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Overview

Carlo Meloro is affiliated with Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions span multiple fields including Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on specific subfields such as Ecology, Paleontology, Geometry and Topology, Anthropology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work frequently addresses topics related to Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Morphological variations and asymmetry, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Marine animal studies overview, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Scent-marking strategies of a solitary carnivore: boundary and road scent marking in the leopard (2020, Animal Behaviour)
  • Functional correlates of skull shape in Chiroptera: feeding and echolocation adaptations (2021, Integrative Zoology)
  • Mammalian intestinal allometry, phylogeny, trophic level and climate (2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Spatial and temporal overlaps between leopards (Panthera pardus) and their competitors in the African large predator guild (2020, Journal of Zoology)
  • The uneven weight distribution between predators and prey: Comparing gut fill between terrestrial herbivores and carnivores (2020, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology)

Carlo Meloro has published extensively in the following venues:

  • PLoS ONE (4 publications)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2 publications)
  • Journal of Zoology (2 publications)
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2 publications)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Richard P. Brown (12 joint publications)
  • Marcus Clauß (10 joint publications)
  • Maria J. Duque-Correa (6 joint publications)
  • Davide Tamagnini (5 joint publications)
  • Fredrik Dalerum (5 joint publications)

Their research often crosses disciplinary boundaries, evident in their engagement with diverse topics such as skull shape adaptations in bats, carnivore behavior patterns, mammalian intestinal scaling relative to ecological factors, and interspecies interactions within predator guilds. This multidimensional approach aligns with their broad expertise in both environmental sciences and evolutionary studies.

Best Publications

  • Assessing the Jarman–Bell Principle: Scaling of intake, digestibility, retention time and gut fill with body mass in mammalian herbivores

    Dennis W.H. Müller;Daryl Codron;Carlo Meloro;Adam Munn

  • The impact of large terrestrial carnivores on Pleistocene ecosystems

    Blaire Van Valkenburgh;Matthew W. Hayward;Matthew W. Hayward;Matthew W. Hayward;William J. Ripple;Carlo Meloro

  • Bergmann's rule in mammals: a cross-species interspecific pattern

    Marcus Clauss;Marie T. Dittmann;Dennis W. H. Müller;Carlo Meloro

  • The shape of the mandibular corpus in large fissiped carnivores: allometry, function and phylogeny

    Carlo Meloro;Carlo Meloro;Pasquale Raia;Paolo Piras;Carmela Barbera

  • The Gavialis--Tomistoma debate: the contribution of skull ontogenetic allometry and growth trajectories to the study of crocodylian relationships

    Paolo Piras;Paolo Piras;Paolo Colangelo;Dean C. Adams;Angela Buscalioni

  • The shape of contention: adaptation, history, and contingency in ungulate mandibles.

    Pasquale Raia;Pasquale Raia;Francesco Carotenuto;Carlo Meloro;Paolo Piras;Paolo Piras

  • Bite of the cats: relationships between functional integration and mechanical performance as revealed by mandible geometry.

    Paolo Piras;Leonardo Maiorino;Leonardo Maiorino;Luciano Teresi;Carlo Meloro

  • Feeding Habits of Plio-Pleistocene Large Carnivores as Revealed by the Mandibular Geometry

    Carlo Meloro

  • Ecological Adaptations of Mandibular Form in Fissiped Carnivora

    C. Meloro;P. O’Higgins

  • Cats in the forest: predicting habitat adaptations from humerus morphometry in extant and fossil Felidae (Carnivora)

    Carlo Meloro;Sarah Elton;Julien Louys;Laura C. Bishop

  • Cats and Dogs Down the Tree: The Tempo and Mode of Evolution in the Lower Carnassial of Fossil and Living Carnivora

    Carlo Meloro;Pasquale Raia

  • 3D Photogrammetry of Bat Skulls: Perspectives for Macro-evolutionary Analyses

    Giada Giacomini;Dino Scaravelli;Anthony Herrel;Alessio Veneziano

  • Ecogeographical Variation in Skull Shape of South-American Canids: Abiotic or Biotic Processes?

    Jamile de Moura Bubadué;Nilton Cáceres;Renan dos Santos Carvalho;Carlo Meloro

  • Inconstancy in predator/prey ratios in Quaternary large mammal communities of Italy, with an appraisal of mechanisms

    Pasquale Raia;Carlo Meloro;Carmela Barbera

  • Anyone with a Long-Face? Craniofacial Evolutionary Allometry (CREA) in a Family of Short-Faced Mammals, the Felidae

    Davide Tamagnini;Carlo Meloro;Andrea Cardini;Andrea Cardini

  • Chewing on the trees: Constraints and adaptation in the evolution of the primate mandible

    Carlo Meloro;Nilton Carlos Cáceres;Francesco Carotenuto;Jonas Sponchiado

  • Phylogenetic signal, function and integration in the subunits of the carnivoran mandible

    Carlo Meloro;Pasquale Raia;Francesco Carotenuto;Samuel N. Cobb

  • Tooth and cranial disparity in the fossil relatives of Sphenodon (Rhynchocephalia) dispute the persistent 'living fossil' label.

    Carlo Meloro;M E H Jones

  • Species occupancy and its course in the past: macroecological patterns in extinct communities

    Pasquale Raia;Carlo Meloro;Anna Loy;Carmela Barbera

  • Ecogeographical variation in skull shape of capuchin monkeys

    Nilton Cáceres;Carlo Meloro;Francesco Carotenuto;Federico Passaro

  • Mammal community structure correlates with arboreal heterogeneity in faunally and geographically diverse habitats: implications for community convergence

    Julien Louys;Carlo Meloro;Sarah Elton;Peter Ditchfield

  • Mesowear as a means of determining diets in African antelopes

    Julien Louys;Carlo Meloro;Sarah Elton;Peter Ditchfield

  • Ecomorphology of Carnivora challenges convergent evolution

    Carlo Meloro;Marcus Clauss;Pasquale Raia

  • Feeding habits of extant and fossil canids as determined by their skull geometry

    C. Meloro;A. Hudson;L. Rook

Frequent Co-Authors

Pasquale Raia
Pasquale Raia University of Naples Federico II
Marcus Clauss
Marcus Clauss University of Zurich
Julien Louys
Julien Louys Griffith University
Matt W. Hayward
Matt W. Hayward University of Newcastle Australia
Nilton C. Cáceres
Nilton C. Cáceres Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Peter Ditchfield
Peter Ditchfield University of Oxford
Daryl Codron
Daryl Codron University of the Free State
Serge A. Wich
Serge A. Wich Liverpool John Moores University
Danilo Russo
Danilo Russo University of Naples Federico II
Jürgen Hummel
Jürgen Hummel University of Göttingen

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