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The allometry of rodent intestines
This study examined the allometry of the small intestine, caecum, colon and large intestine of rodents ( n = 51) using a phylogenetically informed...
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Geometric morphometrics of the scapula of South American caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Hystricognathi): Form, function and phylogeny
The scapula of the ecomorphologically diverse South American caviomorph rodents was studied through geometric morphometric techniques, using...
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Age at first reproduction and growth rate are independent of basal metabolic rate in mammals
This study tested an emergent prediction from the Metabolic Theory of Ecology (MTE) that the age at first reproduction ( α ) of a mammal is...
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Form and function of damselfish skulls: rapid and repeated evolution into a limited number of trophic niches
BackgroundDamselfishes (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) are a major component of coral reef communities, and the functional diversity of their trophic...
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Testosterone and melanin-based black plumage coloration: a comparative study
Despite the functional significance of melanin-based plumage coloration in social and sexual signaling, the mechanisms controlling its information...
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Amniote Phylogenomics: Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses with BAC Library Scanning and Targeted Clone Analysis of Large-Scale DNA Sequences from Reptiles
Phylogenomics research integrating established principles of systematic biology and taking advantage of the wealth of DNA sequences being generated...
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Ecological traits determine the affinity of birds to a larch plantation matrix, in montane Nagano, central Japan
Although the affinity to the matrix habitat (matrix affinity) determines the fate of species in dynamic landscapes where habitat replacement occurs,...
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Genome size variation from a phylogenetic perspective in the genus Cheirolophus Cass. (Asteraceae): biogeographic implications
Nuclear DNA amount has been assessed in 21 populations of 19 species of the genus Cheirolophus , and phylogenetic analyses have been performed in...
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Testing for Evolutionary Correlations in Microbiology Using Phylogenetic Generalized Least Squares
Most of the metabolic, physiological, and ecological diversity on the planet is found within the bacterial and archaeal domains, and it is the...
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Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov.
Al.pha.pro.te.o.bac.te′ri.a. Gr. n. alpha name of first letter of Greek alphabet; Gr. n. Proteus ocean god able to change shape; Gr. n....
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Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov.
Al.pha.pro.te.o.bac.te′ri.a. Gr. n. alpha name of first letter of Greek alphabet; Gr. n. Proteus ocean god able to change shape;...
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Phylogenetic comparative methods and the geographic range size – body size relationship in new world terrestrial carnivora
Most recent papers avoid describing macroecological relationships and interpreting then without a previous control of non-independence in data caused...