http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/the-phrenologist%e2%80%99s-guide-to-ecological-competence/ EcoTone focuses on ecological science in the news and its use in policy, conservation and education. Sat, 25 May 2013 13:49:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/the-phrenologist%e2%80%99s-guide-to-ecological-competence/comment-page-1/#comment-15676 Weekly PLoS ONE News and Blog Round-Up « everyONE – the PLoS ONE community blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:10:36 +0000 http://www.esa.org/esablog/?p=2882#comment-15676 [...] Divergence in Brain Size between Migratory and Resident Birds by Sol et al was discussed by EcoTone and [...]

]]> http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/the-phrenologist%e2%80%99s-guide-to-ecological-competence/comment-page-1/#comment-15664 Michele Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:29:53 +0000 http://www.esa.org/esablog/?p=2882#comment-15664 If you’re looking for correlations between brain size and ecological competence, don’t forget to include the Virginia opossum in your studies. Didelphus virginiana has one of the lowest brain to body mass ratios among mamammals, yet also one of the longest histories of success.

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