Social bonds in birds are associated with brain size and contingent on the correlated evolution of life-history and increased parental investment

In birds, large brains are associated with a series of population-level phenomena, including invasion success, species richness, and resilience to population decline. Thus, they appear to open up adaptive opportunities through flexibility in foraging and anti-predator behaviour. The evolutionary pat...

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Main Authors: Shultz, S, Dunbar, R
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2010