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Quantitative muscle architecture in large carnivorous marsupials (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) and links to substrate use and prey processing

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dasyurid species Sarcophilus harrisii, Dasyurus maculatus, and Dasyurus viverrinus, occupying diverse ecological niches and forming a guild structure in Tasmania, provide a basis for examining the roles of various forelimb muscle groups in prey capture and locomotion.
Riya G. Bidaye, Samuel H. Frenkel, David P. Hocking, Alistair R. Evans, Justin W. Adams   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Response to climate change of montane herbaceous plants in the genus Rhodiola predicted by ecological niche modelling. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2018
You J, Qin X, Ranjitkar S, Lougheed SC, Wang M, Zhou W, Ouyang D, Zhou Y, Xu J, Zhang W, Wang Y, Yang J, Song Z.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drivers of tail evolution in squamates and their implications for the fossorial origin of snakes

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The axial skeleton serves as the primary structural support in all vertebrates and is subdivided into five distinct regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal. Relaxation of constraints acting on the terminal end of the axial skeleton has led to remarkable variation in caudal vertebrae number across Squamata.
Olivia Binfield, Marco Camaiti, Lucy Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computational fluid dynamics simulations of airflow through the nasal passages of rhinolophoid bats

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The nasal passages of bats that emit their echolocation call through their nostrils have adapted for sound emission as well as standard respiratory and olfactory functions. Rhinolophids, hipposiderids and rhinonycterids all use a high duty cycle (HDC) echolocation strategy.
Carley Goodwin, Jason M. Bourke, Daisuke Koyabu, Kyle N. Armstrong, Vuong T. Tu, Thongchai Ngamprasertwong, Thanakul Wannaprasert, Laura A. B. Wilson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological niche modelling in triatomines-abusus non tollit usum: a reply to Gutiérrez (2016). [PDF]

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2016
Rabinovich J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring the cranial morphology and possible convergences of Triassic non‐crocodylomorph pseudosuchians (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) with other sauropsids through linear morphometrics

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Triassic pseudosuchians had highly diversified cranial morphologies. These archosaurs occupied diverse ecological roles, ranging from terrestrial predators and herbivores to semiaquatic ambush predators and possible waders. Here, we apply linear cranial morphometrics to assess possible convergences with other sauropsids from the clades ...
Rafael Terras, Rodrigo Temp Müller, Leonardo Kerber, Mirian Carbonera   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Postcranial anatomy and osteohistology of an early prozostrodont cynodont from the Upper Triassic of Brazil

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Prozostrodon brasiliensis, a probainognathian cynodont of the clade Prozostrodontia, is recognized as a key taxon for understanding the origin of Mammaliaformes and mammals. Despite detailed investigations of its cranial anatomy, the postcranial skeleton has received comparatively less attention.
Iasmim M. Michelotti, Lívia Roese‐Miron, Brodsky Dantas Macedo Farias, Marina Bento Soares, Leonardo Kerber   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological niche modelling of Rift Valley fever virus vectors in Baringo, Kenya. [PDF]

Infect Ecol Epidemiol, 2016
Ochieng AO, Nanyingi M, Kipruto E, Ondiba IM, Amimo FA, Oludhe C, Olago DO, Nyamongo IK, Estambale BB.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tracheal chambers as a key innovation for high‐frequency emission in bat echolocation

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Key innovations are pivotal for biodiversity and facilitating evolutionary success, enabling organisms' adaptation to various ecological niches through the diversification of phenotypic traits. In mammals, notable adaptations include evolving hypsodonty for grazing on grasses and, for bats, evolving echolocation and wing acquisition.
Nicolas L. M. Brualla, Laura A. B. Wilson, Khizar Hayat, Michael Doube, Vuong Tan Tu, Thongchai Ngamprasertwong, Thanakul Wannaprasert, Daisuke Koyabu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overlooked habitat of a vulnerable gorgonian revealed in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic by ecological niche modelling. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2016
Boavida J, Assis J, Silva I, Serrão EA.
europepmc   +1 more source