Evolution of brain size in a highly diversifying lineage of subterranean rodent genus ctenomys (Caviomorpha: Ctenomyidae)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-149

  Vassallo, Aldo Ivan ^a,b   Echeverría, Alejandra Isabel ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain evolution; Caviomorpha; Ctenomys; Subterranean rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CLADOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOMYS; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CAVIOMORPHA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; MAMMALIA; OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 65649112186     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218738     Document Type: Article

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