Ecomorphology
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We analyzed the morphology and habitat use of 16 small-sized fish species that are abundant in the Rio das Velhas basin using 17 morphological attributes. Habitat use was characterized in terms of the species mean density considering... more
Archaic humans (early Homo) and carnivores inhabited the Early and Middle Pleistocene landscapes of Europe, and shared ecosystems for more than 1 million years. Indeed, many archaeo-palaeontological sites evidence the co-existence of... more
We investigated the role of geographical insularity in divergence and speciation of Procolobus kirkii by examining cranial morphology. The sample (n= 369) included museum specimens of Procolobus spp. and recently deceased individuals of... more
The more than 4,000 living species of mammal have infiltrated almost every habitat in the world. From alpine mountaintops to plains grasslands, from aerial heights to the depths of the ocean, from slender forest branches to narrow... more
Protecting banks with small submereged structures (Instream River Training) instead of rip rap. Most hydraulic engineering methods in rivers focus on bank enhancement for protecting the banks from erosion. By contrast, submerged river... more
The steppe brown bear U. a. "priscus" is constant but not a common member of the Late Pleistocene paleo-communities. It is not distinct arctoid species, but a large brown bear ecomorph which lived in open environments. Instead to speleoid... more
The hypothesis that giant short-faced bears of the genera Agriotherium and Arctodus were primarily carnivorous and preyed on large terrestrial mammals is examined. It is argued that the shape and wear pattern of the cheek teeth and the... more
Giant bear-dogs of the genera Amphicyon and Ischyrocyon (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae, Amphicyoninae) were the largest carnivorans in North America during middle and late Miocene (17.5–8.8 Mya) with a dental and skeletal morphology that... more
That ankle posture in Carnivora is linked to substrate is well known. Large species from open settings like grasslands are often cursorial with digitigrade stance, whereas smaller species from closed woodlands are often arboreal with... more
A comparison of 681 saccular otoliths (sagitta) from 134 species belonging to six demersal communities from different depth strata and the epipelagic community from the north-western Mediterranean Sea was made in order to study otolith... more
Ecomorphology is a discipline that studies the interactions between morphological and ecological dversity, and explains how individual morphological variation will lead to functional and performance differences. In this study, we analyze... more
The Mayan cichlid ‘Cichlasoma (Nandopsis)’ urophthalmus (Günther 1862) is native to tropical Central America but has colonized much of the subtropical part of Florida. This study evaluates diet, morphology, and parasitology in adults from... more
Close non-murid rodent species in the fauna of Ukraine: differences, biogeography, and ecomorpho-logy.-I. Zagorodniuk.-Results of taxonomic revisions, analysis of identification criteria, spatial and eco-morphological differentiation of... more
Close bat species in the Ukrainian fauna: differences and position in the structure of communities. Results of taxonomic revisions, analysis of identification criteria, spatial and ecomorphological differentiation of close pairs of... more
The structure of body size and shape divergence among populations of Poecilia vivipara inhabiting quaternary lagoons in South-eastern Brazil was studied. This species is abundant throughout an environmental gradient formed by water... more
Equus is a very sensitive genus which has expanded over a large area and lived in Europe despite the climatic instability of the Pleistocene. Its persistence and abundance are helpful in understanding and describing environmental and... more
Usually considered a morphologically conservative group, didelphid marsupials present considerable variation in ecology and body size, some of which were shown to relate to morphological structures. Thus, changes on orbit morphology are... more
The relationship between cranial morphology and diet has long been investigated in bats. Bats of the genus Myotis include insectivorous, facultatively piscivorous, and piscivorous species. We tested the hypothesis that facultatively... more
A simple metric (span condition analysis; SCA) is presented for quantifying the condition of sharks based on four measurements of body girth relative to body length. Data on 104 live sharks from four species that vary in body form,... more
INTRODICTION Paleobiology and eco-morphology of Late Villafranchian bovines from Western Eurasia is little understood, but represents an interest for paleoecological reconstructions and paleobiogeographical studies. However, some... more
Proterochampsians are a South American endemic group of non-archosaurian archosauriforms with morphological characteristics recollecting Recent crocodilians, and therefore have been proposed as aquatic species. However, this has not been... more