Modeling Dragons: Using linked mechanistic physiological and microclimate models to explore environmental, physiological, and morphological constraints on the early evolution of dinosaurs

Respiratory evolution in archosaurs

(2020) Robert J. Brocklehurst et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ontogenetic changes in the body plan of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Mussaurus patagonicus reveal shifts of locomotor stance during growth

(2019) Alejandro Otero et al.   Scientific Reports

Triple oxygen and hydrogen isotopes of gypsum hydration water for quantitative paleo-humidity reconstruction

(2018) Fernando Gázquez et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching

(2018) Zixiao Yang et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A new hypothesis of dinosaur relationships and early dinosaur evolution

(2017) Matthew G. Baron et al.   NATURE

Climate change impacts on nesting and internesting leatherback sea turtles using 3D animated computational fluid dynamics and finite volume heat transfer

(2016) Peter N. Dudley et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Mechanistic variables can enhance predictive models of endotherm distributions: the American pika under current, past, and future climates

(2016) Paul D. Mathewson et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The femoral ontogeny and long bone histology of the Middle Triassic (?late Anisian) dinosauriformAsilisaurus kongweand implications for the growth of early dinosaurs

(2016) C. T. Griffin et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Linking habitat selection to fitness-related traits in herbivores: the role of the energy landscape

(2016) Ryan A. Long et al.   OECOLOGIA

Anomalously high variation in postnatal development is ancestral for dinosaurs but lost in birds

(2016) Christopher T. Griffin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Palaeohistological Evidence for Ancestral High Metabolic Rate in Archosaurs

(2016) Lucas J. Legendre et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Morphology and burrowing energetics of semi-fossorial skinks (Liopholis spp.)

(2015) N. C. Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Extreme ecosystem instability suppressed tropical dinosaur dominance for 30 million years

(2015) Jessica H. Whiteside et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Isotopic ordering in eggshells reflects body temperatures and suggests differing thermophysiology in two Cretaceous dinosaurs

(2015) Robert A. Eagle et al.   Nature Communications

The allometry of number of feathers in birds changes seasonally

(2015) Anders Pape Møller   Avian Research

Validation of a Mechanistic Model for Non-Invasive Study of Ecological Energetics in an Endangered Wading Bird with Counter-Current Heat Exchange in its Legs

(2015) Megan J. Fitzpatrick et al.   PLoS One

Tree-hugging koalas demonstrate a novel thermoregulatory mechanism for arboreal mammals

(2014) N. J. Briscoe et al.   Biology Letters

Impacts of extreme climatic events on the energetics of long-lived vertebrates: the case of the greater flamingo facing cold spells in the Camargue

(2014) A.-S. Deville et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Allometries of Maximum Growth Rate versus Body Mass at Maximum Growth Indicate That Non-Avian Dinosaurs Had Growth Rates Typical of Fast Growing Ectothermic Sauropsids

(2014) Jan Werner et al.   PLoS One

Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs

(2014) J. M. Grady et al.   SCIENCE

Disentangling rock record bias and common-cause from redundancy in the British fossil record

(2014) Alexander M. Dunhill et al.   Nature Communications

Using a microclimate model to evaluate impacts of climate change on sea turtles

(2013) M.M.P.B. Fuentes et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Behavior and nutritional condition buffer a large-bodied endotherm against direct and indirect effects of climate

(2013) Ryan A. Long et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Future advantages in energetics, activity time, and habitats predicted in a high-altitude pit viper with climate warming

(2013) Shu-Ping Huang et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Postcranial anatomy and phylogenetic relationships ofMussaurus patagonicus(Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha)

(2013) Alejandro Otero et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Simulating Polar Bear Energetics during a Seasonal Fast Using a Mechanistic Model

(2013) Paul D. Mathewson et al.   PLoS One

Microclimate modelling at macro scales: a test of a general microclimate model integrated with gridded continental-scale soil and weather data

(2013) Michael R. Kearney et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Biophysical Modeling of the Temporal Niche: From First Principles to the Evolution of Activity Patterns

(2012) Ofir Levy et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Measuring rates of phenotypic evolution and the inseparability of tempo and mode

(2012) Gene Hunt   PALEOBIOLOGY

Dinosaur Body Temperatures Determined from Isotopic (13C-18O) Ordering in Fossil Biominerals

(2011) R. A. Eagle et al.   SCIENCE

Modeling amphibian energetics, habitat suitability, and movements of western toads, Anaxyrus (=Bufo) boreas, across present and future landscapes

(2010) Paul E. Bartelt et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Body temperature and thermoregulation of Komodo dragons in the field

(2010) Henry J. Harlow et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Exceptional dinosaur fossils show ontogenetic development of early feathers

(2010) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

Tetrapod tracks in a marginal lacustrine setting (Middle Triassic, Argentina): Taphonomy and significance

(2010) Claudia Alicia Marsicano et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

A New Model for the Body Size–Metabolism Relationship

(2010) Michael F. Roberts et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Correlative and mechanistic models of species distribution provide congruent forecasts under climate change

(2010) Michael R. Kearney et al.   Conservation Letters

Dinosaur burrows in the Otway Group (Albian) of Victoria, Australia, and their relation to Cretaceous polar environments

(2009) Anthony J. Martin   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

Integrating biophysical models and evolutionary theory to predict climatic impacts on species’ ranges: the dengue mosquitoAedes aegyptiin Australia

(2009) Michael Kearney et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Evidence for bird-like air sacs in saurischian dinosaurs

(2009) Mathew John Wedel   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Biomechanics of Running Indicates Endothermy in Bipedal Dinosaurs

(2009) Herman Pontzer et al.   PLoS One

Size, shape, and the thermal niche of endotherms

(2009) W. P. Porter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dinosaur diversity and the rock record

(2009) P. M. Barrett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR

(2008) Brian Keith McNab   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Ecological factors affect the level and scaling of avian BMR

(2008) Brian Keith McNab   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Modelling species distributions without using species distributions: the cane toad in Australia under current and future climates

(2008) Michael Kearney et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Pedogenic carbonate isotopes as evidence for extreme climatic events preceding the Triassic-Jurassic boundary: Implications for the biotic crisis?

(2008) D. M. Cleveland et al.   GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN

A review of the nutritional content and technological parameters of indigenous sources of meat in South America

(2008) A. Saadoun et al.   MEAT SCIENCE

Evidence for Avian Intrathoracic Air Sacs in a New Predatory Dinosaur from Argentina

(2008) Paul C. Sereno et al.   PLoS One

In vitro digestibility of fern and gymnosperm foliage: implications for sauropod feeding ecology and diet selection

(2008) J. Hummel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Paleosols, trace fossils, and precipitation estimates of the uppermost Triassic strata in northern New Mexico

(2007) David M. Cleveland et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY