Comparative studies of brain evolution: A critical insight from the Chiroptera

Biological Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-172

  Dechmann, Dina K N ^a,b   Safi, Kamran ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Encephalisation; Expensive tissue; Hippocampus; Mating system; Mosaic evolution; Neocortex; Neuroecology; Niche adaptation; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHIROPTERA; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58849142450     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00067.x     Document Type: Review

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