Psychiatry and Psychology

Ethology

The discipline pertaining to the study of animal behavior.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The discipline pertaining to the study of animal behavior.

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with ETHNOLOGY

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History Note

69

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Previous Indexing

  • Behavior, Animal (1966-1968)

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  1. F04.096w.208w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ethology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005010. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005010
  2. Ethology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology
  3. Ethology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7155