Dr. Alistair Evans

Research Fellow

Ph.D. Monash University, 2003

Office: Building 18 Zoology Building
Telephone: +61-3-9905-3110
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
Email:alistair.evans@sci.monash.edu.au

• functional morphology, particularly of mammalian teeth
• 3D imaging and analysis
• morphological evolution
• evolution and development (evo-devo)
• palaeoclimatology and mass extinctions

• 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. 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.