Although it is well established that many insects, birds and mammals serve as important
pollinators and seed dispersers of flowering plants, the role of lizards in these processes has …

Birds and mammals are the only vertebrates which receive comprehensive attention in
studies of dispersal of fleshy-fruited plant species. However, recently the importance of …

Herbivory has evolved in many groups of vertebrates, but it is rare among both extinct and
extant nonavian reptiles. Among squamate reptiles,(lizards, snakes, and their relatives),< …

Animal diets crucially affect fitness, yet many aspects of their ultimate determinants are
unknown. The distribution and extent of herbivory in lizards, its evolutionary history, and …

Aim Body size is instrumental in influencing animal physiology, morphology, ecology and
evolution, as well as extinction risk. I examine several hypotheses regarding the influence of …

The tendency for island populations to differ in body size from their mainland relatives has
been well documented, but the mechanisms for these size changes remain speculative …

Aim Islands are thought to promote correlated ecological and life‐history shifts in species,
including increased population density, and an infrequent production of few, large, offspring …

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 …

Mammalian dental morphology and function are strongly linked to diet. Within mammals,
phyllostomid bats are the most diverse family in terms of dietary ecology and thus represent …

Aim The island rule, small animal gigantism and large animal dwarfism on islands, is a topic
of much recent debate. While size evolution of insular lizards has been widely studied …