Neuron numbers link innovativeness with both absolute and relative brain size in birds

High associative neuron numbers could drive cognitive performance in corvid species

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The evolution of brain neuron numbers in amniotes

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The evolution of mammalian brain size

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Brain size and neuron numbers drive differences in yawn duration across mammals and birds

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A global database of feeding innovations in birds

(2021) Louis Lefebvre   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Bird neurocranial and body mass evolution across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction: The avian brain shape left other dinosaurs behind

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The evolution of brain structure captured in stereotyped cell count and cell type distributions

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Macroevolutionary convergence connects morphological form to ecological function in birds

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Tempo and Pattern of Avian Brain Size Evolution

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Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations

(2020) Christopher R. Cooney et al.   Nature Communications

Ecological drivers of global gradients in avian dispersal inferred from wing morphology

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Behavioural plasticity is associated with reduced extinction risk in birds

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Extended parenting and the evolution of cognition

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Variations of telencephalic development that paved the way for neocortical evolution

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Daily nest predation rates decrease with body size in passerine birds

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Molecular and cellular evolution of corticogenesis in amniotes

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A practical introduction to Random Forest for genetic association studies in ecology and evolution

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Predictable evolution towards larger brains in birds colonizing oceanic islands

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Parrots have evolved a primate-like telencephalic-midbrain-cerebellar circuit

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Big brains stabilize populations and facilitate colonization of variable habitats in birds

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Relative Brain Size and Its Relation with the Associative Pallium in Birds

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The life-history basis of behavioural innovations

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Brain size predicts problem-solving ability in mammalian carnivores

(2016) Sarah Benson-Amram et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Birds have primate-like numbers of neurons in the forebrain

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

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Adult Mortality Probability and Nest Predation Rates Explain Parental Effort in Warming Eggs with Consequences for Embryonic Development Time

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The evolution of developmental modes in the new avian phylogenetic tree

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Patterns of Research Effort in Birds

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Tracing an allosteric pathway regulating the activity of the HslV protease

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Ecology and mode-of-life explain lifespan variation in birds and mammals

(2014) K. Healy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Brain scaling in mammalian evolution as a consequence of concerted and mosaic changes in numbers of neurons and average neuronal cell size

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Large-scale network organization in the avian forebrain: a connectivity matrix and theoretical analysis

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The global diversity of birds in space and time

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Embodied cognitive evolution and the cerebellum

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Comparative analyses of evolutionary rates reveal different pathways to encephalization in bats, carnivorans, and primates

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Brains matter, bodies maybe not: the case for examining neuron numbers irrespective of body size

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The evolution of primate general and cultural intelligence

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Developmental Modes and Developmental Mechanisms can Channel Brain Evolution

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Effects of Seasonality on Brain Size Evolution: Evidence from Strepsirrhine Primates

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General quantitative genetic methods for comparative biology: phylogenies, taxonomies and multi-trait models for continuous and categorical characters

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Encephalization is not a universal macroevolutionary phenomenon in mammals but is associated with sociality

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

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Developmental basis for telencephalon expansion in waterfowl: enlargement prior to neurogenesis

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Developmental origins of species differences in telencephalon and tectum size: Morphometric comparisons between a parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) and a quail (Colinus virgianus)

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