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Cornell University
PUBLICATIONS
*denotes student author
2024
Schachner, E. R. Moore, A., Martinez, A., Diaz, R., Echols, M., Atterholt, J., Kissane, R., Hedrick, B. P., and Bates, K. In Press. The respiratory system influences flight mechanics in soaring birds. Nature. 630, 671–676 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07485-y
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Orkney, A. and Hedrick, B. P. 2024. Avian miniaturization is associated with an evolutionary reorganization of skeletal modules. Nature Communications. 15: 4208. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48324-y
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Rummel, A. D., Sheehy, E.*, Schachner, E. R., and Hedrick, B. P. 2024. Sample size and geometric morphometrics methodology impact the evaluation of morphological variation. Integrative Organismal Biology 6(1): obae002. https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obae002
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2023
Hedrick, B. P. 2023. Dots on a Screen: The Past, Present, and Future of Morphometrics in the Study of Dinosaurs. 2023. The Anatomical Record. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25183
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Hedrick, B. P., Estrada, A., Sutherland, S., Barbosa, A. M. 2023. Northward shifts in dispersal limited eastern red-backed salamanders due to changing climate. Ecology and Evolution. 13(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9999
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Ford, K. L., Albert, J. S., Summers, A. P., Hedrick, B. P., Schachner, E. R., Jones, A. S., Evans, K., and Chakrabarty, P. 2023. A new era of morphological investigations: Scanning methods have shifted the paradigm for rigorous anatomical investigations. Integrative Organismal Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad008
Mutumi, G., Hall, R.*, Hedrick, B. P., Yohe, L. R., Sadier, A., Davies, K. T. J., Rossiter, S. J., Sears, K. E., Dávalos, L. M., Dumont, E. R. 2023. Disentangling biomechanical and sensory modules in a hyper-diverse radiation. The American Naturalist. https://doi.org/10.1086/725368.
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Dempsey, M.*, Maidment, S. C. R., Hedrick, B. P., and Bates, K. T. 2023. Convergent evolution of quadrupedality in ornithischian dinosaurs was achieved through disparate forelimb muscle mechanics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (290). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2435
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Schachner, E. R., Lawson, A., Martinez, A., Grand Pre, A., Sabottke, C., Abou-Issa, F., Echols, M., Diaz Jr., R., Moore, A., Grenier, J-P., Hedrick, B. P., and Spieler, B. 2023. Perspectives on lung visualization: Three-dimensional anatomical modeling of computed and micro-computed tomographic data in comparative evolutionary biology and medicine with applications for COVID-19. The Anatomical Record. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25300
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Grand Pré C. A., Thielicke W., Diaz Jr, R. E., Hedrick, B. P., Elsey, R. M., and Schachner, E. R. 2023. Validating osteological correlates for the hepatic piston in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). PeerJ 11: e16542 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16542
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Anthwal, N., Hall, R., Aneudy de la Rosa Hernandez, F., Koger, M., Yohe, L., Hedrick, B. P., Davies, K., Mutumi, G., Roseman, C., Dumont, E., Davalos, L., Rossiter, S., Sadier, A., and Sears, K. 2023. Cochlea development shapes bat sensory system evolution. The Anatomical Record. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25353
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2022
Frank, T.*, Dodson, P., and Hedrick, B. P. 2022. Correlating avian hindlimb function and pelvic morphology using geometric morphometrics. Journal of Morphology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21479
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Yohe, L. R., Fabbri, M., Lee, D., Davies, K. T. J., Yohe, T. P., Sánchez, M. K. R., Rengifo, E. M., Hall, R., Mutumi, G., Hedrick, B. P., Sadier, A., Simmons, N. B., Sears, K. E., Dumont, E., Rossiter, S. J., Bhullar, B-A. S., Dávalos, L. M. 2022. Ecological constraints on highly evolvable olfactory receptor genes and morphology in Neotropical bats. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14591
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Greenwood, J.*, Lara Granados, G.*, Secor, S., Todd, B., Showalter, I., Hedrick, B. P., and Brennan, P. L. R. 2022. Divergent genital morphologies and female-male covariation in watersnakes. Journal of Integrative and Comparative
Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac020
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Schachner, E. R., Diaz, R., Coke, R., Echols, M., Osborn, M., and Hedrick, B. P. 2022. Architecture of the bronchial tree in Cuvier’s dwarf caiman. The Anatomical Record. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24919
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Lara Granados, G.*, Greenwood, J.*, Secor, S. M., Shan, S., Hedrick, B. P., and Brennan, P. L. R. 2022. First examination of the shape and size of female and male genitalia in snakes using three dimensional geometric morphometrics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac051
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2021
Hedrick, B. P. 2021. Inter- and intraspecific variation in the Artibeus species complex demonstrates size and shape partitioning among species. PeerJ 9:e11777 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11777
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Hedrick, B. P., Schachner, E. R., and Dodson, P. 2021. Alligator appendicular architecture across an ontogenetic niche shift. The Anatomical Record https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24717
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Lawson, A. B.*, Hedrick, B. P., Echols, M. S., and Schachner, E. R. 2021. Anatomy, variation, and asymmetry of the bronchial tree in the African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus). Journal of Morphology 282: 701–719. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21340
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Hedrick, B. P., Bancroft, G.*, Riand, F.*, and Sutherland, C. 2021. Effects of coverboard age and aging on salamander usage. Herpetological Review 51(1).
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Schachner, E. R. Hedrick, B. P., Richbourg, H. A., Hutchinson, J. R., and Farmer, C. G. 2021. Anatomy, ontogeny, and evolution of the archosaurian respiratory system: A case study on Alligator mississippiensis and Struthio camelus. Journal of Anatomy. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13358
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Hall, R. P.*, Mutumi, G. L., Hedrick, B. P., Yohe, L. R., Sadier, A., Davies, K. T. J., Rossiter, S. J., Sears, K., Dávalos, L. M., and Dumont, E. R. 2021. Find the food first: an omnivorous sensory morphotype predates biomechanical specialization for plant based diets in phyllostomid bats. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14270
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2020
Hedrick, B. P., Heberling, M., Meineke, E., Turner, K., Grassa, C., Kennedy, J., Park, D., Clarke, J., Cook, J., Blackburn, D., Edwards, S., and Davis, C. 2020. Digitization and the future of natural history collections. BioScience biz 163. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz163.
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Hedrick, B. P., Dickson, B., Dumont, E. R., Pierce, S. E. 2020. The Evolutionary Success of Rodents Is Not Linked to the Evolution of Locomotor Innovation. Scientific Reports 10:717. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57144-w
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Orbach, D. N., Brennan, P. L. R., Hedrick, B. P., Keener, W., Webber, M. A., and Mesnick, S. L. 2020. Asymmetric and spiraled genitalia coevolve with unique lateralized mating behavior. Scientific Reports 10: 3257. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60287-w
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Hedrick, B. P. and Dodson, P. 2020. Paleobiology in the 21st Century. The Anatomical Record. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24384
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Maidment, S., Sennikov, A. G., Ezcurra, M., Dunne, E., Gower, D., Hedrick, B. P., Meade, L. E., Raven, T., Paschchenko, D. I., and Butler, R. 2020. The postcranial skeleton of the erythrosuchid archisauriform Garjainia prima from the Early Triassic of European Russia. Royal Society Open Science. 7: 201089. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201089
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2019
Hedrick, B. P., Vander Linden, A.*, Cox, S., Watt, E., O’Roark, P., Cordero, S. A, Sutherland, C. 2019. Keeping salamanders off the streets: An assessment of one of the first amphibian road tunnels in the United States 30 years after installation. Journal of Urban Ecology 5(1): https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juz023
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Hedrick, B. P., Mutumi, G. L., Munteanu, V. D.*, Sadier, A., Davies, K. T. J., Rossiter, S. J., Sears, K. E., Dávalos, L. M., Dumont, E. R. 2019. Morphological diversification under high integration in a hyper diverse mammal clade. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 27:563–575. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-019-09472-x
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Butler, R. J., Sennikov, A. G., Dunne, E. M., Ezcurra, M. D., Hedrick, B. P., Maidment, S. C. R., Meade, L. E., Raven, T. J., Gower, D. J. 2019. Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of the erythrosuchid archosauriform ‘Vjushkovia triplicostata’ Huene, 1960, from the Early Triassic of European Russia. Royal Society Open Science. 6: 1911289. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191289
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Hedrick, B. P., Cordero, S. A., Zanno, L. E., Noto, C., Dodson, P. 2019. Quantifying shape and ecology in avian pedal claws: the relationship between the bony core and keratinous sheath. Ecology and Evolution. 9:11545–11556. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5507
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Hedrick, B. P., Goldsmith, E.*, Tumarkin-Deratzian, A. R., Rivera-Sylva, H., and Dodson, P. 2019. Filling in gaps in the ceratopsid histologic database: Long bone histology of two basal centrosaurines. Anatomical Record. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24099
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Hedrick, B. P., Antalek-Schrag, P.*, Conith, A. J., Natanson, L., and Brennan, P. L. R. 2019. High variance and asymmetry in the shape of the Spiny Dogfish Shark vagina revealed by 2D and 3D geometric morphometrics. Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12653
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Hedrick, B. P., Schachner, E. R. Rivera, G., Dodson, P., and Pierce, S. E. 2019. The effects of skeletal asymmetry on biological variation in the fossil record. Paleobiology 45(1): 154–166. https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2018.42
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2018
Sadier, A., Davies, K. T. J., Yun, K., Yohe, L. R., Donat, P., Hedrick, B. P., Dumont, E. R., Dávalos, L. M., Rossiter, S. J., and Sears, K. E. 2018. Evidence for multifactorial processes underlying phenotypic variation in bat visual opsins. eLife 7: e37412. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37412
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Hedrick, B. P. and Dumont, E. R. 2018. Putting the Leaf-Nosed Bats in Context: A Geometric Morphometric Analysis of the Skulls and Jaws of the Three Largest Families of Bats. Journal of Mammalogy 99 (5): 1042–1054. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy101
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Hedrick, B. P., Yohe, L., Vander Linden, A.*, Davalos, L., Sears, K., Sadier, A., Rossiter, S. J., Davies, K. T. J. and Dumont, E. 2018. Assessing Soft-Tissue Shrinkage Estimates in Museum Specimens Imaged With Diffusible Iodine-Based Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography (diceCT). Microscopy and Microanalysis 24 (3): 284–291. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927618000399
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Vander Linden, A.*, Hedrick, B. P., Kamilar, J., and Dumont, E. R. 2018. Atlas morphology, scaling, and locomotor behavior in primates, rodents, and relatives (Mammalia: Euarchontoglires). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: 185 (1): 283–299. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly042
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Liu, B., Han, S., Hedrick, B. P., Modarres-Sadeghi, Y., Lynch, M. E. 2018. Perfusion applied to a 3D model of bone metastasis results in evenly dispersed mechanical stimuli. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 115 (4): 1076-1085. doi: 10.1002/bit.26524
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Orbach, D. N., Hedrick, B. P., Würsig, B., Mesnick, S. L., and Brennan, P. L. R. 2018. The Evolution of Genital Shape Variation in Female Cetaceans. Evolution 72(2): 261–273. doi: 10.1111/evo.13395
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2016
Anné, J., Hedrick, B. P., and Schein, J. P. 2016. First diagnosis of septic arthritis in a dinosaur. Royal Society Open Science 3: 160222. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160222
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Hedrick, B. P., Gao, C. Tumarkin-Deratzian, A. R., Shen, C., Holloway, J., Zhang, F., Hankenson, K. D., Liu, S., Anné, J., and Dodson, P. 2016. An injured Psittacosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Yixian Formation (Liaoning, China): Implications for Psittacosaurus biology. The Anatomical Record 299(7) 897–906. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.23363
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Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Hedrick, B. P., Dodson, P. 2016. A new centrosaurine (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Aguja Formation (Late Campanian) of northern Coahuila, Mexico. PLoS One 11(4): e0150529. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150529
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Foth, C., Hedrick, B. P., and Ezcurra, M. D. 2016. Cranial ontogenetic variation in early saurischians and the role of heterochrony in the diversification of predatory dinosaurs. PeerJ 4: e1589. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1589
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Zhao, B., Hedrick, B. P., Gao, C., Tumarkin-Deratzian, A. R., Zhang, F., Shen, C., and Dodson, P. 2016. Histologic examination of an assemblage of Psittacosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) juveniles from the Yixian Formation (Liaoning, China). The Anatomical Record 299(5): 601–612. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.23324
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2015
Hedrick, B. P., Manning, P. L., Lynch, E. R., Cordero, S. A.*, and Dodson, P. 2015. The geometry of taking flight: limb morphometrics in Mesozoic theropods. Journal of Morphology. 276:152–166. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20329
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Hedrick, B. P., Zanno, L. E., Wolfe, D. G., and Dodson, P. 2015. The slothful claw: Osteology and taphonomy of Nothronychus mckinleyi and graffami (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and anatomical considerations for derived therizinosaurids. PLoSONE 10(6): e0129449. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129449
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2014
Hedrick, B. P., Tumarkin-Deratzian, A., and Dodson, P. 2014. Bone microstructure and relative age of the holotype specimen of the diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur Suuwassea emilieae. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 (2): 295–304. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2012.0049
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Hedrick, B. P., Gao, C., Omar, G. I., Zhang, F., Shen, C., and Dodson, P. 2014. The osteology and taphonomy of a Psittacosaurus bonebed assemblage. Cretaceous Research 51: 321–340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.06.015
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2013
Hedrick, B. P. and Dodson, P. 2013. Lujiatun psittacosaurids: understanding individual and taphonomic variation using 3D geometric morphometrics. PLoS ONE. 8(8) e69265. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069265
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