1907–1988 Dutch-born British biologist instrumental in establishing ethology as a scientific discipline.
Keywords: ethology; behavioural ecology; instinct; konrad lorenz; karl von frisch
Tinbergen, Nikolaas
Richard W Burkhardt, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, Illinois, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002398
| Further Reading | |
| book Tinbergen N (1951) The Study of Instinct. Oxford: Clarendon Press. | |
| book Tinbergen N (1958) Curious Naturalists. London: Country Life. | |
| book Tinbergen N (1989) "Watching and wondering". Dewsbury DA Studying Animal Behavior: Autobiographies of the Founders, pp. 431–463. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. | |
| book Dawkins MS, Halliday TR and Dawkins R (eds) (1991) The Tinbergen Legacy. London: Chapman & Hall. | |
| Hinde RA (1990) Nikolaas Tinbergen. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 36: 547–565. | |
