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Does Clade Density Constrain Geographical Range Evolution?

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 11, November 2024.
This study investigates the impact of clade density (CD), a measure of potential interspecific competition, on the geographical range evolution of terrestrial vertebrates. By analysing distribution and phylogenetic data from 5936 species, the results reveal no significant association between CD and either the geographical distance between sister ...
Marcio R. Pie, Raquel Divieso, Fernanda S. Caron   +2 more
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The evolution of social monogamy in mammals. [PDF]

, 2013
The evolution of social monogamy has intrigued biologists for over a century. Here, we show that the ancestral condition for all mammalian groups is of solitary individuals and that social monogamy is derived almost exclusively from this social system ...
Clutton-Brock, TH, Lukas, D
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Of flippers and wings: The locomotor environment as a driver of the evolution of forelimb morphological diversity in mammals

Functional Ecology, Volume 38, Issue 10, Page 2231-2246, October 2024.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The early diversification of tetrapods into terrestrial environments involved adaptations of their locomotor apparatus that allowed for weight support and propulsion on heterogeneous surfaces.
Priscila S. Rothier, Anne‐Claire Fabre, Roger B. J. Benson, Quentin Martinez, Pierre‐Henri Fabre, Brandon P. Hedrick, Anthony Herrel   +6 more
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Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome [PDF]

, 2018
The koala, the only extant species of the marsupial family Phascolarctidae, is classified as ‘vulnerable’ due to habitat loss and widespread disease. We sequenced the koala genome, producing a complete and contiguous marsupial reference genome, including
Chen, Zhiliang, Cheng, Yuanyuan, Etherington, Graham J., Greenwood, Alex D., Grueber, Catherine E., Ho, Simon Y. W., Johnson, Rebecca N., Nash, Will J., O’Meally, Denis, Whittington, Camilla M.   +9 more
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Cautionary tales on the use of proxies to estimate body size and form of extinct animals

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2024.
Reconstructing the body size and form of extinct animals is of vital importance to our understanding of macroevolution and palaeontology. This is often done using anatomical proxies where extinct species are known only from fragmentary remains. However, there are many limitations influencing the selection of proxy taxa that are frequently overlooked ...
Joel H. Gayford, Russell K. Engelman, Phillip C. Sternes, Wayne M. Itano, Mohamad Bazzi, Alberto Collareta, Rodolfo Salas‐Gismondi, Kenshu Shimada   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inferring kangaroo phylogeny from incongruent nuclear and mitochondrial genes [PDF]

, 2013
The marsupial genus Macropus includes three subgenera, the familiar large grazing kangaroos and wallaroos of M. (Macropus) and M. (Osphranter), as well as the smaller mixed grazing/browsing wallabies of M. (Notamacropus).
Bunce, M., Gibb, G.C., Haouchar, D, Phillips, M.J., Pratt, R.C.   +4 more
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Mammal coloration as a social signal

Journal of Zoology, Volume 323, Issue 2, Page 114-128, June 2024.
Otherwise apparently cryptic mammals often have conspicuous patches of colour on distal regions of their body, possibly for signalling. To investigate ideas about communication within sociosexual contexts, we used a comparative dataset for 2726 terrestrial mammals to match the coloration and patterning of distal body areas (head, chest, rump, and tail)
N. Howell, T. Caro
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling mammalian energetics: the heterothermy problem [PDF]

, 2016
Global climate change is expected to have strong effects on the world’s flora and fauna. As a result, there has been a recent increase in the number of meta-analyses and mechanistic models that attempt to predict potential responses of mammals to ...
A Bondarenco, A Clarke, A Clarke, A Fuller, A Malan, A Riek, AA Degen, AD Luis, AD Rojas, AE McKechnie, AE McKechnie, AE McKechnie, AK Shrestha, AL Orr, AW Crompton, B Rey, BG Lovegrove, BG Lovegrove, BG Lovegrove, BG Lovegrove, BG Lovegrove, BG Lovegrove, BG Lovegrove, BG Lovegrove, BG Lovegrove, BG Lovegrove, BI Tieleman, BJ Prendergast, BK McNab, BM Barnes, BM McAllan, C Bieber, C Signer, C Stawski, C Stawski, C Stawski, C Turbill, C Turbill, C Turbill, CI Canale, CI Canale, CKR Willis, CKR Willis, CL Buck, CM McCain, CR Taylor, CR White, CT Williams, DA Vasseur, DE Naya, DL Levesque, DL Levesque, DL Levesque, DM Reeder, E Schleucher, EJ Glanville, EJ Glanville, EL Rezende, EM Lehmer, F Breukelen van, F Geiser, F Geiser, F Geiser, F Geiser, F Geiser, F Geiser, F Geiser, F Seebacher, G Heldmaier, G Körtner, GA Bartholomew, GA Bartholomew, GC Grigg, GJ Tattersall, GJ Tattersall, HV Carey, HV Carey, I Pretzlaff, J Aschoff, J Aschoff, J Aschoff, J Fietz, J Holloway, J Nowack, J Nowack, J Nowack, J Nowack, J Schmid, J Turner, JF Staples, JG Boyles, JG Boyles, JG Boyles, K Schmidt-Nielsen, K Zub, KA Nagy, KE Jones, KH Dausmann, KH Dausmann, KH Dausmann, KH Dausmann, KH Dausmann, KM Wooden, KW Robinson, L Kuchel, L Moyer‐Horner, L Vivier, L Warnecke, L Warnecke, L Warnecke, LB Buckley, LB Buckley, LI Doucette, M Kearney, MC Whitfield, ME Nicoll, MJ Angilletta, MJ Angilletta Jr, MJ Noakes, ML Thompson, MM Humphries, MM Humphries, MM Humphries, MM Humphries, MP Gerkema, MS Wojciechowski, N Kronfeld-Schor, N Mzilikazi, N Mzilikazi, O Levy, P Brice, P Vuarin, P Vuarin, PC Withers, PC Withers, PF Scholander, PH Brice, PH Brice, PJ Stephenson, PJ Young, PR Morrison, PW Hochachka, R Oelkrug, R Refinetti, R Refinetti, RA Hut, RB Huey, RS Hetem, S Currie, S Kobbe, S Kobbe, SL Chown, SL Hallam, SM Zervanos, SM Zervanos, T Arendt, T Ruf, V Vinne van der, V Vinne van der, W Arnold, W Arnold, W Porter, WP Porter, WP Porter   +163 more
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Cathemerality: a key temporal niche

Biological Reviews, Volume 99, Issue 2, Page 329-347, April 2024.
ABSTRACT Given the marked variation in abiotic and biotic conditions between day and night, many species specialise their physical activity to being diurnal or nocturnal, and it was long thought that these strategies were commonly fairly fixed and invariant.
Daniel T. C. Cox, Kevin J. Gaston
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Proximal Humerus Morphology Indicates Divergent Patterns of Locomotion in Extinct Giant Kangaroos [PDF]

, 2020
Sthenurine kangaroos, extinct “giant kangaroos” known predominantly from the Plio-Pleistocene, have been proposed to have used bipedal striding as a mode of locomotion, based on the morphology of their hind limbs.
Billingham, Coral, Janis, Christine M., Martín-Serra, Alberto, Napoli, James G.   +3 more
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