Julien Clavel

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Julien Clavel is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geometry and Topology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Julien Clavel has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Paleontology, 15 papers in Geometry and Topology and 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Julien Clavel's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers), Morphological variations and asymmetry (15 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (7 papers). Julien Clavel is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers), Morphological variations and asymmetry (15 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (7 papers). Julien Clavel collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Julien Clavel's co-authors include Hélène Morlon, Gilles Escarguel, Gildas Merceron, Jonathan P. Drury, Éric Lewitus, Fabien L. Condamine, Leandro Arístide, Anjali Goswami, Marc Manceau and Anne‐Claire Fabre and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Julien Clavel

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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mvmorph: an r package for fitting multivariate evolutionary models to morphometric data

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Julien Clavel

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Kjetil Lysne Voje Norway

Thomas Guillerme United Kingdom

Ana Ivanović Serbia

Folmer Bokma Sweden

Harold N. Bryant Canada

Carmelo Fruciano Germany

Christopher R. Cooney United Kingdom

Christy A. Hipsley Australia

Jesús Marugán‐Lobón Spain

Arthur Porto United States

Kjetil Lysne Voje Norway

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465 ×0.7

PALEO

596 ×1.2

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503 ×1.5

ECOLO

539 ×1.7

GENET

239 ×0.8

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20 of 20 papers shown

Goswami, Anjali & Julien Clavel. (2025). Morphological evolution in a time of phenomics. Paleobiology. 51(1). 195–213.

Clavel, Julien, Gabriel S. Ferreira, Edward L. Stanley, et al.. (2025). Complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata. Functional Ecology. 39(7). 1732–1747. 1 indexed citations

Drury, Jonathan P., Julien Clavel, Joseph A. Tobias, et al.. (2024). Limited ecological opportunity influences the tempo of morphological evolution in birds. Current Biology. 34(3). 661–669.e4. 4 indexed citations

Heuer, Katja, Nicolas Traut, Alexandra A. de Sousa, et al.. (2023). Diversity and evolution of cerebellar folding in mammals. eLife. 12. 11 indexed citations

Goswami, Anjali, Julien Clavel, Anne‐Claire Fabre, et al.. (2023). Developmental origin underlies evolutionary rate variation across the placental skull. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1880). 20220083–20220083. 7 indexed citations

Betancur‐R, Ricardo, Lily C. Hughes, Mark W. Westneat, et al.. (2022). The impact of paleoclimatic changes on body size evolution in marine fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(29). e2122486119–e2122486119. 25 indexed citations

Goswami, Anjali, Julien Clavel, Anne‐Claire Fabre, et al.. (2022). Attenuated evolution of mammals through the Cenozoic. Science. 378(6618). 377–383. 37 indexed citations

Felice, Ryan N., Julien Clavel, Travis Park, et al.. (2022). The tempo of cetacean cranial evolution. Current Biology. 32(10). 2233–2247.e4. 28 indexed citations

Corfe, Ian J., et al.. (2021). Multiple evolutionary origins and losses of tooth complexity in squamates. Nature Communications. 12(1). 21 indexed citations

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Bardua, Carla, Anne‐Claire Fabre, Julien Clavel, et al.. (2021). Size, microhabitat, and loss of larval feeding drive cranial diversification in frogs. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2503–2503. 36 indexed citations

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Drury, Jonathan P., Julien Clavel, Joseph A. Tobias, et al.. (2021). Tempo and mode of morphological evolution are decoupled from latitude in birds. PLoS Biology. 19(8). e3001270–e3001270. 7 indexed citations

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Clavel, Julien & Hélène Morlon. (2020). Reliable Phylogenetic Regressions for Multivariate Comparative Data: Illustration with the MANOVA and Application to the Effect of Diet on Mandible Morphology in Phyllostomid Bats. Systematic Biology. 69(5). 927–943. 53 indexed citations

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Fabre, Anne‐Claire, Carla Bardua, Julien Clavel, et al.. (2020). Metamorphosis shapes cranial diversity and rate of evolution in salamanders. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(8). 1129–1140. 59 indexed citations

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Garcia, Maxime, Frédéric E. Theunissen, Frédéric Sèbe, et al.. (2020). Evolution of communication signals and information during species radiation. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4970–4970. 30 indexed citations

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Clavel, Julien, et al.. (2020). Wonky whales: the evolution of cranial asymmetry in cetaceans. BMC Biology. 18(1). 86–86. 28 indexed citations

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Clavel, Julien, Leandro Arístide, & Hélène Morlon. (2018). A Penalized Likelihood Framework for High-Dimensional Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and an Application to New-World Monkeys Brain Evolution. Systematic Biology. 68(1). 93–116. 82 indexed citations

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Clavel, Julien & Hélène Morlon. (2017). Accelerated body size evolution during cold climatic periods in the Cenozoic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(16). 4183–4188. 65 indexed citations

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Drury, Jonathan P., Julien Clavel, Marc Manceau, & Hélène Morlon. (2016). Estimating the Effect of Competition on Trait Evolution Using Maximum Likelihood Inference. Systematic Biology. 65(4). 700–710. 72 indexed citations

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Clavel, Julien, et al.. (2012). On Mesopithecus habitat: Insights from late Miocene fossil vertebrate localities of Bulgaria. Journal of Human Evolution. 63(1). 162–179. 19 indexed citations

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Tabuce, Rodolphe, Julien Clavel, & Miguel Telles Antunes. (2010). A structural intermediate between triisodontids and mesonychians (Mammalia, Acreodi) from the earliest Eocene of Portugal. Die Naturwissenschaften. 98(2). 145–155. 12 indexed citations

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