Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island
environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are …

Islands are renowned for their remarkable biotas and have been widely recognised as
natural laboratories for the study of evolution, speciation, and extinction. Large mammals in …

We are in a modern biodiversity crisis that will restructure community compositions and
ecological functions globally. Large mammals, important contributors to ecosystem function …

Island vertebrates have evolved a number of morphological, physiological, and life history
characteristics that set them apart from their mainland relatives. However, to date, the …

We studied the functional morphology of the postcranial skeleton of the endemic
hippopotamus Phanourios minor, derived from the Upper Pleistocene site of Ayia Napa. The …

Common hippopotamuses (hippos) are among the largest extant land mammals. They thus
offer potential further insight into how giant body size on land influences locomotor patterns …

Abstract Aim The Island Rule—that is, the tendency for body size to decrease in large
mammals and increase in small mammals on islands has been commonly evaluated …

Simple Summary As ectotherms that do not produce metabolic heat to regulate their body
temperature, lizards largely rely on the thermal quality of the environment for most aspects of …

We are in a modern biodiversity crisis that will restructure community compositions and
ecological functions globally. Large mammals, important contributors to ecosystem function …

Locomotion in terrestrial tetrapods is reliant on interactions between distal limb bones (eg
metapodials and phalanges). The metapodial–phalangeal joint in horse (Equidae) limbs is …