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Why are there so few smart mammals (but so many smart birds)?

The expensive brain hypothesis predicts an interspecific link between relative brain size and life-history pace. Indeed, animals with relatively large brains have reduced rates of growth and reproduction. However, they also have increased total lifespan. Here we show that the reduction in production...

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Autori principali: Isler, Karin, Van Schaik, Carel P.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2008
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657741/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18842563
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0469
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