Members of the lab both past and present contributed to a publication in Ecology and Evolution on Carnivora ecometrics, lead by lab alum Dr Siciliano-Martina. They investigate the use of relative blade length of the carnassial tooth as a tool for reconstructing the relationship between taxa and their environment, even allowing us to reconstruct paleoenvironments. Check the paper out here.
Siciliano-Martina, L., McGuire, J. L., Hurtado-Materon, M. A., Short, R. A., Lauer, D. A., Schap, J. A.,Müller, J., Manthi, F. K., Head, J. J., & Lawing, A. M. 2024. Ecometrics demonstrates that the functional dental traits of carnivoran communities are filtered by climate. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e70214.