... Ecomorphology Bite kinematics Lepidophagy Trophic specialization Performance landscape Summary: A new bimodal non-linear biomechanical model that connects morphology to performance to fitness in a sympatric radiation of trophic niche specialists. © 2024. Published by The Company of Biologists...

...: Freely competing mantis shrimp dissipate 90% of the energy of high-force strikes by raising their impact-resistant tailplates off the substrate; faster strikes led to greater proportional energy dissipation. Biomechanics Animal behavior Coefficient of restitution Animal contests Ecomorphology...

... limb segments may be better predictors of sprint speed in lizards ( Miles, 1994 ; Fieler and Jayne, 1998 ; Irschick and Jayne, 1999 ; Vanhooydonck et al., 2006a , b ). Ecomorphology Locomotion Performance Muscle Myology Lizard Summary: Analyses of limb segment lengths and muscle...

... of Dendrobatidae and Microhylidae exhibited only poor or no head compensatory movements. Contrary to our expectation, the results did not corroborate an ecomorphological hypothesis anticipating a close relationship between ecological parameters and the head compensatory movements. We did not find any positive...

... Crataerina pallida (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) can stay attached to its flying host, the common swift, by using a strongly modified tarsal attachment system, which provides exceptionally high attachment forces on various surfaces. Biomechanics Interlocking Friction Adhesion Ecomorphology Parasitism...

... kinematics Diet niche Reticulate adaptive radiation Ecomorphology Coral reef Transitioning to a different trophic niche typically requires or is accompanied by a change in the functional morphology of feeding ( Christiansen and Wroe, 2007 ; Liem, 1980b ; Westneat, 1994 ). Protrusile jaws have...

... than by design conflicts between running and gripping per se . * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 30 7 2012 19 11 2012 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 ecomorphology trade-off locomotion grip strength lizard habitat use...

... descent and low impact forces upon landing. Our results show that very small morphological changes may result in noticeable and ecologically relevant changes in performance. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 19 5 2009 2009 biodynamics ecomorphology...

... of variation in sprint performance in juvenile lizards. Evol. Ecol. Res. 6 , 63 -75. Peterson, J. A. ( 1984 ). The locomotion of Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Sauria) with particular reference to the forelimb. J. Zool. Lond. 202 , 1 -42. Pounds, J. A. ( 1988 ). Ecomorphology,locomotion...

... forces on the various surfaces were measured again in both groups under otherwise identical conditions. * e-mail: [email protected] 7 2 2002 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 adhesion climbing ecomorphology locomotion tarsus tenent seta water...

... in running style is substantiated by interspecific morphological differences. * e-mail: [email protected] 16 1 2002 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 ecomorphology gait characteristics interspecific comparison locomotion Lacertidae phylogenetic analysis...

... perches. 02 05 1989 © 1989 by Company of Biologists 1989 Anolis performance ecomorphology sprint speed The comparative method, long a central tenet of evolutionary biology, interprets among-species correlations between morphology and ecology as evidence for adaptation...