Does encephalization correlate with life history or metabolic rate in carnivora?

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-353

  Finarelli, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain size; Carnivora; Likelihood ratios; Mammalia; Maternal energy hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CARNIVORE; ENCEPHALITIS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TRADE-OFF; WEANING;

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954118463     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0787     Document Type: Article

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