Large-brained birds lay smaller but heavier clutches
The brain is among the most energetically costly organs in vertebrates, and thus trade-offs have been hypothesized to exert constraints on brain size evolution. The energy trade-off hypothesis (ETH) predicts that reducing the energy consumption of reproduction or other costly tissues should compensa...
Main Authors: | Shaobin Li, Xiaoman Liu, Guopan Li, Xiaolong Du |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2023-01-01
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Series: | Avian Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716623000427 |
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