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Burrowing Adaptation

Burrowing Adaptation is a morphological adaptation characterized by structural modifications in an organism’s anatomy that enhance its ability to excavate, navigate, and survive in subterranean environments.

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262

Authors

147

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2017–2026

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Variants

Fossorial Adaptation

Parents

Publications

112

Discrete genetic modules are responsible for complex burrow evolution in Peromyscus mice

Jesse N. Weber, Brant K. Peterson, Hopi E. Hoekstra · Nature · 2013 · 241 citations · Full text

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Axial Differences in the Musculature of Uropeltid Snakes: The Freight-Train Approach to Burrowing

Carl Gans, Herbert C. Dessauer, D. Baić · Science · 1978 · 166 citations

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Origin of tropical American burrowing reptiles by transatlantic rafting

Nicolás Vidal, Anna Azvolinsky, Corinne Cruaud et al. · Biology Letters · 2007 · 142 citations · Full text

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Adaptive Geometry of Burrow Spacing in Two Pocket Gopher Populations

O. J. Reichman, Thomas G. Whitham, George A. Ruffner · Ecology · 1982 · 133 citations

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The occurrence, mechanics and significance of burying behaviour in crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura)

Orpha Bellwood · Journal of Natural History · 2002 · 130 citations · Full text

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Authors

262

  1. RŠ
    Radim Šumbera

    University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czechia

    3 publications · 101 citations

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  2. JN
    Jesse N. Weber

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 307 citations

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  3. SA
    Simon A. Morley

    British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  4. HY
    H. Y. Elder

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  5. CR
    C. R. Bridges

    Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

    2 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

147

  1. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    139 citations

  2. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    116 citations

  3. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    79 citations

  4. University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

    České Budějovice, Czechia

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    377 citations

  5. Marine Scotland

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    105 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    449 citations

  7. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    72 citations

  8. University of Rostock

    Rostock, Germany

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    348 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Zoology

    7 publications · 164 citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 208 citations

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  3. Journal of Morphology

    4 publications · 225 citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Biology

    4 publications · 109 citations

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  5. Marine Biology

    4 publications · 108 citations

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