Brain size and morphology of the brood-parasitic and cerophagous honeyguides (Aves: Piciformes)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 170-186

  Corfield, Jeremy R ^e   Birkhead, Tim R ^b   Spottiswoode, Claire N ^a,c   Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^e   Boogert, Neeltje J ^d   Gutiérrez Ibáñez, Cristian ^f   Overington, Sarah E ^g   Wylie, Douglas R ^f   Lefebvre, Louis ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain size; Brood parasitism; Hippocampus; Piciformes; Volumetrics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; BRAIN; ORGAN SIZE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APOIDEA; AVES; INDICATORIDAE; PICIDAE; PICIFORMES;

EID: 84879416889     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348834     Document Type: Article

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