Interspecific skull variation at a small scale: The genus Eospalax exhibits functional morphological variations related to the exploitation of ecological niche

Y Kang, J Su, B Yao, C Wang… - Journal of Zoological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology influences the process of speciation. The interspecific differences in mammalian
skull morphology, induced by environmental factors, are important when investigating …

Geometric morphometric analysis of the plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi) revealed significant effects of environmental factors on skull variations

Y Kang, J Su, B Yao, W Ji, IM Hegab, AM Hanafy… - Zoology, 2020 - Elsevier
The plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi) is employed as an ideal model for examining the
relationships between phenotypic and ecological adaptations to the underground conditions …

Geographic variation in the skull morphometry of four populations of Batrachuperus karlschmidti (Urodela: Hynobiidae)

Q Liu, J Xiong, J Gou, X Gao - Asian Herpetological Research, 2020 - search.proquest.com
Geographic variation of morphology is an important topic of evolutionary biology, and
research on geographic variation can provide insights on the formation, evolution, and …

Environmental and climatic drivers of phenotypic evolution and distribution changes in a widely distributed subfamily of subterranean mammals

Y Kang, Z Wang, B Yao, K An, Q Pu, C Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
How environmental factors shape species morphology and distributions is a key issue in
ecology, especially in similar environments. Species of Myospalacinae exhibit widespread …

Ecological and evolutionary factors in the morphological diversification of South American spiny rats

SI Perez, JAF Diniz-Filho, FJ Rohlf… - Biological Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the processes underlying morphological diversification is a central goal in
ecology and evolutionary biology and requires the integration of information about …

Geometric morphometric study of the skull shape diversification in Sciuridae (Mammalia, Rodentia)

X Lu, D Ge, L Xia, C Huang, Q Yang - Integrative zoology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
It is generally accepted that the high phenotypic diversity of mammals is a combined result of
developmental constraint and ecological adaptation, although the influence of these …

[HTML][HTML] Geometric morphometry of skulls characteristics of nine species of Eothenomys

XY Ren, D Zhang, WL Zhu - Lateral, 2019 - researcherslinks.com
Eothenomys were the inherent species in Hengduan Mountains region, which had special
status in Microtus, Arvicolinae. In order to investigate the geometric morphometrics of the …

Ontogenetic skull variation in a shovel‐headed amphisbaenian species

LSL Hohl, C Azorit, AI Vassallo, A Casinos… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Leposternon microcephalum is a species belonging to the Amphisbaenia, a group of
burrowing reptiles. Amphisbaenia present various morphological and physiological …

Geographical differentiation in skull morphology of isolated Apodemus chevrieri populations in western Sichuan Mountains

Z Mingchun, Z Zejun, MU Huaqiang, H Xiaofu… - Acta Theriologica …, 2008 - mammal.cn
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Cranial morphological variation in Peromyscus maniculatus over nearly a century of environmental change in three areas of California

MW Holmes, GKR Boykins, RCK Bowie… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Determining how species respond to prolonged environmental change is critical to
understanding both their evolutionary biology and their conservation needs. In general …