Prof. Leandro Rabello Monteiro
The study of shape variation of biological structures is essential for the understanding of the evolutionary processes responsible for generating and maintaining biodiversity. My current research projects deal mainly with evolutionary patterns and processes of morphological and ecological divergence, along with the development of tools for the statistical analysis of shape in evolutionary studies.
Major publications
Diet, bite force and skull morphology in the generalist rodent morphotype
Maestri, R. B. D. Patterson, R. Fornel, L. R. Monteiro, and T. R. O. de Freitas
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2016
Morphometrics and the comparative method: studying the evolution of biological shape
Monteiro, L. R.
Hystrix, 2013
Evolutionary patterns and processes in the radiation of phyllostomid bats
Monteiro, L. R., and M. R. Nogueira
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011
Adaptive radiations, ecological specialization, and the evolutionary integration of complex morphological structures
Monteiro, L. R., and M. R. Nogueira
Evolution, 2010
Morphological correlates of bite force and diet in the skull and mandible of phyllostomid bats
Nogueira, M. R., A. L. Peracchi, and L. R. Monteiro
Functional Ecology, 2009
Full publication list can be accessed here.