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Taverne M, Watson PJ, Dutel H, Boistel R, Lisicic D, Tadic Z, Fabre AC, Fagan MJ, Herrel A. Form-function relationships underlie rapid dietary changes in a lizard. Proc Biol Sci 2023; 290:20230582. [PMID: 37282532 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Macroevolutionary changes such as variation in habitat use or diet are often associated with convergent, adaptive changes in morphology. However, it is still unclear how small-scale morphological variation at the population level can drive shifts in ecology such as observed at a macroevolutionary scale. Here, we address this question by investigating how variation in cranial form and feeding mechanics relate to rapid changes in diet in an insular lizard (Podarcis siculus) after experimental introduction into a new environment. We first quantified differences in the skull shape and jaw muscle architecture between the source and introduced population using three-dimensional geometric morphometrics and dissections. Next, we tested the impact of the observed variation in morphology on the mechanical performance of the masticatory system using computer-based biomechanical simulation techniques. Our results show that small differences in shape, combined with variation in muscle architecture, can result in significant differences in performance allowing access to novel trophic resources. The confrontation of these data with the already described macroevolutionary relationships between cranial form and function in these insular lizards provides insights into how selection can, over relatively short time scales, drive major changes in ecology through its impact on mechanical performance.
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- M Taverne
- UMR 7179, Département Adaptations du Vivant, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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- Department of Engineering, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
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- Department of Engineering, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- UMR 7179, Département Adaptations du Vivant, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Bernastrasse 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerland
- Institute of Ecology & Evolution, Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Department of Engineering, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
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- UMR 7179, Département Adaptations du Vivant, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
- Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Bernastrasse 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerland
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Tan WC, Measey J, Vanhooydonck B, Herrel A. The relationship between bite force, morphology, and diet in southern African agamids. BMC Ecol Evol 2021; 21:126. [PMID: 34154535 PMCID: PMC8215774 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-021-01859-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Many animals display morphological and behavioural adaptations to the habitats in which they live and the resources they exploit. Bite force is an important whole-organism performance trait that allows an increase in dietary breadth, the inclusion of novel prey in the diet, territory and predatory defence, and is important during mating in many lizards.
Methods Here, we study six species of southern African agamid lizards from three habitat types (ground-dwelling, rock-dwelling, and arboreal) to investigate whether habitat use constrains head morphology and bite performance. We further tested whether bite force and head morphology evolve as adaptations to diet by analysing a subset of these species for which diet data were available.
Results Overall, both jaw length and its out-lever are excellent predictors of bite performance across all six species. Rock-dwelling species have a flatter head relative to their size than other species, possibly as an adaptation for crevice use. However, even when correcting for jaw length and jaw out-lever length, rock-dwelling species bite harder than ground-dwelling species. Diet analyses demonstrate that body and head size are not directly related to diet, although greater in-levers for jaw closing (positively related to bite force) are associated to an increase of hard prey in the diet. Ground-dwelling species consume more ants than other species. Conclusions Our results illustrate the role of head morphology in driving bite force and demonstrate how habitat use impacts head morphology but not bite force in these agamids. Although diet is associated with variation in head morphology it is only partially responsible for the observed differences in morphology and performance. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12862-021-01859-w.
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- W C Tan
- Herpetology Section, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113, Bonn, Germany. .,Institut für Zoologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Bonn, Germany. .,Laboratoire EBI Ecologie and Biologie des Interactions, UMR CNRS 7267, Université de Poitiers, UFR Sciences Fondamentales et Appliquées, Poitiers, France. .,Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa. .,Département Adaptations du Vivant, UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N., Bâtiment d'Anatomie Comparée, 55 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France.
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgium.,Département Adaptations du Vivant, UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N., Bâtiment d'Anatomie Comparée, 55 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France
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Louppe V, Herrel A, Pisanu B, Grouard S, Veron G. Assessing occupancy and activity of two invasive carnivores in two Caribbean islands: implications for insular ecosystems. J Zool (1987) 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- V. Louppe
- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS Sorbonne Université EPHE Université des Antilles Paris France
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- Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution (MECADEV) Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS Paris France
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- UMS Patrimoine Naturel Office Français pour la Biodiversité Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS Paris France
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- Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique Sociétés, Pratiques, Environnement (AASPE) Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle – CNRS Paris France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS Sorbonne Université EPHE Université des Antilles Paris France
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Ducret V, Videlier M, Moureaux C, Bonneaud C, Herrel A. Do female frogs have higher resting metabolic rates than males? A case study with
Xenopus allofraseri. J Zool (1987) 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- V. Ducret
- Département Adaptations du Vivant UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N. Paris France
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- Functional Ecology Laboratory Department of Biology University of Ottawa Ottawa ON Canada
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- Département Adaptations du Vivant UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N. Paris France
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- Centre for Ecology & Conservation College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Exeter Penryn UK
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- Département Adaptations du Vivant UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N. Paris France
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Understanding the relationships between form and function can help us to understand the evolution of phenotypic diversity in different ecological contexts. Locomotor traits are ecologically relevant as they reflect the ability of an organism to escape from predators, to catch prey or to defend territories. As such, locomotion provides a good model to investigate how environmental constraints may influence an organism’s performance. Here, we investigate the ecomorphological relationships between limb morphology, locomotor performance (sprint speed and endurance) and habitat use in six southern African agamid species. The investigated agamid species showed differences in hind limb and toe lengths. Both of these traits were further correlated with endurance capacity. This association was supported by stepwise multiple regression analyses. However, we demonstrate trade-offs in locomotor performance traits, suggesting that specialization towards speed comes at the detriment of endurance capacity. Overall, the single arboreal species studied had longer hind limbs, a higher exertion capacity and a higher mean speed. However, for a given hind limb length, the arboreal species was slower than the other habitat specialists. This study provides insights into the evolutionary mechanisms that have driven the morphological and functional evolution in southern African agamid lizards.
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- W C Tan
- UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N., Département Adaptations du Vivant, 55 rue Buffon, Paris Cedex 5, France
- Université de Poitiers – UFR Sciences Fondamentales et Appliquées, Laboratoire EBI Ecologie & Biologie des Interactions, UMR CNRS 7267, Poitiers, France
- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N., Département Adaptations du Vivant, 55 rue Buffon, Paris Cedex 5, France
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
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Dufour CMS, Donihue CM, Losos JB, Herrel A. Parallel increases in grip strength in two species of
Anolis
lizards after a major hurricane on Dominica. J Zool (1987) 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- C. M. S. Dufour
- Museum of Comparative Zoology Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University Cambridge MA USA
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- Museum of Comparative Zoology Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University Cambridge MA USA
- Department of Biology Washington University St Louis MO USA
- Département ‘Adaptations du vivant’ UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N. Paris France
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- Department of Biology Washington University St Louis MO USA
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- Département ‘Adaptations du vivant’ UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N. Paris France
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Perrier A, Bucki M, Supiot A, Delcroix N, Lamberton F, Druelle F, Herrel A, Berillon G. Comparative functional anatomy using rigid multibody simulation and anatomical transfer: Homo sapiens, Pan paniscus and Papio anubis. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2020.1714980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- A. Perrier
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG, Grenoble, France
- Orthopaedic Unit, Croix Saint-Simon Hospital, Paris
- TexiSense, Torcy, France
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- Gait Lab, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMS 3408, Université Caen Normandie, Caen, France
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- SFR Santé Lyon-Est, CNRS UMS 3453, INSERM US7, Univeristé Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique (UMR 7194 CNRS), MNHN, Paris, France
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- UMR 7194 MNHN-CNRS-UPVD, Musée de l’Homme, Paris, France
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Boulinguez‐Ambroise G, Zablocki‐Thomas P, Aujard F, Herrel A, Pouydebat E. Ontogeny of food grasping in mouse lemurs: behavior, morphology and performance. J Zool (1987) 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- UMR 7179‐ CNRS, National Museum of Natural History Paris France
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- UMR 7179‐ CNRS, National Museum of Natural History Paris France
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- UMR 7179‐ CNRS, National Museum of Natural History Paris France
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Zablocki Thomas PB, Karanewsky CJ, Pendleton JL, Aujard F, Pouydebat E, Herrel A. Drivers of in vivo
bite performance in wild brown mouse lemurs and a comparison with the grey mouse lemur. J Zool (1987) 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- P. B. Zablocki Thomas
- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N.; Paris France
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- Department of Biochemistry; Stanford University; Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Biochemistry; Stanford University; Stanford CA USA
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N.; Paris France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N.; Paris France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N.; Paris France
- Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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Louppe V, Courant J, Videlier M, Herrel A. Differences in standard metabolic rate at the range edge versus the center of an expanding invasive population of
Xenopus laevis
in the West of France. J Zool (1987) 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- V. Louppe
- Département Adaptations du Vivant UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N. Paris France
- Institut de systématique, évolution, biodiversité UMR 7205 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N./U.P.M.C./E.P.H.E. Paris France
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- Département Adaptations du Vivant UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N. Paris France
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- Département Adaptations du Vivant UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N. Paris France
- Department of Biology University of Ottawa Ottawa ON Canada
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- Département Adaptations du Vivant UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N. Paris France
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De Meyer J, Herrel A, Belpaire C, Goemans G, Ide C, De Kegel B, Christiaens J, Adriaens D. Broader head, stronger bite: In vivo bite forces in European eel Anguilla anguilla. J Fish Biol 2018; 92:268-273. [PMID: 29193066 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
This work examined three different phenotypes of the yellow-eel stage of the European eel Anguilla anguilla, broad-heads, narrow-heads and eels with an intermediate head shape. The aim was to see whether broad-headed A. anguilla, which generally consume harder, larger prey, such as crustaceans and fish, exerted greater bite force than the narrow-headed variant, which mainly consume soft, small prey such as chironomid larvae. It was found that in 99 yellow A. anguilla, in vivo bite force of broad-heads are higher compared with narrow-heads and intermediates.
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- J De Meyer
- Department of Biology Evolutionary, Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biology Evolutionary, Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N., 57 rue Cuvier, Case postale 55, 75231, Paris Cedex 5, France
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- Institute for Nature and Forest Research (INBO), Dwersbos 28, 1630 Linkebeek, Belgium
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- Institute for Nature and Forest Research (INBO), Dwersbos 28, 1630 Linkebeek, Belgium
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- Department of Biology Evolutionary, Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biology Evolutionary, Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biology Evolutionary, Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biology Evolutionary, Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- A. Herrel
- Département Adaptations du vivant UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N Paris France
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- Siena Heights University Adrian MI USA
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Fabre PH, Herrel A, Fitriana Y, Meslin L, Hautier L. Masticatory muscle architecture in a water-rat from Australasia (Murinae, Hydromys) and its implication for the evolution of carnivory in rodents. J Anat 2017; 231:380-397. [PMID: 28585258 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Murines are well known for their generalist diet, but several of them display specializations towards a carnivorous diet such as the amphibious Indo-Pacific water-rats. Despite the fact that carnivory evolved repeatedly in this group, few studies have investigated associated changes in jaw muscle anatomy and biomechanics. Here, we describe the jaw muscles and cranial anatomy of a carnivorous water-rat, Hydromys chrysogaster. The architecture of the jaw musculature of six specimens captured both on Obi and Papua were studied and described using dissections. We identified the origin and insertions of the jaw muscles, and quantified muscle mass, fiber length, physiological cross-sectional area, and muscle vectors for each muscle. Using a biomechanical model, we estimated maximum incisor and molar bite force at different gape angles. Finally, we conducted a 2D geometric morphometric analyses to compare jaw shape, mechanical potential, and diversity in lever-arm ratios for a set of 238 specimens, representative of Australo-Papuan carnivorous and omnivorous murids. Our study reveals major changes in the muscle proportions among Hydromys and its omnivorous close relative, Melomys. Hydromys was found to have large superficial masseter and temporalis muscles as well as a reduced deep masseter and zygomatico-mandibularis, highlighting major functional divergence among omnivorous and carnivorous murines. Changes in these muscles are also accompanied by changes in jaw shape and the lines of action of the muscles. A more vertically oriented masseter, reduced masseteric muscles, as well as an elongated jaw with proodont lower incisors are key features indicative of a reduced propalinality in carnivorous Hydromys. Differences in the fiber length of the masseteric muscles were also detected between Hydromys and Melomys, which highlight potential adaptations to a wide gape in Hydromys, allowing it to prey on larger animals. Using a biomechanical model, we inferred a greater bite force in Hydromys than in Melomys, implying a functional shift between omnivory and carnivory. However, Melomys has an unexpected greater bite force at large gape compared with Hydromys. Compared with omnivorous Melomys, Hydromys have a very distinctive low mandible with a well-developed coronoid process, and a reduced angular process that projects posteriorly to the ascending rami. This jaw shape, along with our mechanical potential and jaw lever ratio estimates, suggests that Hydromys has a faster jaw closing at the incisor, with a higher bite force at the level of the molars. The narrowing of the Hydromys jaw explains this higher lever advantage at the molars, which constitutes a good compromise between a wide gape, a reduced anterior masseteric mass, and long fiber lengths. Lever arms of the superficial and deep masseter are less favourable to force output of the mandible in Hydromys but more favourable to speed. Compared with the small input lever arm defined between the condyle and the angular process, the relatively longer mandible of Hydromys increases the speed at the expense of the output force. This unique combination of morphological features of the masticatory apparatus possibly has permitted Hydromys to become a highly successful amphibious predator in the Indo-Pacific region.
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- P-H Fabre
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM, UMR 5554 CNRS), Universite Montpellier II, Montpellier, France.,National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.,Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N., Paris, France.,Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center For Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibinong, Indonesia
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM, UMR 5554 CNRS), Universite Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM, UMR 5554 CNRS), Universite Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
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Karantanis N, Rychlik L, Herrel A, Youlatos D. Arboreality in acacia rats (
Thallomys paedulcus
; Rodentia, Muridae): gaits and gait metrics. J Zool (1987) 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- N.‐E. Karantanis
- Department of Zoology School of Biology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
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- Department of Systematic Zoology Institute of Environmental Biology Faculty of Biology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris France
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- Department of Zoology School of Biology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
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- P. Thomas
- Département de Biologie; Master Biosciences; ENS de Lyon; Lyon France
- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Paris Cedex 5 France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Paris Cedex 5 France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Paris Cedex 5 France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Paris Cedex 5 France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Paris Cedex 5 France
- Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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Vanhooydonck B, Huyghe K, Holáňová V, van Dongen S, Herrel A. Differential growth of naturally and sexually selected traits in an A
nolis
lizard. J Zool (1987) 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- B. Vanhooydonck
- Department of Biology; University of Antwerp; Wilrijk Belgium
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- Department of Biology; University of Antwerp; Wilrijk Belgium
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- Department of Zoology; Charles University; Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology; University of Antwerp; Wilrijk Belgium
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR7179; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Paris France
- Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates; Ghent University; Gent Belgium
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- P. Thomas
- Département de Biologie; Master Biosciences; ENS de Lyon; Lyon France
- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Paris France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Paris France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Paris France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Paris France
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- Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy; University of Chicago; Chicago IL USA
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN; Paris France
- Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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Videlier M, Bonneaud C, Cornette R, Herrel A. Exploration syndromes in the frog X
enopus (
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ilurana) tropicalis
: correlations with morphology and performance? J Zool (1987) 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- M. Videlier
- UMR 7179; Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Paris France
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation; College of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Exeter; Penryn Cornwall UK
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- UMR 7205; Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Paris France
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- UMR 7179; Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Paris France
- Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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De León LF, Podos J, Gardezi T, Herrel A, Hendry AP. Darwin's finches and their diet niches: the sympatric coexistence of imperfect generalists. J Evol Biol 2014; 27:1093-104. [PMID: 24750315 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adaptive radiation can be strongly influenced by interspecific competition for resources, which can lead to diverse outcomes ranging from competitive exclusion to character displacement. In each case, sympatric species are expected to evolve into distinct ecological niches, such as different food types, yet this expectation is not always met when such species are examined in nature. The most common hypotheses to account for the coexistence of species with substantial diet overlap rest on temporal variation in niches (often diets). Yet spatial variation in niche overlap might also be important, pointing to the need for spatiotemporal analyses of diet and diet overlap between closely related species persisting in sympatry. We here perform such an analysis by characterizing the diets of, and diet overlap among, four sympatric Darwin's ground finch species at three sites and over 5 years on a single Galápagos island (Santa Cruz). We find that the different species have broadly similar and overlapping diets - they are to some extent generalists and opportunists - yet we also find that each species retains some 'private' resources for which their morphologies are best suited. Importantly, use of these private resources increased considerably, and diet overlap decreased accordingly, when the availability of preferred shared foods, such as arthropods, was reduced during drought conditions. Spatial variation in food resources was also important. These results together suggest that the ground finches are 'imperfect generalists' that use overlapping resources under benign conditions (in space or time), but then retreat to resources for which they are best adapted during periods of food limitation. These conditions likely promote local and regional coexistence.
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- L F De León
- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT-AIP), Panamá 5, Panamá; Redpath Museum & Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Angst D, Lécuyer C, Amiot R, Buffetaut E, Fourel F, Martineau F, Legendre S, Abourachid A, Herrel A. Isotopic and anatomical evidence of an herbivorous diet in the Early Tertiary giant bird Gastornis. Implications for the structure of Paleocene terrestrial ecosystems. Naturwissenschaften 2014; 101:313-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s00114-014-1158-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Vanhooydonck B, James RS, Tallis J, Aerts P, Tadic Z, Tolley KA, Measey GJ, Herrel A. Is the whole more than the sum of its parts? Evolutionary trade-offs between burst and sustained locomotion in lacertid lizards. Proc Biol Sci 2014; 281:20132677. [PMID: 24403334 PMCID: PMC3896018 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Trade-offs arise when two functional traits impose conflicting demands on the same design trait. Consequently, excellence in one comes at the cost of performance in the other. One of the most widely studied performance trade-offs is the one between sprint speed and endurance. Although biochemical, physiological and (bio)mechanical correlates of either locomotor trait conflict with each other, results at the whole-organism level are mixed. Here, we test whether burst (speed, acceleration) and sustained locomotion (stamina) trade off at both the isolated muscle and whole-organism level among 17 species of lacertid lizards. In addition, we test for a mechanical link between the organismal and muscular (power output, fatigue resistance) performance traits. We find weak evidence for a trade-off between burst and sustained locomotion at the whole-organism level; however, there is a significant trade-off between muscle power output and fatigue resistance in the isolated muscle level. Variation in whole-animal sprint speed can be convincingly explained by variation in muscular power output. The variation in locomotor stamina at the whole-organism level does not relate to the variation in muscle fatigue resistance, suggesting that whole-organism stamina depends not only on muscle contractile performance but probably also on the performance of the circulatory and respiratory systems.
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- B. Vanhooydonck
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Biomolecular and Sport Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Biomolecular and Sport Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Division of Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Applied Biodiversity Research Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa
- Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
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- Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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- UMR7179, CNRS/MNHN, Paris, France
- Department of Biology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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Herrel A, Castilla AM, Al-Sulaiti MK, Wessels JJ. Does large body size relax constraints on bite-force generation in lizards of the genus U
romastyx
? J Zool (1987) 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- A. Herrel
- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N.; Paris France
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- Department of Biodiversity; Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI); Qatar Foundation, Education City; Doha Qatar
- Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC); Solsona Catalonia Spain
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- Department of Biodiversity; Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI); Qatar Foundation, Education City; Doha Qatar
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- Industrial Cities Directorate; Qatar Petroleum; Qatar
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Toussaint S, Reghem E, Chotard H, Herrel A, Ross CF, Pouydebat E. Food acquisition on arboreal substrates by the grey mouse lemur: implication for primate grasping evolution. J Zool (1987) 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- S. Toussaint
- Département d'Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR7179; Paris France
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- Département d'Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR7179; Paris France
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- Département d'Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR7179; Paris France
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- Département d'Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR7179; Paris France
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- Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy; University of Chicago; Chicago IL USA
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- Département d'Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR7179; Paris France
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- C. Chazeau
- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N.; Paris Cedex 5 France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N.; Paris Cedex 5 France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N.; Paris Cedex 5 France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N.; Paris Cedex 5 France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N.; Paris Cedex 5 France
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Herrel A, Gonwouo LN, Fokam EB, Ngundu WI, Bonneaud C. Intersexual differences in body shape and locomotor performance in the aquatic frog, Xenopus tropicalis. J Zool (1987) 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00919.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A. Herrel
- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; Paris; France
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- Faculty of Science; Laboratory of Zoology; University of Yaoundé I; Yaoundé; Cameroon
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- Department of Plant and Animal Sciences; University of Buea; Buea; Cameroon
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- Department of Plant and Animal Sciences; University of Buea; Buea; Cameroon
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- Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis; Saint-Girons; France
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Measey GJ, Rebelo AD, Herrel A, Vanhooydonck B, Tolley KA. Diet, morphology and performance in two chameleon morphs: do harder bites equate with harder prey? J Zool (1987) 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00861.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Applied Biodiversity Research Division; South African National Biodiversity Institute; Claremont; Cape Town; South Africa
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité; UMR 7179 C.N.R.S/M.N.H.N.; Paris; France
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- Department of Biology; University of Antwerp; Antwerpen; Belgium
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Ide C, De Schepper N, Christiaens J, Van Liefferinge C, Herrel A, Goemans G, Meire P, Belpaire C, Geeraerts C, Adriaens D. Bimodality in head shape in European eel. J Zool (1987) 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00834.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Van Wassenbergh S, Roos G, Aerts P, Herrel A, Adriaens D. Why the long face? A comparative study of feeding kinematics of two pipefishes with different snout lengths. J Fish Biol 2011; 78:1786-1798. [PMID: 21651528 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02991.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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This study showed that the mouth of Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus, a species with a relatively long snout, travels a greater distance compared with Doryrhamphus melanopleura, a species with a considerably shorter snout, allowing it to strike at prey that are farther away from the mouth. The long-snouted species also tended to reach significantly higher linear velocities of the mouth approaching the prey. On the other hand, D. melanopleura needed less time to capture its prey. A striking difference in prey-capture success was observed between species: D. melanopleura and D. dactyliophorus had a prey-capture success of 91 and 31%, respectively. The small prey size and the relatively large distance between eyes and prey are potential reasons why directing the mouth accurately to the prey is difficult in D. dactyliophorus, hence possibly explaining the lower prey-capture success in this long-snouted species.
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- S Van Wassenbergh
- Department of Biology, Universiteit Antwerpen, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium.
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Campàs O, Mallarino R, Herrel A, Abzhanov A, Brenner MP. Scaling and shear transformations capture beak shape variation in Darwin's finches. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:3356-60. [PMID: 20160106 PMCID: PMC2840476 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911575107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Evolution by natural selection has resulted in a remarkable diversity of organism morphologies that has long fascinated scientists and served to establish the first relations among species. Despite the essential role of morphology as a phenotype of species, there is not yet a formal, mathematical scheme to quantify morphological phenotype and relate it to both the genotype and the underlying developmental genetics. Herein we demonstrate that the morphological diversity in the beaks of Darwin's Finches is quantitatively accounted for by the mathematical group of affine transformations. Specifically, we show that all beak shapes of Ground Finches (genus Geospiza) are related by scaling transformations (a subgroup of the affine group), and the same relationship holds true for all the beak shapes of Tree, Cocos, and Warbler Finches (three distinct genera). This analysis shows that the beak shapes within each of these groups differ only by their scales, such as length and depth, which are genetically controlled by Bmp4 and Calmodulin. By measuring Bmp4 expression in the beak primordia of the species in the genus Geospiza, we provide a quantitative map between beak morphology and the expression levels of Bmp4. The complete morphological variation within the beaks of Darwin's finches can be explained by extending the scaling transformations to the entire affine group, by including shear transformations. Altogether our results suggest that the mathematical theory of groups can help decode morphological variation, and points to a potentially hierarchical structure of morphological diversity and the underlying developmental processes.
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- O. Campàs
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; and
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; and
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Ross CF, Baden AL, Georgi J, Herrel A, Metzger KA, Reed DA, Schaerlaeken V, Wolff MS. Chewing variation in lepidosaurs and primates. J Exp Biol 2010; 213:572-84. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.036822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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SUMMARY
Mammals chew more rhythmically than lepidosaurs. The research presented here evaluated possible reasons for this difference in relation to differences between lepidosaurs and mammals in sensorimotor systems. Variance in the absolute and relative durations of the phases of the gape cycle was calculated from kinematic data from four species of primates and eight species of lepidosaurs. The primates exhibit less variance in the duration of the gape cycle than in the durations of the four phases making up the gape cycle. This suggests that increases in the durations of some gape cycle phases are accompanied by decreases in others. Similar effects are much less pronounced in the lepidosaurs. In addition, the primates show isometric changes in gape cycle phase durations, i.e. the relative durations of the phases of the gape cycle change little with increasing cycle time. In contrast, in the lepidosaurs variance in total gape cycle duration is associated with increases in the proportion of the cycle made up by the slow open phase. We hypothesize that in mammals the central nervous system includes a representation of the optimal chew cycle duration maintained using afferent feedback about the ongoing state of the chew cycle. The differences between lepidosaurs and primates do not lie in the nature of the sensory information collected and its feedback to the feeding system, but rather the processing of that information by the CNS and its use feed-forward for modulating jaw movements and gape cycle phase durations during chewing.
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- C. F. Ross
- Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, 19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, Case postale 55, 75231, Paris, France
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- Hofstra University School of Medicine in Partnership with North Shore-LIJ, 145 Hofstra University, East Library Wing, Hempstead, NY 11549-1010, USA
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- Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Cariology and Comprehensive Care, College of Dentistry, New York University, 345 E 24th Street, New York, NY 10010, USA
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Huyghe K, Husak JF, Herrel A, Tadić Z, Moore IT, Van Damme R, Vanhooydonck B. Relationships between hormones, physiological performance and immunocompetence in a color-polymorphic lizard species, Podarcis melisellensis. Horm Behav 2009; 55:488-94. [PMID: 19265697 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2008] [Revised: 02/11/2009] [Accepted: 02/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Species with alternative phenotypes offer unique opportunities to investigate hormone-behavior relationships. We investigated the relationships between testosterone, corticosterone, morphology, performance, and immunity in a population of lizards (Podarcis melisellensis) which exhibits a color polymorphism. Males occur in three different color morphs (white, yellow, orange), providing an opportunity to test the idea of morphs being alternative solutions to the evolutionary challenges posed on the link between hormones, morphology, performance, and immunity. Morphs differed in bite force capacity, with orange males biting harder, and in corticosterone levels, with yellow males having lower levels than orange. However, morphs did not differ in testosterone levels or in the immunological parameters tested. At the individual level, across morphs, testosterone levels predicted size-corrected bite force capacity, but no relation was found between hormone levels and immunity. Our results do not support the testosterone-based polymorphism hypothesis and reject the hypothesis of a trade-off between testosterone and immunity in this species, but provide a mechanistic link between testosterone and a sexually selected performance trait.
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- Katleen Huyghe
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
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Castilla AM, Herrel A, Gosá A. Mainland versus island differences in behaviour ofPodarcislizards confronted with dangerous prey: the scorpionButhus occitanus. J NAT HIST 2008. [DOI: 10.1080/00222930802254763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Montuelle S, Herrel A, Reveret L, Libourel P, Bels V. Prey-prehension modes in Gerrhosaurus major: Integration of the locomotor apparatus and trophic system. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.04.182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Herrel A, Vanhooydonck B, Huyghe K, Van Damme R, Irschick D. 13.1. Rapid evolutionary divergence in feeding mechanics after the colonization of new environments in lizards. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.06.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Huyghe K, Vanhooydonck B, Herrel A, Tadic Z, Van Damme R. Morphology, performance, behavior and ecology of three color morphs in males of the lizard Podarcis melisellensis. Integr Comp Biol 2007; 47:211-20. [DOI: 10.1093/icb/icm043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Vincent SE, Herrel A. Functional and ecological correlates of ecologically-based dimorphisms in squamate reptiles. Integr Comp Biol 2007; 47:172-88. [DOI: 10.1093/icb/icm019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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SUMMARYPrevious studies have demonstrated that a behavioral shift from flight to aggressive behavior occurs at low temperatures in some lizards. Our data for the agamid lizard Trapelus pallida demonstrate how the effect of temperature on whole organism performance traits such as sprint speed (much lower performance at lower temperature) and bite force (largely independent of temperature) may explain the shift from flight to fight behavior with decreasing temperature. Moreover, our data hint at the physiological basis for this effect as isolated muscle power output, twitch and tetanus time traits,relevant to sprinting, appear to be strongly temperature-dependent muscle properties. Maximal muscle force production, on the other hand, appears largely independent of temperature. Unexpectedly, differences in the physiological properties of jaw versus limb muscle were observed that enhance the ability of the jaw muscle to generate maximal force at all temperatures tested. Thus our data show how behavioral responses may be determined by the limitations set by temperature on physiological processes.
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- A Herrel
- Laboratory for Functional Morphology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium.
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Herrel A, Schaerlaeken V, Meyers JJ, Metzger KA, Ross CF. The evolution of cranial design and performance in squamates: Consequences of skull-bone reduction on feeding behavior. Integr Comp Biol 2007; 47:107-17. [DOI: 10.1093/icb/icm014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ross CF, Eckhardt A, Herrel A, Hylander WL, Metzger KA, Schaerlaeken V, Washington RL, Williams SH. Modulation of intra-oral processing in mammals and lepidosaurs. Integr Comp Biol 2007; 47:118-36. [DOI: 10.1093/icb/icm044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Herrel A, Vanhooydonck B, Irschick D. Morphological and biomechanical correlates of differences in arboreal locomotor performance and substrate use in Anolis lizards. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A long-standing hypothesis for the adaptive radiation of macrostomatan snakes is that their enlarged gape--compared to both lizards and basal snakes--enables them to consume "large" prey. At first glance, this hypothesis seems plausible, or even likely, given the wealth of studies showing a tight match between maximum consumed prey mass and head size in snakes. However, this hypothesis has never been tested within a comparative framework. We address this issue here by testing this hypothesis in 12 monophyletic clades of macrostomatan snakes using recently published phylogenies, published maximum consumed prey mass data and morphological measurements taken from a large sample of museum specimens. Our nonphylogenetically corrected analysis shows that head width--independent of body size--is significantly related to mean maximum consumed prey mass among these clades, and this relationship becomes even more significant when phylogeny is taken into account. Therefore, these data do support the hypothesis that head shape is adapted to prey size in snakes. Additionally, we calculated a phylogenetically corrected morphological variance-covariance matrix to examine the role of morphological integration during head shape evolution in snakes. This matrix shows that head width strongly covaries with both jaw length and out-lever length of the lower jaw. As a result, selection on head width will likely be associated with concomitant changes in jaw length and lower jaw out-lever length in snakes.
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- S E Vincent
- Department of Zoology, Ethology Laboratory, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
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Vincent SE, Moon BR, Shine R, Herrel A. The functional meaning of “prey size” in water snakes (Nerodia fasciata, Colubridae). Oecologia 2005; 147:204-11. [PMID: 16237539 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0258-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2005] [Accepted: 08/30/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The evolutionary success of macrostomatan (enlarged-gape) snakes has been attributed to their ability to consume large prey, in turn made possible by their highly kinetic skulls. However, prey can be "large" in several ways, and we have little insight into which aspects of prey size and shape affect skull function during feeding. We used X-ray videos of broad-banded water snakes (Nerodia fasciata) feeding on both frogs and fish to quantify movements of the jaw elements during prey transport, and of the anterior vertebral column during post-cranial swallowing. In a sample of additional individuals feeding on both frogs and fish, we measured the time and the number of jaw protractions needed to transport prey through the buccal cavity. Prey type (fish vs. frog) did not influence transport kinematics, but did influence transport performance. Furthermore, wider and taller prey induced greater movements of most cranial elements, but wider prey were transported with significantly less anterior vertebral bending. In the performance trials, heavier, shorter, and wider prey took significantly more time and a greater number of jaw protractions to ingest. Thus, the functional challenges involved in prey transport depend not only upon prey mass, but also prey type (fish vs. frog) and prey shape (relative height, width and length), suggesting that from the perspective of a gape-limited predator, the difficulty of prey ingestion depends upon multiple aspects of prey size.
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- S E Vincent
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, 310 Dinwiddie Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
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Studies of Darwin's finches of the Galapagos Islands have provided pivotal insights into the interplay of ecological variation, natural selection, and morphological evolution. Here we document, across nine Darwin's finch species, correlations between morphological variation and bite force capacity. We find that bite force correlates strongly with beak depth and width but only weakly or not at all with beak length, a result that is consistent with prior demonstrations of natural selection on finch beak morphology. We also find that bite force is predicted even more strongly by head width, which exceeds all beak dimensions in predictive strength. To explain this result we suggest that head width determines the maximum size, and thus maximum force generation capacity of finch jaw adductor muscles. We suggest that head width is functionally relevant and may be a previously unrecognized locus of natural selection in these birds, because of its close relationship to bite force capacity.
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- A Herrel
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Antwerpen, Belgium.
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Feeding specializations such as herbivory are an often cited example of convergent and adaptive evolution. However, some groups such as lizards appear constrained in the evolution of morphological specializations associated with specialized diets. Here we examine whether the inclusion of plant matter into the diet of omnivorous lacertid lizards has resulted in morphological specializations and whether these specializations reflect biomechanical compromises as expected if omnivores are constrained by functional trade-offs. We examined external head shape, skull shape, tooth structure, intestinal tract length and bite performance as previous studies have suggested correlations between the inclusion of plants into the diet and these traits. Our data show that omnivorous lacertid lizards possess modifications of these traits that allow them to successfully exploit plant material as a food source. Conversely, few indications of a compromise phenotype could be detected, suggesting that the evolution towards herbivory is only mildly constrained by functional trade-offs.
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- A Herrel
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp (UIA), Antwerp, Belgium.
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As more data have become available on lizard diets in the past few decades, researchers have stressed the importance of lizards as pollinators and seed dispersers. Whereas large body size has been traditionally put forward as a major biological factor "allowing" herbivory and frugivory in lizards, a recent review of frugivory and seed dispersal by lizards showed that frugivory might be considered to be a typical island phenomenon, independent of body size. Here we show that frugivory is correlated with lizard body size among a group of syntopic Anolis species in Jamaica, with larger species eating more fruit. Additionally, the size of the fruits consumed is significantly related to lizard body size. Multiple regression analyses show that this is largely a pure body size effect as head shape or residual bite force are uncorrelated to overall fruit size. Moreover, we demonstrate that among polychrotid (Anolis-like) lizards in general, those that consume fruit are on average larger than those that do not. Lizards from the mainland were not significantly different in body size from island species. We thus suggest that fruit consumption in polychrotid lizards is mediated by large body size whether living on islands or not.
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- A Herrel
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Verwaijen D, Van Damme R, Herrel A. Relationships between head size, bite force, prey handling efficiency and diet in two sympatric lacertid lizards. Funct Ecol 2002. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00696.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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