Morphometrics is an important aspect of biological research that integrates in various ways
with other branches of biology like genetics, ecology, and evolution to determine an …

Modern morphometric-based approaches provide valuable metrics to quantify and
understand macroevolutionary and macroecological patterns and processes. Here we …

Neotropical cricetid rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae constitute an incredibly diverse
and ubiquitous clade of mammals in South America. In spite of recent advances in …

We investigated spatial patterns of evolutionary relatedness and diversification rates to test
hypotheses about the historical biogeographic processes underlying the radiation of …

How environmental factors shape species morphology and distributions is a key issue in
ecology, especially in similar environments. Species of Myospalacinae exhibit widespread …

Key message Leaf shape in European beech provenances varies geographically, with
narrower and longer lamina observed in southern provenances, indicating a direct selection …

Fuzzy regression provides an alternative to statistical regression when the model is
indefinite, the relationships between model parameters are vague, the sample size is low, or …

Phodopus is the smallest cricetine genus, consisting of the dwarf hamsters (Phodopus
sungorus, Phodopus campbelli, and Phodopus roborovskii) of arid central and east Asia …

Several rodent genera radiated in Ethiopian highlands during Pleistocene, giving rise to
species specialized to different elevation zones. The zonation is accompanied by vegetation …

Spatial patterns of species richness, phylogenetic and morphological diversity are key to
answering many questions in ecology and evolution. Across spatial scales, geographical …