Natalie Cooper

This study investigates the evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds using 3D shape and phylogenetic analyses, finding that cavernous tissue enables acoustic impedance matching between air and water.

This study evaluates how ancestral state estimation affects disparity analyses, finding that fossil sampling density is more critical than estimation method choice.

The paper investigates the adaptive landscape of Australian dragon lizards, showing that generalist habitat use facilitated rapid morphological diversification after arrival in Australia.

The paper assesses the availability of morphological data for living mammals and finds that most orders have less than 25% of species with available data, affecting the accuracy of Total Evidence phylogenies.

The paper shows that the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model in phylogenetic comparative analysis is biased under common conditions and highlights the need for simulation-based validation.