Variation in hippocampal morphology along an environmental gradient:Controlling for the effects of day length

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1718, 2011, Pages 2662-2667

  Roth, Timothy C ^a   LaDage, Lara D ^a   Pravosudov, Vladimir V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black capped chickadee; Caching; Environmental gradient; Food hoarding; Hippocampus; Neuron

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

BRAIN; CACHING; COGNITION; DAY LENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; LATITUDE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NEUROLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SNOW COVER; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYTOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAINE; MEMORY; MINNESOTA; NEURONS; PASSERIFORMES; SNOW; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; WASHINGTON;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 79960821163     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2585     Document Type: Article

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