Relative hippocampal volume in relation to food-storing behavior in four species of woodpeckers

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 110-120

  Volman, Susan F ^a   Grubb, Thomas C ^a   Schuett, Kristofor C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian hippocampal complex; Food storing; Spatial memory; Woodpeckers

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELANERPES; MELANERPES CAROLINUS; MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS; PASSERIFORMES; PICIDAE; PICIFORMES; PICOIDES; PICOIDES PUBESCENS; PICOIDES VILLOSUS;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BIRDS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0030641046     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112985     Document Type: Article

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