The aim of Advances in the Study of Behavior remains as it has been since the series began: to serve the increasing number of scientists who are engaged in the study of animal behavior by presenting their theoretical ideas and research to their colleagues and to those in neighboring fields. We hope that the series will continue its "contribution to the development of the field", as its intended role was phrased in the Preface to the first volume in 1965. Since that time, traditional areas of animal behavior have achieved new vigor by the links they have formed with related fields and by the closer relationship that now exists between those studying animal and human subjects.
　　行为学研究进展的目标仍然是自该系列开始以来一直保持不变：通过向同事和邻近领域的科学家展示他们的理论观点和研究成果，为越来越多从事动物行为研究的科学家服务。我们希望该系列将继续其“对该领域发展的贡献”，正如1965年第一卷序言中所描述的那样。从那时起，传统的动物行为学领域因其与相关领域的联系以及研究动物与人类之间的密切关系而获得了新的活力。