Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Anolis"
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Convergent Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism in Skull Shape Using Distinct Developmental Strategies
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)Studies integrating evolutionary and developmental analyses of morphological variation are of growing interest to biologists as they promise to shed fresh light on the mechanisms of morphological diversification. Sexually ... -
Detective Work in the West Indies: Integrating Historical and Experimental Approaches to Study Island Lizard Evolution
(American Institute of Biological Sciences, 2007)Evolutionary biology is a historical science, like astronomy and geology. Understanding how and why evolution has occurred requires synthesizing multiple lines of inquiry. Historical studies, such as those that estimate ... -
A Developmental Staging Series for the Lizard Genus Anolis: A New System for the Integration of Evolution, Development, and Ecology
(John Wiley & Sons, 2008)Vertebrate developmental biologists typically rely on a limited number of model organisms to understand the evolutionary bases of morphological change. Unfortunately, a typical model system for squamates (lizards and snakes) ... -
Evolutionary assembly of island faunas reverses the classic island-mainland richness difference in Anolis lizards
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)Aim: Islands are widely considered to be species depauperate relative to mainlands but, somewhat paradoxically, are also host to many striking adaptive radiations. Here, focusing on Anolis lizards, we investigate if ... -
Niche incumbency, dispersal limitation and climate shape geographical distributions in a species-rich island adaptive radiation
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)Aim: To test the role of climate, dispersal limitation and biotic interactions in limiting species' distributions within an island adaptive radiation by integrating species traits, phylogeny and estimates of dispersal ... -
Phylogenetic Analysis of the Evolution of the Niche in Lizards of the Anolis sagrei Group
(Ecological Society of America, 2006)Recent advances in ecological niche modeling (ENM) algorithms, in conjunction with increasing availability of geographic information system (GIS) data, allow species' niches to be predicted over broad geographic areas using ... -
Shared and Unique Features of Diversification in Greater Antillean Anolis Ecomorphs
(Blackwell Publishing, 2006)Examples of convergent evolution suggest that natural selection can often produce predictable evolutionary outcomes. However, unique histories among species can lead to divergent evolution regardless of their shared selective ... -
Stick or grip? Co-evolution of adhesive toepads and claws in Anolis lizards
(Elsevier BV, 2014)Exploring the relationship between phenotype and performance in an ecological and evolutionary context is crucial to understand the adaptive nature of phenotypic traits. Despite their ubiquity in vertebrates, few studies ...