The idea of 'key innovations' has long been influential in theoretical and empirical
approaches to understanding adaptive diversification. Despite originally revolving around …

" The objectives of comparative physiology are:(1) to describe the diverse ways which
different kinds of animals meet their functional requirements;(2) to elucidate evolutionary …

In recent years researchers have discovered that bats play key roles in many ecosystems as
insect predators, seed dispersers, and pollinators. Bats also display astonishing ecological …

Ecomorphological analyses that search for patterns of association between morphological
and prey-use data sets will have a greater chance of understanding the causal relationships …

Butterflies display extreme variation in wing shape associated with tremendous ecological
diversity. Disentangling the role of neutral versus adaptive processes in wing shape …

Summary 1 Relationships between morphology, bite force capacity, prey handling efficiency
and trophic niche were explored in two sympatric species of lacertid lizards, Podarcis …

The perciform group Labroidei includes approximately 2600 species and comprises some of
the most diverse and successful lineages of teleost fishes. Composed of four major clades …

Explanations for taxonomic diversity in a particular clade often implicate evolutionary
innovations, possessed by members of the clade, that are thought to have favoured …

Despite the common occurrence of ontogenetic niche shifts, their consequences for
morphological adaptations have been little studied. To address this question, we studied …

Researchers have been using simple morphological measures as indicators of ecological
features for some time. The utility of morphological variables as ecological indicators …