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  1. Better sturdy or slender? Eurasian otter skull plasticity in response to feeding ecology

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2022, PLOS

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  2. Mechanical adaptation of trabecular bone morphology in the mammalian mandible

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  3. Neuromandibular integration in humans and chimpanzees: Implications for dental and mandibular reduction in Homo

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, May 2018, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  4. Geometric morphometric analyses of sexual dimorphism and allometry in two sympatric snakes: Natrix helvetica (Natricidae) and Vipera berus (Viperidae)

    Article • Zoology, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  5. Elbow Joint Geometry in Bears (Ursidae, Carnivora): a Tool to Infer Paleobiology and Functional Adaptations of Quaternary Fossils

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  6. Anyone with a Long-Face? Craniofacial Evolutionary Allometry (CREA) in a Family of Short-Faced Mammals, the Felidae

    Article • Evolutionary Biology, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  7. Mandible size and shape in extant Ursidae (Carnivora, Mammalia): A tool for taxonomy and ecogeography

    Article • Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, June 2017, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  8. Reconstruction of body cavity volume in terrestrial tetrapods

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  9. Which Factors Determine Spatial Segregation in the South American Opossums (Didelphis aurita and D. albiventris)? An Ecological Niche Modelling and Geometric Morphometrics Approach

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2016, PLOS

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  10. Does size matter for horny beetles? A geometric morphometric analysis of interspecific and intersexual size and shape variation in Colophon haughtoni Barnard, 1929, and C. kawaii Mizukami, 1997 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

    Article • Organisms Diversity & Evolution, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  11. Exploring morphological generality in the Old World monkey postcranium using an ecomorphological framework

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  12. Convergence of macroscopic tongue anatomy in ruminants and scaling relationships with body mass or tongue length

    Article • Journal of Morphology, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  13. Ecogeographical Variation in Skull Shape of South-American Canids: Abiotic or Biotic Processes?

    Article • Evolutionary Biology, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  14. The impact of large terrestrial carnivores on Pleistocene ecosystems

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Matt W Hayward, Dr Carlo Meloro

  15. Ecomorphology of Carnivora challenges convergent evolution

    Article • Organisms Diversity & Evolution, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  16. Chewing on the trees: Constraints and adaptation in the evolution of the primate mandible

    Article • Evolution, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  17. Corrigendum to “Analytical framework for reconstructing heterogeneous environmental variables from mammal community structure” [J. Hum. Evol. 78 (2015) 1–11]

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  18. Analytical framework for reconstructing heterogeneous environmental variables from mammal community structure

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  19. Feeding habits of extant and fossil canids as determined by their skull geometry

    Article • Journal of Zoology, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  20. Ecogeographical variation in skull morphometry of howler monkeys (Primates: Atelidae)

    Article • Zoologischer Anzeiger, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  21. Ecomorphology of radii in Canidae (Carnivora): application to fragmentary fossils from Plio-Pleistocene hominin assemblages

    Article • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, January 2014, Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  22. Ecogeographical variation in skull shape of capuchin monkeys

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  23. Bite of the Cats: Relationships between Functional Integration and Mechanical Performance as Revealed by Mandible Geometry

    Article • Systematic Biology, August 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Luciano Teresi, Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  24. In and Out the Amazonia: Evolutionary Ecomorphology in Howler and Capuchin Monkeys

    Article • Evolutionary Biology, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  25. Spatial and ecometric analyses of the Plio-Pleistocene large mammal communities of the Italian peninsula

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, April 2013, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  26. Bergmann′s rule in mammals: a cross-species interspecific pattern

    Article • Oikos, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  27. Cats in the forest: predicting habitat adaptations from humerus morphometry in extant and fossil Felidae (Carnivora)

    Article • Paleobiology, January 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  28. Assessing the Jarman–Bell Principle: Scaling of intake, digestibility, retention time and gut fill with body mass in mammalian herbivores

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  29. Humeral epiphyseal shape in the felidae: The influence of phylogeny, allometry, and locomotion

    Article • Journal of Morphology, October 2012, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  30. Stable isotopes provide independent support for the use of mesowear variables for inferring diets in African antelopes

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  31. Tooth and cranial disparity in the fossil relatives ofSphenodon(Rhynchocephalia) dispute the persistent ‘living fossil’ label

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, August 2012, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  32. Covariation in the skull modules of cats: the challenge of growing saber-like canines

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  33. PREDATOR-PREY BIOMASS FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE

    Article • Palaios, March 2012, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  34. Mandibular shape correlates of tooth fracture in extant Carnivora: implications to inferring feeding behaviour of Pleistocene predators

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, February 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  35. The Evolutionary History and Palaeo-Ecology of Primate Predation:Macaca sylvanusfrom Plio-Pleistocene Europe as a Case Study

    Article • Folia Primatologica, January 2012, Brill

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  36. Phylogenetic signal, function and integration in the subunits of the carnivoran mandible

    Article • Evolutionary Biology, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  37. Mesowear as a means of determining diets in African antelopes

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  38. Locomotor adaptations in Plio-Pleistocene large carnivores from the Italian Peninsula: Palaeoecological implications

    Article • Current Zoology, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  39. Feeding habits of Plio-Pleistocene large carnivores as revealed by the mandibular geometry

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  40. Morphological Disparity in Plio-Pleistocene Large Carnivore Guilds from Italian Peninsula

    Article • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, March 2011, Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  41. Mammal community structure correlates with arboreal heterogeneity in faunally and geographically diverse habitats: implications for community convergence

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, February 2011, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  42. Ecological Adaptations of Mandibular Form in Fissiped Carnivora

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro

  43. The Gavialis–Tomistoma debate: the contribution of skull ontogenetic allometry and growth trajectories to the study of crocodylian relationships

    Article • Evolution & Development, October 2010, Wiley

    Paolo Colangelo, Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  44. Cats and Dogs Down the Tree: The Tempo and Mode of Evolution in the Lower Carnassial of Fossil and Living Carnivora

    Article • Evolutionary Biology, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  45. Species accumulation over space and time in European Plio-Holocene mammals

    Article • Evolutionary Ecology, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  46. THE SHAPE OF CONTENTION: ADAPTATION, HISTORY, AND CONTINGENCY IN UNGULATE MANDIBLES

    Article • Evolution, January 2010, Wiley

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  47. More than three million years of community evolution. The temporal and geographical resolution of the Plio-Pleistocene Western Eurasia mammal faunas

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  48. The shape of the mandibular corpus in large fissiped carnivores: allometry, function and phylogeny

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, December 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  49. Diversity and turnover of Plio-Pleistocene large mammal fauna from the Italian Peninsula

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia

  50. Inconstancy in predator/prey ratios in Quaternary large mammal communities of Italy, with an appraisal of mechanisms

    Article • Quaternary Research, March 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Pasquale Raia