Introduction: Ecology and the central nervous system

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 193-196

  Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Central nervous system; Cognition; Ethology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ETHOLOGY; FORAGING; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL FORAGING; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREDICTION; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; ECOLOGY; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842851914     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076780     Document Type: Conference Paper

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