Relative size of the hyperstriatum ventrale is the best predictor of feeding innovation rate in birds

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 196-203

  Timmermans, Sarah ^a   Lefebvre, Louis ^a   Boire, Denis ^b   Basu, Paroma ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Birds; Dorsal ventricular ridge; Feeding innovations; Hyperstriatum ventrale; Neostriatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEOSTRIATUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELENCEPHALON;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034502588     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047204     Document Type: Article

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