Morphological integration of skull modules can explain the outstanding morphological
diversity of the rostrum in phyllostomids, the largest radiation of bats in the Western …

The family Phyllostomidae, which evolved in the New World during the last 30 million years,
represents one of the largest and most morphologically diverse mammal families. Due to its …

The evolution of the bat skull has been extensively studied at broad spatial scales. While
ecomorphological partitioning of niches has been extensively analyzed in …

Background The neotropical leaf‐nosed bats (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) are an
ecologically diverse group of mammals with distinctive morphological adaptations …

We explored the evolution of morphological integration in the most noteworthy example of
adaptive radiation in mammals, the New World leaf-nosed bats, using a massive dataset …

Background The phyllostomid bats present the most extensive ecological and phenotypic
radiation known among mammal families. This group is an important model system for …

The exceptional diversity of neotropical bat communities is sustained by an intricate
partitioning of available resources among the member species. Trophical specialization is …

Adaptive radiations are bursts in biodiversity that generate new evolutionary lineages and
phenotypes. However, because they typically occur over millions of years, it is unclear how …

Background Morphological evolution may be impacted by both intrinsic (developmental,
constructional, physiological) and extrinsic (ecological opportunity and release) factors, but …

Comparative neurobiology allows us to investigate relationships between phylogeny and
the brain and understand the evolution of traits. Bats constitute an attractive group of …