A quantitative test of the thermogenesis hypothesis of cetacean brain evolution, using phylogenetic comparative methods

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Maximino, Caio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain size; Cetaceans; Evolution; Evolutionary neuroscience; Phylogenetic comparative method; Stabilizing selection; Thermogenesis hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CETACEAN; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYLOGENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CETACEA;

EID: 62249086335     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240902761656     Document Type: Article

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