Effect of ecological pressures on brains: Examples from avian neuroethology and general meanings

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 560-581

  Wagner, Hermann ^a   Luksch, Harald ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audition; Comparative; Neural Computation; Sensory; Vision

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIRD; NEUROETHOLOGY;

EID: 0031698572     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1998-7-810     Document Type: Conference Paper

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