Brain size is not correlated with forelimb dexterity in fissiped carnivores (Carnivora): A comparative test of the principle of proper mass

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-180

  Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a   Pellis, Sergio M ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain size; Carnivora; Dexterity; Forelimb; Independent contrasts; Isocortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAMMAL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARNIVORA; CATS; DOGS; FORELIMB; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0032733726     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006621     Document Type: Article

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