Carnivore Brain Size, Behavioral Ecology, and Phylogeny
- 25 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 67 (1) , 23-36
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1380998
Abstract
This paper examines relationships between brain size (relative to body size) and differences in ecology and behavior within the order Carnivora. AfteThis publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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