Systematic review of free and open source software (FOSS) employed in ecomorphological studies with recommendations for user-friendly developments

K De, AK Dwivedi - Ecological Informatics, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Morphometrics is an important aspect of biological research that integrates in various ways
with other branches of biology like genetics, ecology, and evolution to determine an …

The ecology of browsing and grazing in other vertebrate taxa

IJ Gordon, HHT Prins, J Mallon, LD Puk… - The ecology of browsing …, 2019‏ - Springer
Since the publication of the “The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing”(Gordon and Prins, The
ecology of browsing and grazing. Springer, 2008), a number of researchers have taken the …

Environmental and climatic drivers of phenotypic evolution and distribution changes in a widely distributed subfamily of subterranean mammals

Y Kang, Z Wang, B Yao, K An, Q Pu, C Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
How environmental factors shape species morphology and distributions is a key issue in
ecology, especially in similar environments. Species of Myospalacinae exhibit widespread …

Unraveling deep branches of the Sigmodontinae tree (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in eastern South America

PR Gonçalves, AU Christoff, LF Machado… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2020‏ - Springer
Neotropical cricetid rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae constitute an incredibly diverse
and ubiquitous clade of mammals in South America. In spite of recent advances in …

Tracing the diversification history of a Neogene rodent invasion into South America

R Maestri, NS Upham, BD Patterson - Ecography, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
We investigated spatial patterns of evolutionary relatedness and diversification rates to test
hypotheses about the historical biogeographic processes underlying the radiation of …

Spatial patterns of leaf shape variation in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) provenances

S Stojnić, V Viscosi, M Marković, M Ivanković, S Orlović… - Trees, 2022‏ - Springer
Key message Leaf shape in European beech provenances varies geographically, with
narrower and longer lamina observed in southern provenances, indicating a direct selection …

A morphometric comparison of the cranial shapes of Asian dwarf hamsters (Phodopus, Cricetinae, Rodentia)

BH Alhajeri - Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Phodopus is the smallest cricetine genus, consisting of the dwarf hamsters (Phodopus
sungorus, Phodopus campbelli, and Phodopus roborovskii) of arid central and east Asia …

EcoPhyloMapper: An r package for integrating geographical ranges, phylogeny and morphology

PO Title, DL Swiderski… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Spatial patterns of species richness, phylogenetic and morphological diversity are key to
answering many questions in ecology and evolution. Across spatial scales, geographical …

Algorithm 1017: fuzzyreg: an r package for fitting fuzzy regression models

P Škrabánek, N Martínková - ACM Transactions on Mathematical …, 2021‏ - dl.acm.org
Fuzzy regression provides an alternative to statistical regression when the model is
indefinite, the relationships between model parameters are vague, the sample size is low, or …

A dynamic and collaborative database for morphogeometric information of trilobites

F Serra, D Balseiro, C Monnet, E Randolfe, A Bignon… - Scientific Data, 2023‏ - nature.com
Modern morphometric-based approaches provide valuable metrics to quantify and
understand macroevolutionary and macroecological patterns and processes. Here we …