Social bonds in birds are associated with brain size and contingent on the correlated evolution of life-history and increased parental investment

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-123

  Shultz, Susanne ^a   Dunbar, Robin I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biparental care; DISCRETE; Pair bonding

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIRD; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PAIR BOND; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES;

EID: 77952895120     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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