Getting a grip on tetrapod grasping: form, function, and evolution

D Sustaita, E Pouydebat, A Manzano… - Biological …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Human beings have been credited with unparalleled capabilities for digital prehension
grasping. However, grasping behaviour is widespread among tetrapods. The propensity to …

Scaling and biomechanics of surface attachment in climbing animals

D Labonte, W Federle - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Attachment devices are essential adaptations for climbing animals and valuable models for
synthetic adhesives. A major unresolved question for both natural and bioinspired …

Terradynamically streamlined shapes in animals and robots enhance traversability through densely cluttered terrain

C Li, AO Pullin, DW Haldane, HK Lam… - Bioinspiration & …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Many animals, modern aircraft, and underwater vehicles use fusiform, streamlined body
shapes that reduce fluid dynamic drag to achieve fast and effective locomotion in air and …

Phenotypic integration between claw and toepad traits promotes microhabitat specialization in the Anolis adaptive radiation

ML Yuan, MH Wake, IJ Wang - Evolution, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The performance of an organism in its environment frequently depends more on its
composite phenotype than on individual phenotypic traits. Thus, understanding …

First arboreal'pelycosaurs'(Synapsida: Varanopidae) from the early Permian Chemnitz Fossil Lagerstätte, SE Germany, with a review of varanopid phylogeny

F Spindler, R Werneburg, JW Schneider, L Luthardt… - PalZ, 2018 - Springer
A new fossil amniote from the Fossil Forest of Chemnitz (Sakmarian-Artinskian transition,
Germany) is described as Ascendonanus nestleri gen. et sp. nov., based on five articulated …

Pedal claw curvature in birds, lizards and Mesozoic dinosaurs–complicated categories and compensating for mass-specific and phylogenetic control

AV Birn-Jeffery, CE Miller, D Naish, EJ Rayfield… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Pedal claw geometry can be used to predict behaviour in extant tetrapods and has
frequently been used as an indicator of lifestyle and ecology in Mesozoic birds and other …

Stick or grip? Co-evolution of adhesive toepads and claws in Anolis lizards

KE Crandell, A Herrel, M Sasa, JB Losos, K Autumn - Zoology, 2014 - Elsevier
Exploring the relationship between phenotype and performance in an ecological and
evolutionary context is crucial to understanding the adaptive nature of phenotypic traits …

Attachment beyond the adhesive system: the contribution of claws to gecko clinging and locomotion

ER Naylor, TE Higham - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Attachment is imperative for many biological functions, such as holding position and
climbing, but can be challenged by natural conditions. Adhesive toe pads and claws have …

Relationships among morphology, clinging performance and habitat use in Liolaemini lizards

MJ Tulli, V Abdala, FB Cruz - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The central tenet of ecomorphological theory holds that different ecological requirements
lead to different organismal designs (morphology). Here, we studied the relationships …

[图书][B] Evolution driven by organismal behavior

R Diogo - 2017 - Springer
There is an important point I want to make clear that is key within my philosophy. I am an
avid—if not slightly obsessed—reader. I like to read; I wish I could know everything about …