... Morphometrics for Biologists: A Primer , 2nd edn . London : Academic Press . Zuur , A. F. , Ieno , E. N. and Elphick , C. S. ( 2010 ). A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems . Methods Ecol. Evol.   1 , 3 - 14 . 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2009.00001.x...

... basic kinematic data about their movements and behavior below the ocean surface. Here, we combined morphometrics from aerial drone photogrammetry, whale-borne inertial sensing tag data and hydrodynamic modeling to study the locomotion of five rorqual species. We quantified changes in tail oscillatory...

..., and then exploring the shape of the binocular field with a morphometric approach. While the maximum binocular field width did not differ between species with different foraging tactics, the overall shape of their binocular fields did. In particular, raptors chasing terrestrial prey (ground predators) had a more...

... and use a specialized durophagous raptorial biting mode characterized by large gapes, large gape angles and lack of lateral gape occlusion. Feeding kinematics Durophagy Morphometrics Craniodental morphology Among aquatic vertebrates and secondarily aquatic tetrapods, prey capture...

...., 2001 ; Bickel and Losos, 2002 ; Schulte et al., 2004 ; Velasco and Herrel, 2007 ), this association was not considered in the present study because a large number of museum specimens had missing or regenerated tails. Fig. 8. Morphometric measurements used for analysis. (A) Dorsal and (B...

...) was predicted by centrum width and height, neural spine angle and lamina width. These results support the possible utility of some vertebral morphometrics in predicting mechanical properties of the vertebral column in crocodiles, which also should be useful for forming functional hypotheses of axial motion...

... acquisition strategies of minke whales and the energetic costs that different reproductive classes face during the breeding season. We modelled total blubber volume, using blubber thickness and morphometric measurements of individual whales. Blubber volume was influenced by body length, and was higher...

.... Shavlakadze, T. and Grounds, M. ( 2006 ). Of bears, frogs, meat, mice and men: complexity of factors affecting skeletal muscle mass and fat. Bioessays , 28 . 10 ,994-1009. Steffen, J. M., Koebel, D. A., Musacchia, X. J. and Milsom, W. K. ( 1991 ). Morphometric and metabolic indexes of disuse...

... 2008 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 bite force feeding finch morphometrics skull Darwin's finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers provide some of the best known examples of adaptive radiation, both of which are characterised by a large diversity of beak shapes ( Raikow...

... to the fin base, and (ii) a steeper (more dorsoventral) stroke plane. *e-mail: [email protected] 8 11 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 morphometrics moments of area locomotion critical swimming speed Labridae fish swimming flapping rowing Cirrhilabrus...

...C. R. Betts; R. J. Wootton ABSTRACT Representatives of six butterfly species, flying freely in the field or in simulated field conditions, were filmed with a high-speed ciné camera and subjected to kinematic and morphometric analysis. This is the first detailed investigation on an insect performing...