Nikolaus Tinbergen

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
Zoologist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Amsterdam
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine
Crafoord Prize
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:The_Hague
gptkbp:born April 15, 1907
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Animal welfare
Behavioral ecology
Four questions of ethology
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Oxford
gptkbp:died December 21, 1988
gptkbp:field Ecology
Evolutionary biology
Animal behavior
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nikolaus Tinbergen
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Richard_Dawkins
gptkb:John_Maynard_Smith
gptkb:Konrad_Lorenz
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Karl_von_Frisch
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Konrad_Lorenz
gptkbp:inspiration Conservation biology
Behavioral science
Tinbergen's_framework
gptkbp:knownFor Founding figure of ethology
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine_1973
Ethology as a scientific discipline
Influence on animal behavior research
gptkbp:nationality Dutch
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:David_Attenborough
gptkb:Gerd_Müller
Niko Tinbergen
gptkbp:researchFocus Social behavior in animals
Animal communication
Instinctive behavior
gptkbp:researchInterest Field studies
Experimental studies
Observational studies
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Evelyn_Tinbergen
gptkbp:wrote The Herring Gull's World
The Study of Instinct
Animal Behavior: A Modern Synthesis
Social_Behavior_in_Animals