Why are there fewer marsupials than placentals? On the relevance of geography and physiology to evolutionary patterns of mammalian diversity and disparity

MR Sánchez-Villagra - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2013 - Springer
Placental mammals occupy a larger morphospace and are taxonomically more diverse than
marsupials by an order of magnitude, as shown by quantitative and phylogenetic studies of …

COVID-19 pandemic: its origin, implications and treatments

PK Law - Open Journal of Regenerative Medicine, 2020 - eprints.go2submission.com
This is a succinct and current review of pertinent literature to guide develo** serum
therapy as an emergent treatment to save human lives at times of natural or genetically …

Strong attachment as an adaptation of flightless weevils on windy oceanic islands

LY Wang, CP Lin, SN Gorb… - Journal of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Enhanced attachment ability is common in plants on islands to avoid potential fatal passive
dispersal. However, whether island insects also have increased attachment ability remains …

[書籍][B] Biogeography and evolution in New Zealand

M Heads - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand provides the first in-depth treatment of the
biogeography of New Zealand, a region that has been a place of long-enduring interest to …

Foraging shifts and visual preadaptation in ecologically diverse bats

KTJ Davies, LR Yohe, J Almonte… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in behaviour may initiate shifts to new adaptive zones, with physical
adaptations for novel environments evolving later. While new mutations are commonly …

Integrating ontogeny of echolocation and locomotion gives unique insights into the origin of bats

RT Carter, RA Adams - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2016 - Springer
The evolutionary sequence of events that led to flight and echolocation in bats is a
compelling question in biology. Fundamentally lacking from this discussion is the ontogeny …

Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors?

MP Witton - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
Pterodactyloid pterosaurs are widely interpreted as terrestrially competent, erect-limbed
quadrupeds, but the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids are largely thought to have …

The middle Pleistocene small mammals from the lower layers of Tunel Wielki cave (Kraków-Częstochowa upland): An early Toringian assemblage in Poland

C Berto, A Nadachowski, A Pereswiet-Soltan… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Among the well-known small mammal assemblages of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland,
the one from Tunel Wielki Cave is one of the most interesting for the Pleistocene …

Miocene Fossils Reveal Ancient Roots for New Zealand's Endemic Mystacina (Chiroptera) and Its Rainforest Habitat

SJ Hand, DE Lee, TH Worthy, M Archer, JP Worthy… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The New Zealand endemic bat family Mystacinidae comprises just two Recent species
referred to a single genus, Mystacina. The family was once more diverse and widespread …

Phylogeny and foraging behaviour shape modular morphological variation in bat humeri

C López‐Aguirre, SJ Hand, D Koyabu, VT Tu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bats show a remarkable ecological diversity that is reflected both in dietary and foraging
guilds (FGs). Cranial ecomorphological adaptations linked to diet have been widely studied …