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Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
J.L. Brown
- pp 186-190
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The origins of the major themes of behavioral ecology came in the 1960s from the population biology of behavior, when new theories regarding spacing, sexual behavior, and aid-giving behavior spurred research.Abstract:
Behavioral ecology is a scientific discipline that is primarily concerned with the ways in which the various behaviors of animals have evolved by natural selection. Sociobiology is the part of behavioral ecology that deals with social behavior. The first book devoted to behavioral ecology appeared in 1962; the first scientific journal, in 1976; and the first scientific society, in 1986. Social behavior had long been studied, notably by Nobel Prize winning ethologists in the 1950s and 1960s, but the term sociobiology was coined in 1975. The origins of the major themes of behavioral ecology came in the 1960s from the population biology of behavior, when new theories regarding spacing, sexual behavior, and aid-giving behavior spurred research.read more
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