Can endocranial volume be used as an estimate of brain size in birds?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-23

  Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a   Nelson, John E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CORRELATION METHODS;

BIRDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CRANIUM;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; PASSERIFORMES; PSITTACIFORMES; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036191579     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-204     Document Type: Article

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