Daryl Codron

TL;DR: Results show that, contrary to many predictions, body mass and diet type are not related, but these data confirm predictions that diet quality decreases with increasing body size, especially during the dry season, which implies that adaptation to diets of varying quality, through changes in body size and dental features, has been the primary mechanism for diversification in ungulates.

TL;DR: Fecal N levels in baboons are consistently higher than those of sympatric ungulate herbivores, indicating that baboons consume a greater proportion of protein-rich foods than do other savanna mammals.

TL;DR: Carbon-isotope data imply that most carnivores from the “lowveld” savanna of South Africa form part of C4 grass-based food webs, and nitrogen isotope data show clear differences between trophic levels, although the magnitude of these differences varies between predators feeding on invertebrates and vertebrates, respectively.

TL;DR: It is shown, in a dataset comprising 3561 mammal species from 26 orders, that while there is no significant correlation between latitude and body mass using conventional methods, this correlation is highly significant when the phylogenetic structure of the dataset is accounted for, thus supporting Bergmann's claim that the rule only applies to closely related species.

TL;DR: The correlation of faecal silica and hypsodonty supports a scenario of a dominant role of abrasive silica in the evolution of high-crowned teeth.