Evolution of brains and behavior for optimal foraging: A tale of two predators

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

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 10701-10708

  Catania, Kenneth C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neocortex; Neuroethology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEEDING; FISH; FORAGING; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; MOLE RAT; NASAL RAY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; REVIEW; SENSE ORGAN; SNAKE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STAR NOSED MOLE; TECTUM; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VISION; WATER FLOW; ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

CONDYLURA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SENSE ORGANS;

EID: 84866148810     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201885109     Document Type: Review

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