Increased brain size of the dwarf Channel Island fox (Urocyon littoralis) challenges "Island Syndrome" and suggests little evidence of domestication.
Although changes in overall body size during species' island adaptation is a well-established phenomenon, there are mixed findings regarding how brain size changes within resource-limited insular environments. Work on this issue has focused on fossil species and herbivores, with limited studies...
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| Main Authors: | Kimberly A Schoenberger, Xiaoming Wang, Suzanne Edmands |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2025-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328893 |
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