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  IbisVolume 138 Issue 1, Pages 34 - 46 Published Online: 28 Jun 2008 Journal compilation © 2010 British Ornithologists' Union Published on behalf of the British Ornithologists' Union
Abstract | References | Full Text: PDF (Size: 2437K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  The ecology of the avian brain: food-storing memory and the hippocampus Copyright 1996 British Ornithologists Union ABSTRACTSome species of birds store food, often hoarding several hundreds of seeds over a period of just a few weeks. Field and laboratory studies have demonstrated that food-storing species have an impressive memory and an enlarged region of the brain, the hippocampal region. Lesion experiments have shown that the hippocampus is important in accurate retrieval of stored food. Taken together, these results have led to the hypothesis that the enlarged hippocampus is associated with the memory requirements of retrieving stored food. In this review, we discuss four areas of study: comparative studies of the brain, comparative studies of behaviour, developmental plasticity and seasonal changes in food storing and the hippocampus. | 
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Journal of Field Ornithology |
Journal of Field Ornithology publishes original articles that emphasize the descriptive or experimental study of birds in their natural habitats. |
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