Brain size and the diversification of body size in birds

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-177

  Sol, Daniel ^a   Price, Trevor D ^b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Behavioral drive; Brain size; Extinction; Morphological disparity; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; EXTINCTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 49849084326     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589461     Document Type: Article

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