Adaptive radiations, ecological specialization, and the evolutionary integration of complex morphological structures

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 724-744

  Monteiro, Leandro R ^a   Nogueira, Marcelo R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Mandible; Modularity; Morphological integration; Morphometrics; Phyllostomidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BAT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOMETRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SPECIATION; MANDIBLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

MAMMALIA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 77949881045     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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