Performance Surface Analysis Identifies Consistent Functional Patterns across 10 Morphologically Divergent Terrestrial Turtle Lineages

Warped finite element models predict whole shell failure in turtle shells

(2018) C. Tristan Stayton   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Side-necked Versus Hidden-necked: A Comparison of Shell Morphology Between Pleurodiran and Cryptodiran Turtles

(2017) Taylor B. Wise et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

Shell Morphology in the Kinosternidae: Functional and Evolutionary Patterns

(2017) Zachary S. Berlant et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

Cope's rule and the adaptive landscape of dinosaur body size evolution

(2017) Roger B. J. Benson et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

A General Model for Estimating Macroevolutionary Landscapes

(2017) Florian C Boucher et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Multivariate Phylogenetic Comparative Methods: Evaluations, Comparisons, and Recommendations

(2017) Dean C. Adams et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Convergent Evolution Provides Evidence of Similar Radiations in Shell Shape in the Turtle Families Emydidae and Geoemydidae

(2016) Connor J. McLaughlin et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

Combining geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis with evolutionary modeling: towards a synthesis

(2016) P. David Polly et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Fast and accurate detection of evolutionary shifts in Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models

(2016) Mohammad Khabbazian et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Geometry of self righting: the case of Hermann’s tortoises

(2015) Golubović Ana et al.   ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER

A Novel Bayesian Method for Inferring and Interpreting the Dynamics of Adaptive Landscapes from Phylogenetic Comparative Data

(2014) Josef C. Uyeda et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

SURFACE: detecting convergent evolution from comparative data by fitting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models with stepwise Akaike Information Criterion

(2013) Travis Ingram et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Phylogenetic evidence for a shift in the mode of mammalian body size evolution at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary

(2013) Graham J. Slater   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Dimorphism in Shell Shape and Strength in Two Species of Emydid Turtle

(2011) Christine Vega et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

Terrestrial feeding in aquatic turtles: environment-dependent feeding behavior modulation and the evolution of terrestrial feeding in Emydidae

(2011) C. T. Stayton   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The dazed and confused identity of Agassiz’s land tortoise, Gopherus agassizii (Testudines: Testudinidae) with the description of a new species and its consequences for conservation

(2011) Robert Murphy et al.   ZooKeys

Biomechanics on the half shell: functional performance influences patterns of morphological variation in the emydid turtle carapace

(2011) C. Tristan Stayton   ZOOLOGY

phytools: an R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things)

(2011) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Biology of the Forest Cane Turtle, Vijayachelys silvatica, in South India

(2010) Nikhil Whitaker et al.   CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY

ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION OF PLASTRON SHAPE IN EMYDINE TURTLES

(2010) Kenneth D. Angielczyk et al.   EVOLUTION

APPLICATION OF THIN-PLATE SPLINE TRANSFORMATIONS TO FINITE ELEMENT MODELS, OR, HOW TO TURN A BOG TURTLE INTO A SPOTTED TURTLE TO ANALYZE BOTH

(2009) C. Tristan Stayton   EVOLUTION

Sparse Supermatrices for Phylogenetic Inference: Taxonomy, Alignment, Rogue Taxa, and the Phylogeny of Living Turtles

(2009) Robert C. Thomson et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Ecomorphological variation in shell shape of the freshwater turtle Pseudemys concinna inhabiting different aquatic flow regimes

(2008) G. Rivera   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

A review of lethal and non-lethal effects of predators on adult marine turtles

(2008) Michael R. Heithaus et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Requirements for comparing the performance of finite element models of biological structures

(2008) E.R. Dumont et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genusCyclemys: how many leaves on its tree of life?

(2008) U Fritz et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Geometry and self-righting of turtles

(2007) G. Domokos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES