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1. Full Text Are we eating the world's megafauna to extinction?
by Ripple, William J and Wolf, Christopher and Newsome, Thomas M and Betts, Matthew G and Ceballos, Gerardo and Courchamp, Franck and Hayward, Matt W and Valkenburgh, Blaire and Wallach, Arian D and Worm, Boris
Conservation Letters, ISSN 1755-263X, 05/2019, Volume 12, Issue 3, pp. e12627 - n/a
Many of the world's vertebrates have experienced large population and geographic range declines due to anthropogenic threats that put them at risk of... 
exploitation | conservation | global | endangerment | vertebrates | IMPACT | ECOLOGY | BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION | Threats | Megafauna | Habitats | Ecosystems | Extinction | Harvesting | Conservation | Birds | Harvest | Population decline | Meat | Biological diversity | Endangered & extinct species | International agreements | Vertebrates | Climate change | Celebrities | Threatened species | Livestock | Aquaculture
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2. Full Text Diet-related differences in craniodental morphology between captive-reared and wild coyotes, Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae)
by Curtis, Abigail A and Orke, Mathew and Tetradis, Sotirios and van Valkenburgh, Blaire
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, ISSN 0024-4066, 03/2018, Volume 123, Issue 3, pp. 677 - 693
Abstract In mammals, skull loading incurred during feeding and prey capture shapes craniodental morphology as a result of bone plasticity, but the degree to... 
Intraspecific variation | Computed tomography scans | Coyotes | Phenotypic plasticity | Tooth wear | Feeding morphology | Captive breeding | intraspecific variation | MAMMALIA | phenotypic plasticity | captive breeding | feeding morphology | tooth wear | coyotes | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | FRONTAL SINUSES | computed tomography scans | EVOLUTION | ARTIODACTYLA | FUNCTIONAL-MORPHOLOGY | FOSSIL
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3. Full Text Déjà Vu: The Evolution of Feeding Morphologies in the Carnivora
by Blaire Van Valkenburgh
Integrative and Comparative Biology, ISSN 1540-7063, 7/2007, Volume 47, Issue 1, pp. 147 - 163
The fossil record of the order Carnivora extends back at least 60 million years and documents a remarkable history of adaptive radiation characterized by the... 
Carnivores | Jaw | Extinct species | Canines | The Evolution of Feeding Mechanisms in Vertebrates | Species extinction | Teeth | Evolution | Skull | Mammals | Fossils | MAMMALIAN CARNIVORES | TOOTH BREAKAGE | ELBOW-JOINT MORPHOLOGY | ZOOLOGY | COPES RULE | PREDATORY MAMMALS | BEHAVIOR | FUNCTIONAL-ANALYSIS | SKULL SHAPE | LATE MIOCENE | GRAY WOLVES | Animal feeding behavior | Physiological aspects | Carnivora | Food and nutrition | Biomechanics | Predation | Anatomy & physiology | Evolutionary biology
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4. Full Text Dietary specialization is linked to reduced species durations in North American fossil canids
by Balisi, Mairin and Casey, Corinna and van Valkenburgh, Blaire
Royal Society Open Science, ISSN 2054-5703, 04/2018, Volume 5, Issue 4, p. 171861
How traits influence species persistence is a fundamental question in ecology, evolution and palaeontology. We test the relationship between dietary traits and... 
Multivariate analyses | Macroevolution | Phylogenetic comparative methods | Carnivory | Functional traits | Macroecology | multivariate analyses | BODY-SIZE | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | MAMMALIA | macroevolution | phylogenetic comparative methods | QUANTILE REGRESSION | GEOGRAPHIC RANGE | carnivory | PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS | MODERN CARNIVORES | EVOLUTION | MODELS | functional traits | EXTINCTION RISK | SKULL SHAPE | macroecology
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5. Full Text The influence of nasal airflow on respiratory and olfactory epithelial distribution in felids
by Pang, Benison and Karen K. Yee and Lischka, Fritz W and Rawson, Nancy E and Haskins, Mark E and Wysocki, Charles J and Craven, Brent A and Valkenburgh, Blaire Van
Journal of Experimental Biology, ISSN 0022-0949, 06/2016, Volume 219, Issue 12, p. 66
Cats | Research | Bobcat | Pulmonary ventilation | Analysis
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6. Full Text Erratum: Carnivores (Current Biology (2010) 20 (R915-R919))
by Van Valkenburgh, Blaire and Wayne, Robert K
Current Biology, ISSN 0960-9822, 12/2010, Volume 20, Issue 23, p. 2157
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7. Full Text Beyond the Sniffer: Frontal Sinuses in Carnivora
: CARNIVORAN FRONTAL SINUSES
by Curtis, Abigail A and Van Valkenburgh, Blaire
The Anatomical Record, ISSN 1932-8486, 11/2014, Volume 297, Issue 11, pp. 2047 - 2064
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8. Full Text Repeated loss of frontal sinuses in arctoid carnivorans
: Arctoid Frontal Sinuses
by Curtis, Abigail A and Lai, George and Wei, Fuwen and Van Valkenburgh, Blaire
Journal of Morphology, ISSN 0362-2525, 01/2015, Volume 276, Issue 1, pp. 22 - 32
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9. Full Text Development of the Ethmoid in Caluromys philander (Didelphidae, Marsupialia) With a Discussion on the Homology of the Turbinal Elements in Marsupials
by Macrini, Thomas E
The Anatomical Record, ISSN 1932-8486, 11/2014, Volume 297, Issue 11, pp. 2007 - 2017
ABSTRACT Homology of turbinals, or scroll bones, of the mammalian ethmoid bone is poorly known and complicated by a varied terminology. Positionally, there are... 
turbinal | ethmoid | Mammalia | turbinate | skull development | Skull development | Ethmoid | Turbinal | Turbinate | INTERNAL NASAL SKELETON | EVOLUTION | ANATOMY & MORPHOLOGY | FOSSA | NOSE | Ethmoid Bone - anatomy & histology | Animals | Age Factors | Marsupialia - anatomy & histology | Opossums - growth & development | Ethmoid Bone - growth & development | Ethmoid Sinus - anatomy & histology | Ethmoid Sinus - growth & development | Phylogeny | Opossums - anatomy & histology | Marsupialia - growth & development
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10. Full Text Costs of carnivory: tooth fracture in Pleistocene and Recent carnivorans
by VAN VALKENBURGH, BLAIRE
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, ISSN 0024-4066, 01/2009, Volume 96, Issue 1, pp. 68 - 81
Large, carnivorous mammals often break their teeth, probably as a result of tooth to bone contact that occurs when carcasses are consumed more fully, a... 
Carnivora | feeding behaviour | paleoecology | diet | skeletal injury | Skeletal injury | Diet | Paleoecology | Feeding behaviour | RANCHO-LA-BREA | PREDATION | SIZE | TIME | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | PREY | ENAMEL | FEEDING-BEHAVIOR
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11. Full Text Comparative Morphology and Histology of the Nasal Fossa in Four Mammals: Gray Squirrel, Bobcat, Coyote, and White-Tailed Deer
: Comparative Nasal Morphology
by Yee, Karen K and Craven, Brent A and Wysocki, Charles J and Van Valkenburgh, Blaire
The Anatomical Record, ISSN 1932-8486, 07/2016, Volume 299, Issue 7, pp. 840 - 852
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12. Full Text The impact of large terrestrial carnivores on Pleistocene ecosystems
by Blaire Van Valkenburgh and Matthew W. Hayward and William J. Ripple and Carlo Meloro and V. Louise Roth
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, ISSN 0027-8424, 1/2016, Volume 113, Issue 4, pp. 862 - 867
Large mammalian terrestrial herbivores, such as elephants, have dramatic effects on the ecosystems they inhabit and at high population densities their... 
Carnivora | Predator | Megafauna | Megaherbivore | Hypercarnivore | POPULATION | NATIONAL-PARK | predator | ELEPHANTS LOXODONTA-AFRICANA | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | EXTINCTIONS | SCAVENGERS | COMMUNITIES | megaherbivore | QUATERNARY | LARGE PREDATORS | PREY | megafauna | hypercarnivore | PLIOPLEISTOCENE | Americas | Predatory Behavior | Body Size | Europe | Africa | Animal Distribution | Extinction, Biological | Biodiversity | Forecasting | Fossils | Mammoths | Animals | Asia | Ecosystem | Population Density | Carnivory | Carnivora - physiology | Mastodons | Natural history | Biological Sciences | 500 | Megafauna and Ecosystem Function
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13. Full Text Olfactory Epithelium in the Olfactory Recess: A Case Study in New World Leaf‐Nosed Bats
by Eiting, Thomas P and Smith, Timothy D and Dumont, Elizabeth R
The Anatomical Record, ISSN 1932-8486, 11/2014, Volume 297, Issue 11, pp. C1 - C1
The olfactory recess (OR) is a restricted space at the back of the nasal fossa in many mammals that is thought to improve olfactory function. Mammals that have... 
olfactory epithelium | microsmia | olfactory recess | macrosmia | Chiroptera | Smell - physiology | Animals | Chiroptera - physiology | Olfactory Mucosa - physiology | Chiroptera - anatomy & histology | Olfactory Mucosa - anatomy & histology | Case studies | Epithelium | Bats
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14. Full Text The Ecological Role of the Mammalian Mesocarnivore
by Gary W. Roemer and Matthew E. Gompper and Blaire Van Valkengurgh
BioScience, ISSN 0006-3568, 2009, Volume 59, Issue 2, pp. 165 - 173
Large mammalian carnivores are ecologically important because relatively few individuals can cause strong predation-driven direct effects or fear-driven... 
mesocarnivore | apex predator | indirect effects | trophic cascades | carnivore community ecology | Carnivores | Overview Articles | Aquatic communities | Predators | Foxes | Synecology | Ecosystems | Animal communities | Apex predators | Predation | Species | 21st Century Directions in Biology | Apex predator | Carnivore community ecology | Mesocarnivore | Indirect effects | Trophic cascades | LONG-TERM | NATIONAL-PARK | FERAL PIGS | INTRAGUILD PREDATION | WILDLIFE HOST | TOP-DOWN | BIOLOGY | DYNAMICS | BOTTOM-UP | GOLDEN EAGLES | Environmental aspects | Carnivora | Predation (Biology) | Research | Endangered & extinct species | Alternative energy sources | Theory | Subsidies | Influence | Roles | Herbivores | Behavior | Native species
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15. Full Text Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents
by Samuels, Joshua X and Van Valkenburgh, Blaire
Journal of Morphology, ISSN 0362-2525, 11/2008, Volume 269, Issue 11, pp. 1387 - 1411
Living rodents show great diversity in their locomotor habits, including semiaquatic, arboreal, fossorial, ricochetal, and gliding species from multiple... 
functional morphology | ecomorphology | beavers | convergent evolution | rodents | locomotion | Ecomorphology | Locomotion | Convergent evolution | Beavers | Functional morphology | Rodents | ANATOMY & MORPHOLOGY | POCKET GOPHERS | MARSUPIALS MAYULESTES-FEROX | TUPAIIDS MAMMALIA | CAVIOMORPH RODENTS | SEMIAQUATIC MAMMALS | PHYLOGENETIC IMPLICATIONS | PUCADELPHYS-ANDINUS | CASTOR-CANADENSIS | FUNCTIONAL-MORPHOLOGY | TERRESTRIAL LOCOMOTION | Adaptation, Physiological | Femur - anatomy & histology | Motor Activity - physiology | Metacarpal Bones - anatomy & histology | Body Size | Tibia - anatomy & histology | Linear Models | Male | Humerus - anatomy & histology | Ulna - anatomy & histology | Discriminant Analysis | Fossils | Biological Evolution | Radius - anatomy & histology | Bones of Lower Extremity - anatomy & histology | Regression Analysis | Rodentia - anatomy & histology | Animals | Analysis of Variance | Bones of Upper Extremity - anatomy & histology | Metatarsal Bones - anatomy & histology | Female | Toe Phalanges - anatomy & histology | Rodentia - physiology
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16. Full Text Cope's Rule, Hypercarnivory, and Extinction in North American Canids
by Blaire Van Valkenburgh and Xiaoming Wang and John Damuth
Science, ISSN 0036-8075, 10/2004, Volume 306, Issue 5693, pp. 101 - 104
Over the past 50 million years, successive clades of large carnivorous mammals diversified and then declined to extinction. In most instances, the cause of the... 
Extinct species | Jaw | Carnivores | Diet | Species extinction | Body size | Teeth | Evolution | Reports | Grinding | Fossils | POPULATION-DENSITY | BODY-MASS | EVOLUTION | FOSSIL MAMMALS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | SIZE | Body Constitution | Jaw - anatomy & histology | Cuspid - anatomy & histology | Predatory Behavior | Body Weight | Selection, Genetic | Carnivora - anatomy & histology | Paleodontology | North America | Biological Evolution | Carnivora - classification | Animals | Molar - anatomy & histology | Population Density | Carnivora - physiology | Incisor - anatomy & histology | Principal Component Analysis | Population Dynamics | Physiological aspects | Canidae | Research | History | Paleontology | Evolutionary biology | Mammals | Extinction | Animal behavior
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17. Full Text Quantifying the Cribriform Plate: Influences of Allometry, Function, and Phylogeny in Carnivora
: CRIBRIFORM PLATE IN CARNIVORA
by Bird, Deborah J and Amirkhanian, Arsineh and Pang, Benison and Van Valkenburgh, Blaire
The Anatomical Record, ISSN 1932-8486, 11/2014, Volume 297, Issue 11, pp. 2080 - 2092
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18. Full Text Olfaction written in bone: Cribriform plate size parallels olfactory receptor gene repertoires in Mammalia
by Bird, Deborah J and Murphy, William J and Fox-Rosales, Lester and Hamid, Iman and Eagle, Robert A and Van Valkenburgh, Blaire
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, ISSN 0962-8452, 03/2018, Volume 285, Issue 1874, pp. 20180100 - 20180100
The evolution of mammalian olfaction is manifested in a remarkable diversity of gene repertoires, neuroanatomy and skull morphology across living species.... 
Pseudogene | Skull morphology | Olfactory sensory neuron | Cribriform plate | Olfactory receptor gene | Sabertooth cat | SYSTEM | cribriform plate | AFRICAN ELEPHANTS | olfactory sensory neuron | FAMILY | INACTIVATION | MESSENGER-RNAS | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | pseudogene | CETACEANS | sabertooth cat | DISCRIMINATION ABILITY | BIOLOGY | ECOLOGY | ODOR | olfactory receptor gene | EXTINCTION | EXPRESSION | skull morphology | Ethmoid Bone - anatomy & histology | Mammals - genetics | Receptors, Odorant - metabolism | Smell - physiology | Animals | Mammals - physiology | Receptors, Odorant - genetics | Tomography, X-Ray Computed | Mammals - anatomy & histology | Extinct species | Brain | Correlation | Brain architecture | Neurons | Genes | Biological evolution | Mammals | Anatomy | Epithelium | Biodiversity | Endangered & extinct species | Species diversity | Perforations | Computed tomography | Body size | Morphology | Olfaction | Sensory neurons | Olfactory receptor neurons | Skull | Bone | Odor | 198 | 1001 | Morphology and Biomechanics
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