -- Conclusion -- VI Relations Between Different Species -- The release of reactions -- The avoidance of release -- VII The Growth of Social Organizations -- Differentiation and integration -- The establishment of social ties -- Further developments -- Conclusion -- Regulation -- VIII Evolutionary Aspects of Social Organization -- The comparative method -- Comparison of social systems -- Comparison of releasers -- Conclusion -- IX Some Hints for Research in Animal Sociology.
Keywords: Animal ecology; Evolutionary biology; Animal Ecology; Evolutionary Biology