Maternal investment, life histories, and the costs of brain growth in mammals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 6169-6174

  Barton, Robert A ^a   Capellini, Isabella ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altricial; Cognition; Maturation; Neonate; Phylogenetic

Indexed keywords

BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; EVOLUTION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; MAMMAL; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79954992389     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019140108     Document Type: Article

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