Data from: Ecomorphological determinations in the absence of living analogs:...
Thylacoleo carnifex, or the "pouched lion" (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Diprotodontia: Thylacoleonidae) was a carnivorous marsupial that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene. Although today all...
View ArticleData from: Feeding ecology and habitat preferences of top predators from two...
Carnivoran-rich fossil sites are uncommon in the fossil record and, accordingly, provide valuable opportunities to study predators from vantages that are rarely applied to ancient faunas. Through...
View ArticleData from: Population genomics of local adaptation versus speciation in coral...
Are the population genomic patterns underlying local adaptation and the early stages of speciation similar? Addressing this question requires a system in which i. local adaptation and the early stages...
View ArticleData from: Arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. III....
This is the third in a series of papers detailing the terrestrial arthropods collected during an intensive survey of a site near Steel Creek campground along the Buffalo National River in Arkansas. The...
View ArticleData from: Characterizing and comparing phylogenies from their Laplacian...
Phylogenetic trees are central to many areas of biology, ranging from population genetics and epidemiology to microbiology, ecology, and macroevolution. The ability to summarize properties of trees,...
View ArticleData from: Density-dependent diel activity in stream-dwelling Arctic charr...
Intraspecific competition plays a significant role in shaping how animals use and share habitats in space and time. However, the way individuals may modify their diel activity in response to increased...
View ArticleData from: Variation in female mate preference in response to eavesdropping...
Eavesdropping by conspecific males that are competing for mates has been demonstrated across a variety of taxa. However, few studies have investigated how eavesdropping may actually impact female...
View ArticleData from: Just Google it: assessing the use of Google Images to describe...
1. Describing spatial patterns of phenotypic traits can be important for evolutionary and ecological studies. However, traditional approaches, such as fieldwork, can be time-consuming and expensive....
View ArticleData from: Data reliability in citizen science: learning curve and the...
Citizen science, the involvement of volunteers in collecting of scientific data, can be a useful research tool. However, data collected by volunteers are often of lower quality than that collected by...
View ArticleData from: Tuning Geometric Morphometrics: an R tool to reduce information...
1.The application of Geometric Morphometrics has remarkably increased since 3D imaging techniques have become widespread, such as high-resolution computerised tomography, laser scanning and...
View ArticleData from: Quantification of population sizes of large herbivores and their...
1. The relationship between large herbivore numbers and landscape cover over time is poorly understood. There are two schools of thought: one views large herbivores as relatively passive elements upon...
View ArticleData from: Immunoglobulin detection in wild birds: effectiveness of three...
Immunological reagents for wild, non-model species are limited or often nonexistent for many species. In this study, we compare the reactivity of a new anti-passerine IgY secondary antibody with...
View ArticleData from: Body size trends in Peromyscus (Rodentia, Cricetidae) on Vancouver...
Large body size in Keen's mouse, Peromyscus keeni, has been regarded as a relictual character that developed in times of geographic separation from P. maniculatus. However, body size changes in Keen's...
View ArticleData from: Ecomorphological diversifications of Mesozoic marine reptiles: the...
Mesozoic marine ecosystems were dominated by several clades of reptiles, including sauropterygians, ichthyosaurs, crocodylomorphs, turtles and mosasaurs, that repeatedly invaded ocean ecosystems....
View ArticleData from: Polarity of concavo-convex intervertebral joints in the necks and...
The highly elongated necks, and often tails, of sauropod dinosaurs are composed of concavo-convex vertebrae that provided stability without compromising mobility. Polarities of these concavo-convex...
View ArticleData from: Multiplexed shotgun genotyping resolves species relationships...
Premise of the study: Evolutionary radiations provide opportunities to examine large-scale patterns in diversification and character evolution, yet are often recalcitrant to phylogenetic resolution due...
View ArticleData from: Ediacaran distributions in space and time: testing assemblage...
The mid-late Ediacaran Period (~579-541 Ma) is characterized by globally distributed marine soft-bodied organisms of unclear phylogenetic affinities colloquially called the “Ediacara biota”. Despite an...
View ArticleData from: Non-landmark classification in paleobiology: computational...
One important and sometimes contentious challenge in paleobiology is discriminating between species, which is increasingly accomplished by comparing specimen shape. While lengths and proportions are...
View ArticleData from: Examination of a historic collection of isolated cranial and...
The Field Museum of Natural History collection contains several isolated hadrosaurid specimens collected by Charles H. Sternberg from the lower Kirtland Formation of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico that...
View ArticleData from: Organic-walled microfossils of the mid-Neoproterozoic Alinya...
Estimates of Precambrian eukaryotic diversity and disparity indicate broad trends of increase in the Mesoproterozoic Era, leading to a peak and then rapid decline by ~750 Ma. The organic-walled...
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