Lorenz, Konrad Zacharias

Richard W Burkhardt, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, Illinois, USA

Published online: March 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0002865

Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989), an Austrian biologist whose comparative studies of animal behaviour provided the foundations for the science of ethology.

Keywords: ethology; imprinting; instinct; Karl von Frisch; Nikolaas Tinbergen

Further Reading
	book Burkhardt RW (2005) Patterns of Behavior: Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, and the Founding of Ethology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
	Krebs JR and Sjölander S (1992) Konrad Zacharias Lorenz. 7 November 1903–27 February 1989. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 38: 210–228.
	book Lorenz KZ (1952) King Solomon's Ring. London: Methuen.
	book Lorenz KZ (1966) On Aggression. New York: Harcourt Brace and World.
	book Lorenz KZ (1989) "My family and other animals". In: Dewsbury DA (ed.) Studying Animal Behavior: Autobiographies of the Founders, pp. 259–287. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
	book Nisbett A (1976) Konrad Lorenz. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
	book Taschwer K and Föger F (2003) Konrad Lorenz: Biographie. Vienna: Paul Zolnay Verlag.