Paul Gignac, PhD

Research Output

Research Output per year

2007 2020

• 645 Citations
• 13 h-Index
• 23 Article
• 1 Chapter
• 1 Comment/debate
• 1 Letter
• 1 More
  • 1 Review article

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• 2020

  Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to water

  Schwab, J. A., Young, M. T., Neenan, J. M., Walsh, S. A., Witmer, L. M., Herrera, Y., Allain, R., Brochu, C. A., Choiniere, J. N., Clark, J. M., Dollman, K. N., Etches, S., Fritsch, G., Gignac, P. M., Ruebenstahl, A., Sachs, S., Turner, A. H., Vignaud, P., Wilberg, E. W., Xu, X. & 2 others, Zanno, L. E. & Brusatte, S. L., 12 May 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 19, p. 10422-10428 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Inner Ear
  • Water
  • Reptiles
  • Ecosystem
  • Alligators and Crocodiles
  5 Scopus citations

• Osteological description of casque ontogeny in the southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) using micro-CT imaging

  Green, T. & Gignac, P., 2020, In: The Anatomical Record.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Tempo and pattern of avian brain size evolution

  Gignac, P., 2020, In: Current Biology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Are endocasts good proxies for brain size and shape in archosaurs throughout ontogeny?

  Watanabe, A., Gignac, P. M., Balanoff, A. M., Green, T. L., Kley, N. J. & Norell, M. A., Mar 2019, In: Journal of Anatomy. 234, 3, p. 291-305 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ontogeny
  • Proxy
  • brain
  • Alligators and Crocodiles
  • Brain
  14 Scopus citations

• Crocodylian head width allometry and a Bayesian framework for predicting body size in extinct crocodyliforms

  Gignac, P. & O'Brien, H., 2019, In: Integrative Organismal Biology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Feeding in crocodylians and their relatives: functional insights from ontogeny and evolution

  Gignac, P., O'Brien, H., Turner, A. H. & Erickson, G., 2019, Feeding in Vertebrates: Anatomy, Biomechanics, and Evolution.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2018

  The utility of DiceCT imaging for high-throughput comparative neuroanatomical studies

  Gignac, P. M. & Kley, N. J., 1 Aug 2018, In: Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 91, 3, p. 180-190 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Iodine
  • Tomography
  • Vertebrates
  • Skull
  • Brain
  6 Scopus citations
• 2017

  The Biomechanics behind Extreme Osteophagy in Tyrannosaurus rex

  Gignac, P. M. & Erickson, G. M., 1 Dec 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 1, 2012.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Tooth
  • Bone and Bones
  • Dinosaurs
  • Bite Force
  20 Scopus citations
• 2016

  A bigger picture: Organismal function at the nexus of development, ecology, and evolution: An introduction to the symposium

  Gignac, P. M. & Santana, S. E., 1 Sep 2016, In: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 56, 3, p. 369-372 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ecology
  • phenotype
  • ontogeny
  • life history
  • ecomorphology
  8 Scopus citations

• A comparison of postnatal arterial patterns in a growth series of giraffe (Artiodactyla: Giraffa camelopardalis)

  O'Brien, H. D., Gignac, P. M., Hieronymus, T. L. & Witmer, L. M., 2016, In: PeerJ. 2016, 2, e1696.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Artiodactyla
  • Giraffa camelopardalis
  • Mammals
  • carotid arteries
  • Internal Carotid Artery
  13 Scopus citations

• Best practices for digitally constructing endocranial casts: examples from birds and their dinosaurian relatives

  Balanoff, A. M., Bever, G. S., Colbert, M. W., Clarke, J. A., Field, D. J., Gignac, P. M., Ksepka, D. T., Ridgely, R. C., Smith, N. A., Torres, C. R., Walsh, S. & Witmer, L. M., 1 Aug 2016, In: Journal of Anatomy. 229, 2, p. 173-190 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Birds
  • Practice Guidelines
  • Dinosaurs
  • bird
  • researchers
  33 Scopus citations

• Diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography (diceCT): An emerging tool for rapid, high-resolution, 3-D imaging of metazoan soft tissues

  Gignac, P. M., Kley, N. J., Clarke, J. A., Colbert, M. W., Morhardt, A. C., Cerio, D., Cost, I. N., Cox, P. G., Daza, J. D., Early, C. M., Echols, M. S., Henkelman, R. M., Herdina, A. N., Holliday, C. M., Li, Z., Mahlow, K., Merchant, S., Müller, J., Orsbon, C. P., Paluh, D. J. & 3 others, Thies, M. L., Tsai, H. P. & Witmer, L. M., 1 Jun 2016, In: Journal of Anatomy. 228, 6, p. 889-909 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • computed tomography
  • metazoan
  • Three-Dimensional Imaging
  • iodine
  • Iodine
  163 Scopus citations

• Flying starlings, PET and the evolution of volant dinosaurs

  Leone Gold, M. E., Schulz, D., Budassi, M., Gignac, P. M., Vaska, P. & Norell, M. A., 4 Apr 2016, In: Current Biology. 26, 7, p. R265-R267

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  • Dinosaurs
  • positron-emission tomography
  • dinosaurs
  • Starlings
  • Positron emission tomography
  10 Scopus citations

• Flying starlings and PET lend insights on the evolution of volant dinosaurs

  Gignac, P., 2016, In: Current Biology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Ontogenetic bite-force modeling of Alligator mississippiensis: implications for dietary transitions in a large-bodied vertebrate and the evolution of crocodylian feeding

  Gignac, P. M. & Erickson, G. M., 1 Aug 2016, In: Journal of Zoology. 299, 4, p. 229-238 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Alligator mississippiensis
  • jaws
  • ontogeny
  • vertebrate
  • vertebrates
  15 Scopus citations

• Rescuing perishable neuroanatomical information from a threatened biodiversity hotspot: Remote field methods for brain tissue preservation validated by cytoarchitectonic analysis, immunohistochemistry, and x-ray microcomputed tomography

  Hughes, D. F., Walker, E. M., Gignac, P. M., Martinez, A., Negishi, K., Lieb, C. S., Greenbaum, E. & Khan, A. M., May 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 5, e0155824.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Biodiversity
  • Tissue Preservation
  • micro-computed tomography
  • X-Ray Microtomography
  9 Scopus citations

• Suchian feeding success at the interface of ontogeny and macroevolution

  Gignac, P. & O'Brien, H., 1 Sep 2016, In: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 56, 3, p. 449-458 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ontogeny
  • niches
  • body size
  • jaws
  • mechanics
  13 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Ontogenetic changes in dental form and tooth pressures facilitate developmental niche shifts in American alligators

  Gignac, P. M. & Erickson, G. M., 1 Feb 2015, In: Journal of Zoology. 295, 2, p. 132-142 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Alligator mississippiensis
  • niche
  • tooth
  • teeth
  • niches
  22 Scopus citations
• 2014

  A comparative analysis of ontogenetic bite-force scaling among Crocodylia

  Erickson, G. M., Gignac, P. M., Lappin, A. K., Vliet, K. A., Brueggen, J. D. & Webb, G. J. W., Jan 2014, In: Journal of Zoology. 292, 1, p. 48-55 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Crocodylia
  • crocodile
  • ontogeny
  • body size
  • phylogenetics
  32 Scopus citations

• Iodine-enhanced micro-CT imaging: Methodological refinements for the study of the soft-tissue anatomy of post-embryonic vertebrates

  Gignac, P. M. & Kley, N. J., May 2014, In: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 322, 3, p. 166-176 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • micro-computed tomography
  • iodine
  • Iodine
  • anatomy
  • vertebrate
  96 Scopus citations
• 2012

  Insights into the ecology and evolutionary success of crocodilians revealed through bite-force and tooth-pressure experimentation

  Erickson, G. M., Gignac, P. M., Steppan, S. J., Lappin, A. K., Vliet, K. A., Brueggen, J. D., Inouye, B. D., Kledzik, D. & Webb, G. J. W., 14 Mar 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 3, e31781.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bite Force
  • Crocodylia
  • Ecology
  • teeth
  • ecology
  98 Scopus citations
• 2011

  Erratum: Ontogenetic changes in jaw-muscle architecture facilitate durophagy in the turtle Sternotherus minor (The Journal of Experimental Biology 214 (1655-1667))

  Pfaller, J. B., Gignac, P. M. & Erickson, G. M., Jun 2011, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 214, 11, p. 1971 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

• Ontogenetic changes in jaw-muscle architecture facilitate durophagy in the turtle Sternotherus minor

  Pfaller, J. B., Gignac, P. M. & Erickson, G. M., May 2011, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 214, 10, p. 1655-1667 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sternotherus
  • Bite Force
  • Turtles
  • jaws
  • turtle
  29 Scopus citations
• 2010

  A description of Deinonychus antirrhopus bite marks and estimates of bite force using tooth indentation simulations

  Gignac, P., Makovicky, P. J., Erickson, G. M. & Walsh, R. P., 1 Jul 2010, In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30, 4, p. 1169-1177 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • indentation
  • tooth
  • bone
  • simulation
  • lesion
  21 Scopus citations

• Ontogenetic scaling of cranial morphology and bite-force generation in the loggerhead musk turtle

  Pfaller, J. B., Herrera, N. D., Gignac, P. & Erickson, G. M., 1 Mar 2010, In: Journal of Zoology. 280, 3, p. 280-289 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Caretta caretta
  • allometry
  • cranium
  • turtle
  • turtles
  14 Scopus citations
• 2007

  Neontological evaluation of pelvic skeletal attributes purported to reflect sex in extinct non-avian archosaurs

  Prieto-Marquez, A., Gignac, P. M. & Joshi, S., 12 Sep 2007, In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27, 3, p. 603-609 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • dimorphism
  • canal
  • attribute
  • evaluation
  • shape analysis
  18 Scopus citations

• Oviposition decreased in response to enriched water: A field study of the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii

  Hoekman, D., Terhorst, C., Bauer, A., Braun, S., Gignac, P., Hopkins, R., Joshi, S., Laskis, K., Sanscrainte, N., Travis, J. & Miller, T. E., 1 Feb 2007, In: Ecological Entomology. 32, 1, p. 92-96 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Wyeomyia smithii
  • oviposition
  • field study
  • ant
  • leaves
  5 Scopus citations