The Evolution of life histories in early tetrapods
General Objective
The life cycles of extant land and vertebrates are highly diverse. Here we analyze how these ontogenies evolved and which life history strategies they represent.
We study traits of growth, development, reproduction, locomotion, feeding, perception, forming the building stones for an inclusive life history reconstruction.
Methods
Computational fluid dynamics
Dissection
Finite element analysis
Geochemistry
Geology
Growth modeling
High-resolution microphotography
Histology
Kinematics
LHS analysis
Life-style effect analysis
Life-style evolution analysis
Micro-computed tomography and segmentation
Morphology, morphometrics and PCA
Photogrammetry
Phylogeny
Scaling of histological features
SEM analysis
Skeletochronology
Surface scanning
Funding
