Predation pressure shapes brain anatomy in the wild

Why direct effects of predation complicate the social brain hypothesis

(2016) Wouter van der Bijl et al.   BIOESSAYS

A role for brain size and cognition in food webs

(2016) Nicholas B. Edmunds et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Predator–prey interactions mediated by prey personality and predator hunting mode

(2016) Benjamin A. Belgrad et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sexual selection impacts brain anatomy in frogs and toads

(2016) Yu Zeng et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Variation in Brain Morphology of Intertidal Gobies: A Comparison of Methodologies Used to Quantitatively Assess Brain Volumes in Fish

(2015) Gemma E. White et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Brain size affects female but not male survival under predation threat

(2015) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The effect of brain size evolution on feeding propensity, digestive efficiency, and juvenile growth

(2015) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   EVOLUTION

Potential Mechanisms Driving Population Variation in Spatial Memory and the Hippocampus in Food-caching Chickadees

(2015) Rebecca Croston et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Brain size affects the behavioural response to predators in female guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

(2015) Wouter van der Bijl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

From species to communities: the signature of recreational use on a tropical river ecosystem

(2015) Amy E. Deacon et al.   Ecology and Evolution

A larger brain confers a benefit in a spatial mate search learning task in male guppies

(2014) A. Kotrschal et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The mating brain: early maturing sneaker males maintain investment into the brain also under fast body growth in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

(2014) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

The evolution of self-control

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

The benefit of evolving a larger brain: big-brained guppies perform better in a cognitive task

(2013) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Artificial Selection on Relative Brain Size in the Guppy Reveals Costs and Benefits of Evolving a Larger Brain

(2013) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Sex-specific plasticity in brain morphology depends on social environment of the guppy, Poecilia reticulata

(2012) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Inside the heads of David and Goliath: environmental effects on brain morphology among wild and growth-enhanced coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch

(2012) A. Kotrschal et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Brain development and predation: plastic responses depend on evolutionary history

(2011) A. Gonda et al.   Biology Letters

Acquiring “the Knowledge” of London's Layout Drives Structural Brain Changes

(2011) Katherine Woollett et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

How Reproductive Ecology Contributes to the Spread of a Globally Invasive Fish

(2011) Amy E. Deacon et al.   PLoS One

Linking learning adaptation to trophic interactions: a brain size-based approach

(2010) Michio Kondoh   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Local adaptation in Trinidadian guppies alters ecosystem processes

(2010) Ronald D. Bassar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Simple means to improve the interpretability of regression coefficients

(2010) Holger Schielzeth   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Environmental Change Enhances Cognitive Abilities in Fish

(2010) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Brain structure evolution in a basal vertebrate clade: evidence from phylogenetic comparative analysis of cichlid fishes

(2009) Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Rearing Environment Affects the Brain Size of Guppies: Lab-Reared Guppies have Smaller Brains than Wild-Caught Guppies

(2009) James G. Burns et al.   ETHOLOGY

Evidence for small scale variation in the vertebrate brain: mating strategy and sex affect brain size and structure in wild brown trout (Salmo trutta)

(2009) N. KOLM et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The role of predation in variation in body shape in guppiesPoecilia reticulata: a comparison of field and common garden phenotypes

(2009) J. G. Burns et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Habitat-dependent and -independent plastic responses to social environment in the nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) brain

(2009) A. Gonda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hastiness, brain size and predation regime affect the performance of wild guppies in a spatial memory task

(2008) James G. Burns et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Trophic relationships in a tropical stream food web assessed by stable isotope analysis

(2008) SOPHIE COAT et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Arboreal nesting as anti-predator adaptation by savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in southeastern Senegal

(2007) J.D. Pruetz et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY