Quantifying shape, integration, and ecology in avian pedal claws: comparing geometric morphometric and traditional metric approaches
B. Hedrick, S. Cordero, L. Zanno, C. Noto, P. Dodson
This study compares geometric morphometric and traditional metric approaches to quantify avian pedal claw shape and ecology, finding that neither method reliably separates ecological categories after accounting for body size and phylogeny.
bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology