Brain development and predation: Plastic responses depend on evolutionary history

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-252

  Gonda, Abigél ^a   Välimäki, Kaisa ^a   Herczeg, Gábor ^a   Merila, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Brain size; Competition; Predation; Pungitius; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN; CHEMORECEPTION; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD SUPPLY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POND; PREDATION RISK; TELEOST;

BULBUS; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

EID: 84856004598     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0837     Document Type: Article

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