Evolution of brain size in the palaeognath lineage, with an emphasis on New Zealand ratites

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-99

  Corfield, Jeremy R ^a,b   Wild, J Martin ^a   Hauber, Mark E ^b   Parsons, Stuart ^b   Kubke, M Fabiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bird; Brain evolution; Neognath; Palaeognath

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARROT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATITE; SONGBIRD; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGAN SIZE; PALAEOGNATHAE; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

APTERYX; AVES; CORVIDAE; PALAEOGNATHAE; PSITTACIDAE; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TINAMIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39549085970     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111456     Document Type: Article

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