Anuran brain size predicts food availability-driven population density  

作　　者：Ying Jiang Xiaofeng Luan Wenbo Liao 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation(Ministry of Education),China West Normal University,Nanchong 637002,China [2]School of Ecology and Nature Conservation,Beijing Forestry University,Beijing 100083,China

出　　处：《Science China(Life Sciences)》2023年第2期415-417,共3页中国科学（生命科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970393);the Key Project of Natural Sciences Foundation of Sichuan Province(22NSFSC0011)。

摘　　要：Dear Editor,The population density of organisms often varies widely among species in natural environments, and this variation is associated with body size and energy requirements(White et al., 2007). For example, large-bodied species usually require large areas to meet energetic requirements, which can provide species with more food abundance and lower population density. An earlier study has proposed that the energetic requirements are also related to brain size in animals(Mink et al., 1981).

关 键 词：DENSITY SIZE 

分 类 号：Q189[生物学—神经生物学]