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Dr. Alistair Evans

Research Fellow

 

Ph.D. Monash University, 2003

Office: G18 Zoology Building
Telephone: +61-3-9905-3110
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
Email:alistair.evans@sci.monash.edu.au

    

Publications
  • Plyusnin I, Evans AR, Karme A, Gionis A, and Jernvall J. 2008. Automated 3D phenotype analysis using data mining. PLoS ONE 3: e1742.
  • Kavanagh KD, Evans AR, and Jernvall J. 2007. Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from development. Nature 449: 427-432.
  • Evans AR, Wilson GP, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2007. High-level similarity of dentitions in carnivorans and rodents. Nature 445: 78-81.
  • Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 2006. Spatial and functional modeling of carnivore and insectivore molariform teeth. Journal of Morphology 267: 649-662.
  • Evans AR. 2006. Quantifying the relationship between form and function and the geometry of the wear process in bat molars. In: Zubaid A, McCracken GF and Kunz TH, eds. Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Bats. New York: Oxford University Press. 93-109.
  • Evans AR, Fortelius M, Jernvall J, and Eronen JT. 2006. Dental ecomorphology of extant European carnivorans. In: Żądzińska E, ed. Current Trends in Dental Morphology Research: Full Refereed Papers from 13th International Symposium on Dental Morphology. Łódź: University of Łódź Press. 223-232.
  • Evans AR. 2005. Connecting morphology, function and tooth wear in microchiropterans. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85: 81-96.
  • Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 2005. The biomechanical properties of insects in relation to insectivory: cuticle thickness as an indicator of insect ‘hardness’ and ‘intractability’. Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 9-19.
  • Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 2005. Correspondence between tooth shape and dietary biomechanical properties in insectivorous microchiropterans. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7: 453-478.
  • Evans AR, Hunter J, Fortelius M, and Sanson GD. 2005. The scaling of tooth sharpness in mammals. Annales Zoologici Fennici 42: 603-613.
    Kangas AT, Evans AR, Thesleff I, and Jernvall J. 2004. Nonindependence of mammalian dental characters. Nature 432: 211-214.
  • Evans AR. 2003. Functional Dental Morphology of Insectivorous Microchiropterans: Spatial Modelling and Functional Analysis of Tooth Form and the Influence of Tooth Wear and Dietary Properties. PhD thesis, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne.
  • Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 2003. The tooth of perfection: functional and spatial constraints on mammalian tooth shape. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 173-191.
  • Evans AR, Harper IS, and Sanson GD. 2001. Confocal imaging, visualization and 3-D surface measurement of small mammalian teeth. Journal of Microscopy 204: 108-118.
  • Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 1998. The effect of tooth shape on the breakdown of insects. Journal of Zoology 246: 391-400.