Morphology

Recent Papers

Gliding Dragons and Flying Squirrels: Diversifying versus Stabilizing Selection on Morphology following the Evolution of an Innovation

Terry J. Ord, Joan Garcia-Porta, Marina Querejeta, and David C. Collar

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Feb-Ord.html

Transitions between the Terrestrial and Epiphytic Habit Drove the Evolution of Seed-Aerodynamic Traits in Orchids

Xu-Li Fan, Guillaume Chomicki, Kai Hao, Qiang Liu, Ying-Ze Xiong, Susanne S. Renner, Jiang-Yun Gao, and Shuang-Quan Huang

Blurb: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Feb-Fan.html

Wasp Waist and Flight: Convergent Evolution in Wasps Reveals a Link between Wings and Body Shapes

Adrien Perrard

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Feb-Perrard.html

Head Shape Modulates Diversification of a Classic Cichlid Pharyngeal Jaw Innovation

Edward D. Burress, Milton Tan, and Peter C. Wainwright

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Nov-Burress.html

What Determines the Distinct Morphology of Species with a Particular Ecology? The Roles of Many-to-One Mapping and Trade-Offs in the Evolution of Frog Ecomorphology and Performance

Daniel S. Moen

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Oct-Moen.html

Natural History Note

Morphological Polymorphism Associated with Alternative Reproductive Tactics in a Plethodontid Salamander

Todd W. Pierson, Jennifer Deitloff, Stanley K. Sessions, Kenneth H. Kozak, and Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AprPierson.html

Speciation Rate Is Independent of the Rate of Evolution of Morphological Size, Shape, and Absolute Morphological Specialization in a Large Clade of Birds
Nicholas M. A. Crouch and Robert E. Ricklefs
Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AprCrouch.html

Branch Thinning and the Large-Scale, Self-Similar Structure of Trees
Lars Hellström, Linus Carlsson, Daniel S. Falster, Mark Westoby, and Åke Brännström
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JulyHellstroem.html

Morph-Specific Patterns of Reproductive Senescence: Connections to Discrete Reproductive Strategies
Andrea S. Grunst, Melissa L. Grunst, Vince A. Formica, Marisa L. Korody, Adam M. Betuel, Margarida Barcelo-Serra, Sarah Ford, Rusty A. Gonser, and Elaina M. Tuttle
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneGrunst.html

Leaf Form Evolution in Viburnum Parallels Variation within Individual Plants
Elizabeth L. Spriggs, Samuel B. Schmerler, Erika J. Edwards, and Michael J. Donoghue

Sex-Specific Heterogeneity in Fixed Morphological Traits Influences Individual Fitness in a Monogamous Bird Population
Floriane Plard, Susanne Schindler, Raphaël Arlettaz, and Michael Schaub
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JanPlard.html

Note
Resemblance to the Enemy’s Eyes Underlies the Intimidating Effect of Eyespots
Karin Kjernsmo and Sami Merilaita
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/OctKjernsmo.html

Maladaptive Plasticity Masks the Effects of Natural Selection in the Red-Shouldered Soapberry Bug

Meredith L. Cenzer

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/OctCenzer.html

Predator Perspective Drives Geographic Variation in Frequency-Dependent Polymorphism
Iris A. Holmes, Maggie R. Grundler, and Alison R. Davis Rabosky

Natural History Note

Natural History Constrains the Macroevolution of Foot Morphology in European Plethodontid Salamanders

Dean C. Adams, Dana Korneisel, Morgan Young, and Annamaria Nistri

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/AugAdams.html

Natural History Note
A Sea Scorpion’s Strike: New Evidence of Extreme Lateral Flexibility in the Opisthosoma of Eurypterids
W. Scott Persons IV and John Acorn
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JulyPersons.html

How Parallel Is Parallel Evolution? A Comparative Analysis in Fishes
Krista B. Oke, Gregor Rolshausen, Caroline LeBlond, and Andrew P. Hendry
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JulyOke.html

Evolutionary Determinants of Morphological Polymorphism in Colonial Animals
Carl Simpson, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, and Amalia Herrera-Cubilla

Natural History Note
The Hawk-Eyed Songbird: Retinal Morphology, Eye Shape, and Visual Fields of an Aerial Insectivore
Luke P. Tyrrell and Esteban Fernández-Juricic

Clines Arc through Multivariate Morphospace
Brian K. Lohman, Daniel Berner, and Daniel I. Bolnick