Habitat complexity, brain, and behavior

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-134

  Shumway, Caroly A ^a,b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain; Cichlid; Ecology; Evolution; Fish; Habitat complexity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CICHLIDS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; LEARNING;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; AVES; CICHLIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53549129752     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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