Morphometric analysis of telencephalic structure in a variety of neognath and paleognath bird species reveals regional differences associated with specific behavioral traits

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-195

  Corfield, Jeremy R ^a,b   Wild, J Martin ^a   Parsons, Stuart ^b   Kubke, M Fabiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Comparative neuroanatomy; Kiwi; Mosaic evolution; Telencephalic evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PALAEOGNATHAE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELENCEPHALON;

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 84867982538     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339828     Document Type: Article

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