A comparative analysis of brain size in relation to foraging ecology and phylogeny in the Chiroptera

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-180

  Hutcheon, James M ^a,b   Kirsch, John A W ^a   Garland Jr , Theodore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b KEENE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain allometry; Brain evolution; Chiroptera; Comparative method; Foraging; Mammals; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOLOCATION; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORAGING; FRUIT; HYPOTHESIS; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHIROPTERA; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; SMELL;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MEGACHIROPTERA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 0036979995     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065938     Document Type: Article

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