Metabolic costs of brain size evolution

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 557-560

  Isler, Karin ^a   Van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Cognition; Encephalization; Mammals

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; COGNITION; MAMMAL;

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845585521     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0538     Document Type: Article

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