Light enough to travel: migratory bats have smaller brains, but not larger hippocampi, than sedentary species

Migratory bird species have smaller brains than non-migratory species. The behavioural flexibility/migratory precursor hypothesis suggests that sedentary birds have larger brains to allow the behavioural flexibility required in a seasonally variable habitat. The energy trade-off hypothesis proposes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: McGuire, Liam P., Ratcliffe, John M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2011
Materias:
Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3061165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20880862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0744

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3061165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20880862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0744

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