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Food-storing birds: adaptive specialization in brain and behaviour?

Krebs, John Richard·1990·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences

Abstract

Among the passerine birds, species that store food have an enlarged hippocampal region (dorso-medial cortex), relative to brain and body size, when compared with the non-storers. The volume of one of the major afferent-efferent pathways (the septo-hippocampal pathway) is also greater in food storing species. This specialization of brain structure is discussed in relation to behavioural studies in which the spatial memory of storing and non-storing species has been compared.

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Authors
Krebs, J. R.
Affiliations
University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Krebs, John Richard
Venue
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
Published
1990-08-29
Volume
329
Issue
1253
Pages
153-160
ISSN
  • 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-2970
OpenAlex
W2160395554
Cited by
157
References
30
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 2
FWCI
0.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
Keywords
Passeriformes, hippocampus, brain size, septohippocampal pathway, spatial memory
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Birds, Brain, Feeding Behavior, Hippocampus, Memory, Species Specificity

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