The comparative morphology of the cerebellum in caprimulgiform birds: Evolutionary and functional implications

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-68

  Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a   Hurd, Peter L ^a   Wylie, Douglas R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apodiformes; Caprimulgiformes; Cerebellum; Evolution; Nightjar; Owl; Strigiformes

Indexed keywords

AEGOTHELIDAE; ANIMAL TISSUE; APODIFORM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAPRIMULGIDAE; CAPRIMULGIFORM; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOWL; HUMMINGBIRD; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NYCTIBIIDAE; OWL; PODARGIDAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEATORNIS CARIPENSIS; STEATORNITHIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CEREBELLUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; LINEAR MODELS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRIGIFORMES;

AEGOTHELIDAE; ANIMALIA; APODIFORMES; AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE; CAPRIMULGIFORMES; NYCTIBIIDAE; PODARGIDAE; STEATORNIS CARIPENSIS; STEATORNITHIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 29044451083     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089120     Document Type: Article

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