Proximate causes of variation in dermal armour: insights from armadillo lizards

WorldClim 2: new 1-km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas

(2017) Stephen E. Fick et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Internal Morphology of Osteoderms of Extinct Armadillos and Its Relationship with Environmental Conditions

(2017) M. R. Ciancio et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

Variation in crocodilian dorsal scute organization and geometry with a discussion of possible functional implications

(2017) Lauren T. English   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Functional trade-off between strength and thermal capacity of dermal armor: Insights from girdled lizards

(2017) Chris Broeckhoven et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Do the ornamented osteoderms influence the heat conduction through the skin? A finite element analysis in Crocodylomorpha

(2017) F. Clarac et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Climate and the evolution of group-living behaviour in the armadillo lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus)

(2017) Cindy Shuttleworth et al.   AFRICAN ZOOLOGY

Enemy at the gates: Rapid defensive trait diversification in an adaptive radiation of lizards

(2016) Chris Broeckhoven et al.   EVOLUTION

Living in the danger zone: Exposure to predators and the evolution of spines and body armor in mammals

(2016) Theodore Stankowich et al.   EVOLUTION

The CT Scanner Facility at Stellenbosch University: An open access X-ray computed tomography laboratory

(2016) Anton du Plessis et al.   NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

Beauty is more than skin deep: a non-invasive protocol for in vivo anatomical study using micro-CT

(2016) Chris Broeckhoven et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Evolutionary shifts in habitat aridity predict evaporative water loss across squamate reptiles

(2015) Christian L. Cox et al.   EVOLUTION

What doesn't kill you might make you stronger: functional basis for variation in body armour

(2015) Chris Broeckhoven et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Comparative histology and ontogenetic change in the carapace of armadillos (Mammalia: Dasypodidae)

(2015) C. M. Krmpotic et al.   ZOOMORPHOLOGY

Some Like It Hot: Camera Traps Unravel the Effects of Weather Conditions and Predator Presence on the Activity Levels of Two Lizards

(2015) Chris Broeckhoven et al.   PLoS One

Inappropriate analysis does not reveal the ecological causes of evolution of stickleback armour: a critique of Spence et al. 2013

(2014) Andrew D. C. MacColl et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The role of calcium and predation on plate morph evolution in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

(2014) Carl Smith et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Puncture resistance of the scaled skin from striped bass: Collective mechanisms and inspiration for new flexible armor designs

(2013) Deju Zhu et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Influence of diet on prehension mode in cordylid lizards: a morphological and kinematic analysis

(2013) C. Broeckhoven et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Ecological causes of morphological evolution in the three-spined stickleback

(2013) Rowena Spence et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Battle in the Amazon: Arapaima versus Piranha

(2012) M. A. Meyers et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Biomechanics of Turtle Shells: How Whole Shells Fail in Compression

(2012) Paul M. Magwene et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Armed and dangerous: predicting the presence and function of defensive weaponry in mammals

(2011) Theodore Stankowich   ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR

Finite element modeling of shell shape in the freshwater turtle Pseudemys concinna reveals a trade-off between mechanical strength and hydrodynamic efficiency

(2011) Gabriel Rivera et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Strong and consistent natural selection associated with armour reduction in sticklebacks

(2011) ARNAUD LE ROUZIC et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Aggregation behaviour of lizards in the arid western regions of South Africa

(2011) P. Le Fras N. Mouton   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Threat-protection mechanics of an armored fish

(2010) Juha Song et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

The Morphological Basis of the Armor-Like Folded Skin of the Greater Indian Rhinoceros as a Thermoregulator

(2010) Hideki Endo et al.   MAMMAL STUDY

Internal vascularity of the dermal plates of Stegosaurus (Ornithischia, Thyreophora)

(2010) James O. Farlow et al.   Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Group size and termite consumption in the armadillo lizard, Cordylus cataphractus

(2008) Cindy Shuttleworth et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA