Niko's Nature by Hans Kruuk, Oxford University Press, £20, ISBN 0198515588
THIS is a book that every behavioural biologist will want to read, and will do so with pleasure. I read
Kruuk obviously highlights Tinbergen, but this is no less a record of the science of ethology and a directory of those who, along with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz, revolutionised the study of animal behaviour. In chronicling how ethology and behavioural science evolved, Kruuk spares no details, and his command of facts is impressive. He also paints a vivid picture of Tinbergen in his environment - his sand ...
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