Brain size and ecology in small mammals and primates.
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 77 (7) , 4387-4389
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.77.7.4387
Abstract
Comparisons of brain-body size relationships within small mammal and primate familes reveal intergeneric differences related to diet and foraging strategy. These same associations between relative brain size and ecology are also evident among interfamily comparisons.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit: