.../100007890 National Institutes of Health 5R01DE027052-02 National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 1749764 Binational Science Foundation 2016136 Adaptive radiation Functional morphology Ecomorphology Bite kinematics Lepidophagy...

...: 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...

... lengths and muscle size and architecture in Anolis lizards provides evidence for different proximate drivers of sprint speed variation in males and females. Ecomorphology Locomotion Performance Muscle Myology Lizard Performance, or the ability of an animal to execute an ecologically...

... 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...

... attachment forces on various surfaces. Biomechanics Interlocking Friction Adhesion Ecomorphology Parasitism Pulvilli Empodium Louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) are obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites of mammals and birds ( Bequaert, 1953 ). Therefore, an effective and reliable...

... 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...

... strength. * 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 However, the species that were compared in the study...

... 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...

..., Amherst, MA 01003, USA 23 8 2006 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 arboreal locomotion ecomorphology performance interspecific differences How animals manage to effectively move around in complex arboreal environments is intriguing. Not only may perch density...

... and Hardie,1988 ; Stork,1980a ); only a few studies have approached this subject in a comparative way to evaluate the biological roles of specific tarsal morphologies (e.g. Federle et al.,2000 ; Gorb et al.,2001 ). However, from an ecomorphological point of view (e.g. Bock, 1988 , 1990...

... 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...