Publications
“The biomechanics and macroevolution of wind pollination in the grass family (Poaceae)”, The biomechanics and macroevolution of wind pollination in the grass family (Poaceae), p. 23, 2021.
, “Interspecific allometry for sexual shape dimorphism: Macroevolution of multivariate sexual phenotypes with application to Rensch's Rule”, Evolution, 2020.
, “A Morphological Method to Approximate Jumping Performance in Anurans for Macroevolutionary Studies”, Evolutionary Biology, pp. 1-12, 2020.
, “Do Local Environmental Factors and Lunar Cycle Influence Timing and Synchrony of Oviposition of a Turtle with Strict Nocturnal Nesting?”, Diversity, vol. 11, no. 5, p. 78, 2019.
, “Leaf shape and size tracks habitat transitions across forest‐grassland boundaries in the grass family (Poaceae)”, Evolution, 2019.
, “Macroevolution of arboreality in salamanders”, Ecology and Evolution, 2019.
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“Multivariate Phylogenetic Comparative Methods: Evaluations, Comparisons, and Recommendations”, Systematic Biology, 2017.
, “Natural History Constrains the Macroevolution of Foot Morphology in European Plethodontid Salamanders”, The American Naturalist, vol. 190, no. 2, pp. 000-000, 2017.
, “A phylogenetic comparative method for evaluating trait coevolution across two phylogenies for sets of interacting species”, Evolution, 2017.
, “Phylogenetic convergence and multiple shell shape optima for gliding scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae)”, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2017.
, “On the comparison of the strength of morphological integration across morphometric datasets”, Evolution, 2016.
, “Direct nitrous oxide emissions in Mediterranean climate cropping systems: Emission factors based on a meta-analysis of available measurement data”, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2016.
, “Batesian mimics influence the evolution of conspicuousness in an aposematic salamander”, Journal of evolutionary biology, 2015.
, “Evaluating modularity in morphometric data: challenges with the RV coefficient and a new test measure”, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2015.
, “Feeding ecomorphology of seven demersal marine fish species in the Mexican Pacific Ocean”, Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. 1459-1473, 2015.
, “Model toxin level does not directly influence the evolution of mimicry in the salamander Plethodon cinereus”, Evolutionary Ecology, pp. 1-13, 2015.
, “Model toxin level does not directly influence the evolution of mimicry in the salamander Plethodon cinereus”, Evolutionary Ecology, pp. 1-13, 2015.
, , “Permutation tests for phylogenetic comparative analyses of high‐dimensional shape data: What you shuffle matters”, Evolution, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 823-829, 2015.
, “Potential rapid evolution of foot morphology in Italian plethodontid salamanders (Hydromantes strinatii) following the colonization of an artificial cave”, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2015.
, “Potential rapid evolution of foot morphology in Italian plethodontid salamanders (Hydromantes strinatii) following the colonization of an artificial cave”, Journal of evolutionary biology, 2015.
, “University faculty and their knowledge & acceptance of biological evolution”, Evolution: Education and Outreach, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 8, 2015.
, “ARE CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS REFLECTED IN THE MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY OF FOSSIL AND RECENT SCALLOPS FROM THE TROPICAL AMERICAS?”, 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, 2014.
, “Assessing trait covariation and morphological integration on phylogenies using evolutionary covariance matrices”, PloS one, vol. 9, no. 4, p. e94335, 2014.
, “A generalized K statistic for estimating phylogenetic signal from shape and other high-dimensional multivariate data”, Systematic biology, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. 685-697, 2014.
, “Lethal interactions between parasites and prey increase niche diversity in a tropical community”, Science, vol. 343, no. 6176, pp. 1240-1244, 2014.
, “A METHOD FOR ASSESSING PHYLOGENETIC LEAST SQUARES MODELS FOR SHAPE AND OTHER HIGH‐DIMENSIONAL MULTIVARIATE DATA”, Evolution, vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 2675-2688, 2014.
, “Predator perception of Batesian mimicry and conspicuousness in a salamander”, Evolution, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 1197-1206, 2014.
, “Repeatability of Habitat-Associated Divergence in Shell Shape of Turtles”, Evolutionary Biology, vol. 41, pp. 29-37, 2014.
, “Weedy Adaptation in Setaria spp.: VI. S. faberi Seed hull shape as soil germination signal antenna”, arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.7064, 2014.
, “Widespread rapid reductions in body size of adult salamanders in response to climate change”, Global change biology, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 1751-1759, 2014.
, “Becoming different but staying alike: patterns of sexual size and shape dimorphism in bills of hummingbirds”, Evolutionary Biology, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 246-260, 2013.
, “Complex species interactions lead to unpredictable outcomes in Plethodon”, Herpetologica, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2013.
, “The evolution of wing shape in ornamented-winged damselflies (Calopterygidae, Odonata)”, Evolutionary biology, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 300-309, 2013.
, “A field comes of age: geometric morphometrics in the 21st century”, Hystrix, the Italian journal of Mammalogy, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 7-14, 2013.
, “geomorph: an R package for the collection and analysis of geometric morphometric shape data”, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 393-399, 2013.
, “Intraspecific sexual size and shape dimorphism in an Australian freshwater fish differs with respect to a biogeographic barrier and latitude”, Evolutionary Biology, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 408-419, 2013.
, “Phenotypic trajectory analysis: comparison of shape change patterns in evolution and ecology”, Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 75-83, 2013.
, “Phylogenetic patterns of sexual size dimorphism in turtles and their implications for Rensch’s rule”, Evolutionary Biology, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 194-208, 2013.
, “Quantifying and comparing phylogenetic evolutionary rates for shape and other high-dimensional phenotypic data”, Systematic biology, p. syt105, 2013.
, “A survey of DNA methylation across social insect species, life stages, and castes reveals abundant and caste-associated methylation in a primitively social wasp”, Naturwissenschaften, vol. 100, no. 8, pp. 795-799, 2013.
, “Wing shape allometry and aerodynamics in calopterygid damselflies: a comparative approach”, BMC evolutionary biology, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 118, 2013.
, “Comparing evolutionary rates for different phenotypic traits on a phylogeny using likelihood”, Systematic biology, p. sys083, 2012.
, “Morphological color-change in the red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) while kept in captivity”, Copeia, vol. 2012, no. 4, pp. 748-755, 2012.
, “Rates of morphological evolution are correlated with species richness in salamanders”, Evolution, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 1807-1818, 2012.
, “Relationships between head morphology, bite performance and ecology in two species of Podarcis wall lizards”, Evolutionary Ecology, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 825-845, 2012.
, “Chromosome number and sex determination coevolve in turtles”, Evolution, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 1808-1813, 2011.
, “The evolution of large‐scale body size clines in Plethodon salamanders: evidence of heat‐balance or species‐specific artifact?”, Ecography, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1067-1075, 2011.
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