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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doaj-436d0f5173be426bb5193a296f7470e22021-05-11T11:17:33ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232016-12-01711810.1038/ncomms13971Environmental variation and the evolution of large brains in birdsFerran Sayol0Joan Maspons1Oriol Lapiedra2Andrew N. Iwaniuk3Tamás Székely4Daniel Sol5CREAF, Cerdanyola del VallèsCREAF, Cerdanyola del VallèsDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard UniversityDepartment of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of LethbridgeDepartment of Biology & Biochemistry, Milner Centre of Evolution, University of BathCREAF, Cerdanyola del VallèsEnvironmental 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13971 |
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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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