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Tinbergen's four questions

Scope: general ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (25 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on Tinbergen's four questions with 25 nodes and 97 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Spermophilus lateralis, The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot ala, Parus major, prairie dogs.

Definition

Four categories of biological explanation: proximate causation, development, adaptive utility, and evolutionary history

Publications (1)

article

The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot alarm communication

2007Advances in the Study of Behaviorframework

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alarm communication

process2 shared papers

kin selection

theory1 shared paper

social phenotype

measurement1 shared paper

acoustic adaptation hypothesis

hypothesis1 shared paper

functionally referential communication

theory1 shared paper

exaptation

process1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

fur seals

1 paper

Cynomys gunnisoni

Sciuridae1 paper

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae1 paper

endangered species

1 paper

prairie dogs

1 paper

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Sciuridae1 paper

Tachycineta bicolor

Hirundinidae1 paper

Spermophilus lateralis

1 paper

Tree swallow

1 paper

tree squirrels

1 paper