Despite the recognition that some species might quickly adapt to new conditions under
climate change, demonstrating and predicting such a fundamental response is challenging …

Patterns of skull shape in Carnivora provide examples of parallel and convergent evolution
for similar ecomorphological adaptations. However, although most researchers report on …

The prediction that variation in species morphology is related to environmental features has
long been of interest to ecologists and evolutionary biologists. Many studies have …

Since the beginning of the Holocene era, human activities have seriously impacted animal
habitats and vegetative environments. Species that are dependent on natural habitats or …

Patterns of univariate trait variation across metacommunities are widely explored, as are
searches for their underlying causes. Surprisingly, patterns of multivariate shape remain …

Convergent adaptive evolution of species' ecological niches—ie, the appearance of similar
niches in independent lineages—is the result of natural selection acting on niche-related …

Morphological adaptation is the change in the form of an organism that benefits the
individual in its current habitat. Mole‐rats (family Bathyergidae), despite being subterranean …

Aim Similar environmental selection pressures drive the occurrence of convergent evolution
among species. However, studies on this phenomenon are scarce at the population level …

The fossil record provides the only direct evidence of temporal trends in biodiversity over
evolutionary timescales. Studies of biodiversity using the fossil record are, however, largely …

Subterranean species show a distinct morphology, yet the adaptive significance of some
traits, like body size and shape, is poorly understood and cannot be explained solely by …