Digest : A synergistic approach explains the evolutionary connection between brain size and longevity*
Silva, Willian T.A.F. LU
(2020)
In Evolution
74(12).
p.2743-2745
- Abstract
The cognitive buffer hypothesis poses that brain size evolves to buffer individuals from environmental changes, increasing survival. Jiménez-Ortega et al. (2020) explored this hypothesis using a phylogenetic path analysis and showed that there is a direct causal link between brain size and longevity in birds, even when allometric effects are taken into account. Furthermore, a synergistic model was better supported than models that included independent effects of brain size and body size.
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- author
- Silva, Willian T.A.F.
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Evolution
- volume
- 74
- issue
- 12
- pages
- 3 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85097890870
- pmid:33128386
- ISSN
- 0014-3820
- DOI
- 10.1111/evo.14118
- language
- English
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- yes
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