Environmental variation and the evolution of large brains in birds

Environmental variation has been hypothesized to favour the evolution of large brains capable of adjusting behaviour to changing circumstances. Here, Sayolet al. find that across more than 1200 bird species, species with relatively large brains are indeed associated with more variable habitats.

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Auteurs principaux: Ferran Sayol, Joan Maspons, Oriol Lapiedra, Andrew N. Iwaniuk, Tamás Székely, Daniel Sol
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/436d0f5173be426bb5193a296f7470e2
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