Relative brain size in Australian birds

Emu

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 160-170

  Franklin, Donald C ^a   Garnett, Stephen T ^a   Luck, Gary W ^b   Gutierrez Ibanez, Cristian ^c   Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^d  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BRAIN; PHYLOGENETICS; RAPTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84900330177     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU13034     Document Type: Article

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