Diversity in olfactory bulb size in birds reflects allometry, ecology and phylogeny

• Main Authors: Jeremy Richard Corfield (Author), Kasandra ePrice (Author), Andrew N Iwaniuk (Author), Cristian eGutiérrez-Ibáñez (Author), Tim eBirkhead (Author), Douglas R Wylie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The relative size of olfactory bulbs is correlated with olfactory capabilities across vertebrates and is widely used to assess the relative importance of olfaction to a species' ecology. In birds, variations in the relative size of olfactory bulbs are correlated with some behaviors, however, th...