Ecological generalism and behavioural innovation in birds: technical intelligence or the simple incorporation of new foods?

Patterns of Research Effort in Birds

(2014) Simon Ducatez et al.   PLoS One

The evolution of self-control

(2014) E. L. MacLean et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Understanding variation in behavioural responses to human-induced rapid environmental change: a conceptual overview

(2013) Andrew Sih   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Niche breadth predicts geographical range size: a general ecological pattern

(2013) Rachel A. Slatyer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Brains, innovations, tools and cultural transmission in birds, non-human primates, and fossil hominins

(2013) Louis Lefebvre   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

More and more generalists: two decades of changes in the European avifauna

(2012) I. Le Viol et al.   Biology Letters

Towards a more mechanistic understanding of traits and range sizes

(2012) Irina Laube et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Are innovative species ecological generalists? A test in North American birds

(2011) Sarah E. Overington et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Innovative foraging behaviour in birds: What characterizes an innovator?

(2011) Sarah E. Overington et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Not All Brains Are Made the Same: New Views on Brain Scaling in Evolution

(2011) Suzana Herculano-Houzel   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Smart Moves: Effects of Relative Brain Size on Establishment Success of Invasive Amphibians and Reptiles

(2011) Joshua J. Amiel et al.   PLoS One

Changing Bee and Hoverfly Pollinator Assemblages along an Urban-Rural Gradient

(2011) Adam J. Bates et al.   PLoS One

Worldwide decline of specialist species: toward a global functional homogenization?

(2010) Joanne Clavel et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Which are the phenologically flexible species? A case study with common passerine birds

(2010) Jean-Pierre Moussus et al.   OIKOS

Technical innovations drive the relationship between innovativeness and residual brain size in birds

(2009) Sarah E. Overington et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Brain Size Predicts the Success of Mammal Species Introduced into Novel Environments

(2008) Daniel Sol et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Brains, Lifestyles and Cognition: Are There General Trends?

(2008) Louis Lefebvre et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Functional biotic homogenization of bird communities in disturbed landscapes

(2007) Vincent Devictor et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY