https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:28015 Varanus salvadorii displayed high strain levels during shaking, especially in the areas between the orbits. All models exhibit less strain during pull back loading compared to shake loading, even though a larger force was applied (pull =30N, shake = 20N). Relationships were identified between the morphology, performance, and ecology. Species that did not feed on hard prey clustered in the gracile region of cranial morphospace and exhibited significantly higher levels of strain during biting (P = 0.0106). Species that fed on large prey clustered in the elongate area of mandible morphospace. This relationship differs from those that have been identified in other taxonomic groups such as crocodiles and mammals. This difference may be due to a combination of the open 'space-frame' structure of the varanoid lizard skull, and the 'pull back' behaviour that some species use for processing large prey.]]> Wed 11 Apr 2018 10:46:37 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:15056 Wed 11 Apr 2018 09:46:50 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:23680 Wed 11 Apr 2018 09:15:42 AEST ]]>