The remarkable radiation of South American (SA) canids produced 10 extant species
distributed across diverse habitats, including disparate forms such as the short-legged …

The roles of the 37 species in the family Canidae (the dog family), are of great current
interest. The Gray Wolf is the largest canid and their roles in food webs are much …

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 5: Mammals is the fifth of five second-
edition volumes representing a comprehensive and integrated overview of hormones and …

Ghost crabs are the largest invertebrates on ocean shores. They are globally abundant on
many sandy beaches from the tropics to temperate latitudes. A defining ecological trait of the …

AG Edmund collected more than 28,000 fossil bones from the Late Pleistocene tar seep
deposit near Talara, Piura, Peru, more than 50 years ago, in January 1958. Of the identified …

Abstract Knowledge of species diversity is essential for ecological research and
conservation planning, especially in overlooked ecosystems, such as the Sechura desert …

The association between phenotype and ecology is essential for understanding the
environmental drivers of morphological evolution. This is a particularly challenging task …

Los humedales son ecosistemas frágiles e importantes que, a pesar de su gran
biodiversidad, se conoce poco sobre la diversidad de mamíferos. Por ello, en este estudio …

The size variation between males and females of a species is a phenomenon known as
sexual size dimorphism (SSD). The observed patterns of variation in SSD among species …

In this study, we present the first data concerning the anatomical, morphometrical,
histological and histochemical study of the orbit, eye tunics, eyelids and orbital glands in …