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Foot adaptation to climbing in ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Furnariida) by Killian Leblanc; Romain Pintore; Ana Galvão; Ezekiel Heitz; Pauline Provini is a Earth and Planetary Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract Furnariida (i.e. ovenbirds, woodcreepers and antbirds) cover diverse ecologies and locomotor habits, ranging from strictly terrestrial to climbing birds, with different degrees of acrobatic performances. We know that this variety of locomotor modes is linked to different limb morpho‐functional adaptations in other climbing clades of birds, such as woodpeckers and nuthatches. Here, we link the morphological variations to ecological categories, such as different locomotor habits and a gradient of acrobatic performances, in a phylogenetically informed analysis. We used a high‐density three‐dimensional (3D) geometric morphometric approach on foot bones (tarsometatarsus and all toes) of 55 specimens from 39 species of Furnariida. We found a significant correlation between acrobatic performances and foot bone shapes, partly explained by the phylogenetic relationship between species. Dendrocolaptidae show specific anatomical features, linked to their acrobatic locomotor habits. More specifically, we found that: (1) foot bones are more robust amongst climbing Furnariida, (2) the spread between toes is wider amongst highly acrobatic Furnariida, (3) dermal syndactyly between digi

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Author

Killian Leblanc; Romain Pintore; Ana Galvão; Ezekiel Heitz; Pauline Provini

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons Inc.

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Earth and Planetary Sciences (Physical Sciences)