Functional and Character Disparity Are Decoupled in Turtle Mandibles

ABSTRACT Turtles have high shape variation of their mandibles, likely reflecting adaptations to a broad variety of food items and ingestion strategies. Here, we compare functional disparity measured by biomechanical proxies and character disparity measured by discrete morphological characters. Funct...

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Main Authors: Jasper Ponstein, Guilherme Hermanson, Merlin W. Jansen, Johan Renaudie, Jörg Fröbisch, Serjoscha W. Evers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-11-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70557
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