Continental variation in relative hippocampal volume in birds: The phylogenetic extent of the effect and the potential role of winter temperatures

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 330-333

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corvidae; Food caching; Hippocampus; Paridae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CACHING; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOWL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER;

AVES; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; PARIDAE;

EID: 25444499219     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0328     Document Type: Article

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