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THE QUICK AND THE DEAD: CORRELATIONAL SELECTION ON MORPHOLOGY, PERFORMANCE, AND HABITAT USE IN ISLAND LIZARDS by Calsbeek, Ryan, Irschick, Duncan J.

“…Natural selection is an important driver of microevolution. Yet, despite significant theoretical debate, we still have a poor understanding of how selection…”
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Extreme positive allometry of animal adhesive pads and the size limits of adhesion-based climbing by Labonte, David, Clemente, Christofer J., Dittrich, Alex, Kuo, Chi-Yun, Crosby, Alfred J., Irschick, Duncan J., Federle, Walter

“…Organismal functions are size-dependent whenever body surfaces supply body volumes. Larger organisms can develop strongly folded internal surfaces for enhanced…”
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Evolutionary theory as a tool for predicting extinction risk by Gallagher, Austin J., Hammerschlag, Neil, Cooke, Steven J., Costa, Daniel P., Irschick, Duncan J.

“…•Specialization is a continuum with most species falling in the middle.•Specialization can affect extinction risk, but is rarely applied to such studies.•We…”
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Nonlethally assessing elasmobranch ontogenetic shifts in energetics by Wheeler, Carolyn R., Irschick, Duncan J., Mandelman, John W., Rummer, Jodie L.

“…Body condition is an important proxy for the overall health and energetic status of fishes. The classically used Fulton's condition factor requires length and…”
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Rapid large-scale evolutionary divergence in morphology and performance associated with exploitation of a different dietary resource by Herrel, Anthony, Huyghe, Katleen, Vanhooydonck, Bieke, Backeljau, Thierry, Breugelmans, Karin, Grbac, Irena, Van Damme, Raoul, Irschick, Duncan J

“…Although rapid adaptive changes in morphology on ecological time scales are now well documented in natural populations, the effects of such changes on…”
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A functional perspective on sexual selection: insights and future prospects by Lailvaux, Simon P., Irschick, Duncan J.

“…A large number of sexual selection studies have focused on examining the morphological and behavioural factors involved in male combat and female choice, such…”
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The Evolution of Performance-Based Male Fighting Ability in Caribbean Anolis Lizards by Lailvaux, Simon P., Irschick, Duncan J.

“…Despite the empirical and theoretical attention paid to the role of sexual signals in resolving agonistic interactions between conspecific males, few studies…”
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A comparison of spatial and movement patterns between sympatric predators: bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) and Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) by Hammerschlag, Neil, Luo, Jiangang, Irschick, Duncan J, Ault, Jerald S

“…Predators can impact ecosystems through trophic cascades such that differential patterns in habitat use can lead to spatiotemporal variation in top down…”
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Geckos as Springs: Mechanics Explain Across-Species Scaling of Adhesion by Gilman, Casey A, Imburgia, Michael J, Bartlett, Michael D, King, Daniel R, Crosby, Alfred J, Irschick, Duncan J

“…One of the central controversies regarding the evolution of adhesion concerns how adhesive force scales as animals change in size, either among or within…”
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Trait compensation between boldness and the propensity for tail autotomy under different food availabilities in similarly aged brown anole lizards by Kuo, Chi-Yun, Irschick, Duncan J., Lailvaux, Simon P.

“…Summary Trait compensation denotes the situation in which individuals offset the costs of one trait with the benefits of another trait. The phenomenon of trait…”
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Performance capacity, fighting tactics and the evolution of life–stage male morphs in the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) by Lailvaux, Simon P., Herrel, Anthony, VanHooydonck, Bieke, Meyers, Jay J., Irschick, Duncan J.

“…The evolution of alternative male phenotypes is probably driven by male–male competition for access to reproductive females, but few studies have examined…”
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functional approach to sexual selection by IRSCHICK, DUNCAN J, HERREL, ANTHONY, VANHOOYDONCK, BIEKE, DAMME, RAOUL VAN

“…1. Sexual selection theory is a robust and dynamic field within evolutionary biology, yet despite decades of research, remarkably little is known of the…”
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3D visualization processes for recreating and studying organismal form by Irschick, Duncan J., Christiansen, Fredrik, Hammerschlag, Neil, Martin, Johnson, Madsen, Peter T., Wyneken, Jeanette, Brooks, Annabelle, Gleiss, Adrian, Fossette, Sabrina, Siler, Cameron, Gamble, Tony, Fish, Frank, Siebert, Ursula, Patel, Jaymin, Xu, Zhan, Kalogerakis, Evangelos, Medina, Joshua, Mukherji, Atreyi, Mandica, Mark, Zotos, Savvas, Detwiler, Jared, Perot, Blair, Lauder, George

“…The study of biological form is a vital goal of evolutionary biology and functional morphology. We review an emerging set of methods that allow scientists to…”
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Whole-organism studies of adhesion in pad-bearing lizards: creative evolutionary solutions to functional problems by Irschick, Duncan J, Herrel, Anthony, Vanhooydonck, Bieke

“…Understanding the evolution of complex functional traits is a challenge for evolutionary physiology. Here we investigate the evolution of subdigital toepads in…”
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Ecosystem Function and Services of Aquatic Predators in the Anthropocene by Hammerschlag, Neil, Schmitz, Oswald J., Flecker, Alexander S., Lafferty, Kevin D., Sih, Andrew, Atwood, Trisha B., Gallagher, Austin J., Irschick, Duncan J., Skubel, Rachel, Cooke, Steven J.

“…Arguments for the need to conserve aquatic predator (AP) populations often focus on the ecological and socioeconomic roles they play. Here, we summarize the…”
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Sexual dimorphism in head shape and diet in the cottonmouth snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus) by Vincent, Shawn E., Herrel, Anthony, Irschick, Duncan J.

“…Sexual dimorphism is a common phenomenon among animals. The usual cause cited for sexual dimorphism in animals is sexual selection acting through female choice…”
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Do Lizards Avoid Habitats in Which Performance Is Submaximal? The Relationship between Sprinting Capabilities and Structural Habitat Use in Caribbean Anoles by Irschick, Duncan J., Losos, Jonathan B.

“…Recent years have seen an increased emphasis on measuring ecologically relevant performance capabilities to understand associations between morphology and…”
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Intraspecific correlations among morphology, performance and habitat use within a green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) population by IRSCHICK, DUNCAN J., VANHOOYDONCK, BIEKE, HERREL, ANTHONY, MEYERS, JAY

“…We examined habitat use, morphology, jumping and clinging ability for 403 juvenile, female and male green anole lizards, Anolis carolinensis, in a population…”
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Evolutionary conservatism and convergence both lead to striking similarity in ecology, morphology and performance across continents in frogs by Moen, Daniel S., Irschick, Duncan J., Wiens, John J.

“…Many clades contain ecologically and phenotypically similar species across continents, yet the processes generating this similarity are largely unstudied,…”
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Morphological scaling of body form in four shark species differing in ecology and life history by Irschick, Duncan J., Hammerschlag, Neil

“…Body form can change across ontogeny, and can influence how animals of different sizes move and feed. Scaling data on live apex predatory sharks are rare and,…”
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