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Overview

Daryl Codron is affiliated with the University of the Free State in South Africa. Their research spans key areas within environmental and biological sciences, contributing to multiple subfields including ecology, animal science and zoology, genetics, and anthropology.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics such as wildlife ecology and conservation, Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, and aspects of rabbit nutrition, reproduction, and health. Other notable research themes include isotope analysis in ecology, evolution and paleontology studies, meat and animal product quality, as well as ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology.

Several frequent coauthors have collaborated with Daryl Codron, including Marcus Clauß, Jean-Michel Hatt, Jürgen Hummel, Louise F. Martin, and Thomas M. Kaiser. These partnerships reflect sustained research activities across various projects and venues.

Frequently, their publications appear in these major academic journals and venues:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Mammalian Biology
  • Quaternary International
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Notable recent papers by Daryl Codron include:

  • "The turnover of dental microwear texture: Testing the" last supper" effect in small mammals in a controlled feeding experiment" (2020), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Mesowear represents a lifetime signal in sheep (Ovis aries) within a long-term feeding experiment" (2020), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Mammalian intestinal allometry, phylogeny, trophic level and climate" (2021), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Basic considerations on seasonal breeding in mammals including their testing by comparing natural habitats and zoos" (2020), published in Mammalian Biology
  • "Dental wear at macro- and microscopic scale in rabbits fed diets of different abrasiveness: A pilot investigation" (2020), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Best Publications

  • Strontium isotope evidence for landscape use by early hominins

    Sandi R. Copeland;Matt Sponheimer;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Julia A. Lee-Thorp

  • Hominins, sedges, and termites: new carbon isotope data from the Sterkfontein valley and Kruger National Park.

    Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer;Julia Lee-Thorp;Darryl de Ruiter;Daryl Codron

  • Diets of savanna ungulates from stable carbon isotope composition of faeces

    D Codron;J Codron;J A Lee-Thorp;J A Lee-Thorp;M Sponheimer

  • Taxonomic, anatomical, and spatio-temporal variations in the stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of plants from an African savanna

    Jacqui Codron;Daryl Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer

  • 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

  • Herbivory and Body Size: Allometries of Diet Quality and Gastrointestinal Physiology, and Implications for Herbivore Ecology and Dinosaur Gigantism

    Marcus Clauss;Patrick Steuer;Dennis W. H. Müller;Daryl Codron

  • Hypsodonty and tooth facet development in relation to diet and habitat in herbivorous ungulates: implications for understanding tooth wear

    Thomas M. Kaiser;Dennis W. H. Müller;Mikael Fortelius;Ellen Schulz

  • Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) diets in Kruger National Park, South Africa : Spatial and landscape differences

    Jacqui Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer;Daryl Codron

  • Do "savanna" chimpanzees consume C4 resources?

    M. Sponheimer;M. Sponheimer;J.E. Loudon;D. Codron;M.E. Howells

  • Significance of diet type and diet quality for ecological diversity of African ungulates

    Daryl Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer;Jacqui Codron

  • Nutritional content of savanna plant foods: implications for browser/grazer models of ungulate diversification

    Daryl Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer;Jacqui Codron

  • Inter- and intrahabitat dietary variability of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) in South African savannas based on fecal δ13C, δ15N, and %N

    Daryl Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer;Darryl de Ruiter

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

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

  • Another one bites the dust: faecal silica levels in large herbivores correlate with high-crowned teeth

    Jürgen Hummel;Eva Findeisen;Karl-Heinz Südekum;Irina Ruf

  • Growth and wear of incisor and cheek teeth in domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) fed diets of different abrasiveness.

    Jacqueline Müller;Marcus Clauss;Daryl Codron;Ellen Schulz

  • What Insights Can Baboon Feeding Ecology Provide for Early Hominin Niche Differentiation

    Daryl Codron;Daryl Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer;Darryl de Ruiter

  • Reproductive seasonality in captive wild ruminants: implications for biogeographical adaptation, photoperiodic control, and life history.

    Philipp Zerbe;Marcus Clauss;Daryl Codron;Laurie Bingaman Lackey

  • Animal diets in the Waterberg based on stable isotopic composition of faeces

    D. Codron;J. Codron;M. Sponheimer;M. Sponheimer;D. de Ruiter;D. de Ruiter

  • The evolution of ecological specialization in southern African ungulates: competition‐ or physical environmental turnover?

    Daryl Codron;James S. Brink;Lloyd Rossouw;Marcus Clauss

  • Stable isotope characterization of mammalian predator–prey relationships in a South African savanna

    Daryl Codron;Jacqui Codron;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Matt Sponheimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus Clauss
Marcus Clauss University of Zurich
Matt Sponheimer
Matt Sponheimer University of Colorado Boulder
Julia A. Lee-Thorp
Julia A. Lee-Thorp University of Oxford
Jürgen Hummel
Jürgen Hummel University of Göttingen
Darryl J. de Ruiter
Darryl J. de Ruiter Texas A&M University
Jean-Michel Hatt
Jean-Michel Hatt University of Zurich
Chris Carbone
Chris Carbone Zoological Society of London
Judith Sealy
Judith Sealy University of Cape Town
Carlo Meloro
Carlo Meloro Liverpool John Moores University
Benjamin H. Passey
Benjamin H. Passey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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