Is cooperative breeding associated with bigger brains? A comparative test in the Corvida (Passeriformes)

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-220

  Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a,c   Arnold, Kathryn E ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTION; PASSERINE;

AVES; CORVIDA; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; PRIMATES;

EID: 1842715582     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2003.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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