Absolute, not relative brain size correlates with sociality in ground squirrels

The social brain hypothesis (SBH) contends that cognitive demands associated with living in cohesive social groups favour the evolution of large brains. Although the correlation between relative brain size and sociality reported in various groups of birds and mammals provides broad empirical support...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2016-03, Vol.283 (1827), p.20152725-20152725
Hauptverfasser:	Matějů, Jan, Kratochvíl, Lukáš, Pavelková, Zuzana, Pavelková Řičánková, Věra, Vohralík, Vladimír, Němec, Pavel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological Evolution Body Size Brain - anatomy & histology Brain Evolution Female Male Mating System Organ Size Sciuridae Sciuridae - anatomy & histology Sciuridae - physiology Sex Characteristics Sexual Dimorphism Social Behavior Sociality
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