The goal of ecomorphology is to identify morphological variation that is related to ecology
(eg, dietary preference or locomotor habits), with the aim of inferring ecological traits from …

Limb long bones are essential to an animal's locomotion, and are thus expected to be
heavily influenced by factors such as mass or habitat. Because they are often the only …

Eco-morphological convergence, ie, similar phenotypes evolved in ecologically convergent
taxa, naturally reproduces a common-garden experiment since it allows researchers to keep …

ABSTRACT A hydrostatic skeleton allows a soft body to transmit muscular force via internal
pressure. A human's tongue, an octopus' arm and a nematode's body illustrate the pervasive …

Among burrowing rodents, forelimb morphology frequently shares an intricate relationship
with soil substrates. Soils vary widely in texture and density, leading to differences in friability …

Fundamentally rooted in Odum's niche concept, mammal community studies are based on
the understanding that each resident species reveals information about its environment …

Many studies have shown a correlation between postcranial anatomy and locomotor
behavior in mammals, but the postcrania of small mammals (< 5 kg) is often considered to …

Kangaroos (Macropodoidea) display a diversity of locomotor modes, from bounding
quadrupedally to hopping bipedally; but hopping has a body mass limit, which was …

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 …

Dissection reports of large cats (family Felidae) have been published since the late 19th
century. These reports generally describe the findings in words, show drawings of the …