▪ Abstract The performance of an organism is the crucial link between its phenotype and its
ecological success. When does an organism's morphology affect its performance …

Disruptive selection occurs when extreme phenotypes have a fitness advantage over more
intermediate phenotypes. The phenomenon is particularly interesting when selection keeps …

Adaptive radiation is the evolution of diversity within a rapidly multiplying lineage. It can
cause a single ancestral species to differentiate into an impressively vast array of species …

Encountering the World reorients modern psychology by finding a viable middle ground
between the study of nerve cells and cultural analysis. The emerging field of ecological …

Why does nature love symmetry? In Asymmetry, Developmental Stability and Evolution, M--
oslash--; ller and Swaddle analyse the evolutionary implications of symmetry. They advance …

Relationships between morphology, physiology, or biochemistry, on the one hand, and
behavior and ecology, on the other, have been widely documented, as this volume attests …

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER• A dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research of
Darwin's discovery of evolution that" spark [s] not just the intellect, but the imagination" …

From the perspective of the ecologist, ecomorphological analyses have three distinct
goals:(1) estimation of ecological relationships among species from their positions in …

I quantitatively test the hypothesis that four taxa or" types"(species or subspecies) of Red
Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) in the Pacific Northwest have diversified morphologically in bill …

The Hawaiian honeycreepers are a dramatic example of adaptive radiation but contrast with
the four other songbird lineages that successfully colonized the Hawaiian archipelago and …