Interspecific allometry of the brain and brain regions in parrots (Psittaciformes): Comparisons with other birds and primates

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-59

  Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a,b   Dean, Karen M ^a   Nelson, John E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometric; Comparative method; Passeriformes; Primates; Psittaciformes

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSITTACINE; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOLUTION; ORGAN SIZE; PARROTS; PRIMATES; PSITTACIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CACATUIDAE; CORVIDAE; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; PRIMATES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 11444252860     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081110     Document Type: Article

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