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SUBMITTER: Stankowich T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5247489 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stankowich Theodore T Romero Ashly N AN
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20170101 1846
Mammals that possess elaborate antipredator defences such as body armour, spines and quills are usually well protected, intermediate in size, primarily insectivorous and live in simple open environments. The benefits of such defences seem clear and may relax selection on maintaining cognitive abilities that aid in vigilance and predator recognition, and their bearers may accrue extensive production and maintenance costs. Here, in this comparative phylogenetic analysis of measurements of encephal ...[more]