Effects of seasonality on brain size evolution: Evidence from strepsirrhine primates

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 758-767

  Van Woerden, Janneke T ^a   Van Schaik, Carel P ^a   Isler, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energetic constraints; Lemuriformes; Lorisiformes; Periodic food shortage; Phylogenetic comparative method

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; LEMURIDAE; LORISIDAE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; LEMUR; LORISIDAE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; LEMURIFORMES; LORIDAE; LORISIFORMES; PRIMATES;

EID: 78649712797     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657045     Document Type: Article

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