[图书][B] Animal locomotion

A Biewener, S Patek - 2018 - books.google.com
Animals have evolved remarkable biomechanical and physiological systems that enable
their rich repertoire of motion. Animal Locomotion offers a fundamental understanding of …

Differential occupation of axial morphospace

AB Ward, RS Mehta - Zoology, 2014 - Elsevier
The postcranial system is composed of the axial and appendicular skeletons. The axial
skeleton, which consists of serially repeating segments commonly known as vertebrae …

Frog limbs in deep time: is jumping locomotion at the roots of the anuran Bauplan?

CM Pérez-Ben, AI Lires, RO Gómez - Paleobiology, 2024 - cambridge.org
The unique body plan of frogs (Lissamphibia: Anura) has been largely conserved from at
least 200 Myr, and its evolution from a more generalized tetrapod condition is still poorly …

Evolution of morphology and locomotor performance in anurans: relationships with microhabitat diversification

JM Citadini, R Brandt, CR Williams… - Journal of Evolutionary …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The relationships between morphology, performance, behavior and ecology provide
evidence for multiple and complex phenotypic adaptations. The anuran body plan, for …

Comparative morphology of the humerus in forward-burrowing frogs

R Keeffe, DC Blackburn - Biological Journal of the Linnean …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Burrowing is one of the many locomotor modes of frogs (order Anura) and is found within
many clades. Burrowing is generally categorized into two groups: forward-burrowing and …

Rapid initial morphospace expansion and delayed morphological disparity peak in the first 100 million years of the archosauromorph evolutionary radiation

C Foth, RB Sookias, MD Ezcurra - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Adaptive radiations have played a major role in generating modern and deep-time
biodiversity. The Triassic radiation of the Archosauromorpha was one of the most …

First Eocene–Miocene anuran fossils from Peruvian Amazonia: insights into Neotropical frog evolution and diversity

O Jansen, RO Gómez, A Fouquet… - Papers in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anurans are one of the most diverse vertebrate groups, particularly in Amazonia, where
species richness exceeds that of anywhere else. Amazonian frogs belong to three main …

Locomotor mode and the evolution of the hindlimb in western Mediterranean anurans

U Enriquez-Urzelai, A Montori, GA Llorente… - Evolutionary …, 2015 - Springer
The evolutionary association between morphology, locomotor performance and habitat use
is a central element of the ecomorphological paradigm, and it is known to underlie the …

Convergent evolution across the Australian continent: ecotype diversification drives morphological convergence in two distantly related clades of Australian frogs

M Vidal‐García, JS Keogh - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Animals from different clades but subject to similar environments often evolve similar body
shapes and physiological adaptations due to convergent evolution, but this has been rarely …

Ecomorphology of the pectoral girdle in anurans (Amphibia, Anura): Shape diversity and biomechanical considerations

K Engelkes, L Kath, T Kleinteich… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Frogs and toads (Lissamphibia: Anura) show a diversity of locomotor modes that
allow them to inhabit a wide range of habitats. The different locomotor modes are likely to be …