Publications

Publications

Peer-Reviewed jOURNAL articles:

Ravosa MJ, CF Ross, DB Costley, SH Williams, SW Herring, ZiJ Liu, KL Rafferty, WL Hylander. In review. Allometry of masticatory loading patterns in mammals. Anatomical Record.

Williams SH, JV Sidote, KK Stover. In press. Occlusal development and masseter activity in alpacas (Lama pacos). Anatomical Record.

Williams SH, E Peiffer E, S Ford S. In press. Gape and bite force in the rodents Onychomys leucogaster and Peromyscus maniculatus: does jaw-muscle anatomy predict performance? Journal of Morphology.

Williams S, CJ Vinyard, CE Wall, WL Hylander. 2009. Mandibular corpus bone strain in goats and alpacas: Implications for understanding the biomechanics of mandibular form in selenodont artiodactyls. Journal of Anatomy, 214: 65-78.

Williams S, CJ Vinyard, K Glander, M Deffenbaugh, M Teaford, C Thompson. 2008. Telemetry system for assessing jaw-muscle function in free-ranging primates. International Journal of Primatology 29:1441-1453.

Vinyard CJ, CE Wall, SH Williams, WL Hylander. 2008. Patterns of variation in jaw-muscle electromyography during mastication across primates. Integrative and Comparative Biology 48:294-311.

Ross CF, A Eckhardt, A Herrel, WL Hylander, KA Metzger, V Schaerlaeken, RL Washington, and SH Williams. 2007b. Modulation of intra-oral processing in mammals and lepidosaurs. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47:118-136.

Ross, CF, R Dharia, SW Herring, WL Hylander, ZJ Liu, KL Rafferty, MJ Ravosa, SH Williams. 2007. Modulation of mandibular loading and bite force in mammals during mastication. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 1046-1063.

Williams, SH, CJ Vinyard, CE Wall, and WL Hylander. 2007. Masticatory motor patterns in ungulates: a quantitative assessment of jaw-muscle coordination in goats, alpacas and horses. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology 307A: 226-240.

Vinyard, CJ, CE Wall, SH Williams, KR Johnson, WL Hylander. 2006. Masseter electromyography during chewing in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 130: 85-95.

Wall, CE, Vinyard, CJ, Johnson, KR, SH Williams, and WL Hylander. 2006. Phase II Occlusion in Relation to Jaw Movement and Masseter Muscle Recruitment during Chewing in Papio anubis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 129: 215-224.

Williams, SH, BW Wright, VD Truong, CR Daubert, CJ Vinyard. 2005. The mechanical properties of foods used in experimental studies of primate masticatory function. American Journal of Primatology 67:329-346.

Vinyard, CJ, SH Williams, CE Wall, KR Johnson and WL Hylander. 2005. Jaw-muscle electromyography during chewing in Belanger's Treeshrews (Tupaia belangeri). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 127:26-45.

Hylander, WL, CE Wall, CJ Vinyard, C. Ross, MJ Ravosa, SH Williams and KR Johnson. 2005. Temporalis function in anthropoids and strepsirrhines: an EMG study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 128:35-56.

Vinyard, CJ, CE Wall, SH Williams and WL Hylander. 2003. A comparative functional analysis of skull morphology of tree-gouging primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 120:153-170.

Williams, SH, CE Wall, CJ Vinyard and WL Hylander. 2002. A biomechanical analysis of skull form in gum-harvesting galagids. Folia Primatologica 73:197-209.

Williams, SH and RF Kay. 2001. A comparative test of adaptive explanations for hypsodonty in ungulates and rodents. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 8:207-229.

PEER REVIEWED Book Chapters

Vinyard C.J., Wall C.E., Williams S.H., Mork A.L., Garner B.A., Melo L.C.O., Valença-Montenegro M.M., Valle Y.B.M., Monteiro da Cruz M.A., Lucas P.W., Schmitt D., Taylor A.B. and W.L. Hylander. In press. The evolutionary morphology of tree gouging in marmosets. In Davis L.C., Ford S.M. and L.M. Porter (eds.) The Smallest Anthropoids: The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation. Springer: New York.

Wall C.E., Vinyard C.J. Williams S.H., Johnson, K.R. and W.L. Hylander. 2008. Specialization of the superficial anterior temporalis for mastication of hard foods in baboons. In Vinyard C.J., Ravosa M.J. and C.E. Wall (eds.) Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology. Springer: New York, p. 113-124

Williams, SH, CE Wall, CJ Vinyard, and WL Hylander. 2008. Symphyseal fusion in selenodont artiodactyls: new insights from in vivo and comparative data. In Vinyard C.J., Ravosa M.J. and C.E. Wall (eds.) Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology. Springer: New York, p. 39-61.

Vinyard, CJ, M. J. Ravosa, SH Williams, CE Wall, and KR Johnson. 2007. Jaw-muscle function and the origins of primates. In Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution. M. J. Ravosa and M. Dagosto (eds.). New York: Springer. pp. 179-231.

Vinyard, CJ, CE Wall, SH Williams, D. Schmitt and WL Hylander. 2001. A preliminary report on the jaw mechanics during tree gouging in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). In Dental Morphology. A. Brooks (ed.). Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press Ltd. Pp. 283-297.

CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS

Peiffer E, S Ford and SH Williams. 2009. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Abstract Volume

Stover K and SH Williams. 2009. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Abstract Volume

Williams SH and JV Sidote. 2008. Ontogeny of rhythmic chewing and masseter activity in a selenodont artiodactyl. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Abstract Volume.

Williams, SH, CJ Vinyard, K. E. Glander, M. Deffenbaugh, M. F. Teaford, C. L. Thompson. 2007. A Preliminary Report on a New System for Recording Jaw-muscle Electromyograms From Free-ranging Primates. Journal of Morphology 268:1150.

Williams, SH, CJ Vinyard, K. E. Glander, M. F. Teaford, M. Deffenbaugh, C. L. Thompson. 2007. A telemetry system for studying jaw-muscle activity in free-ranging primates: pilot data from howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) at La Pacifica, Costa Rica. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 44:250.

Williams, SH, CJ Vinyard, K. E. Glander, M. F. Teaford, M. Deffenbaugh and C. L. Thompson. 2007. EMG telemetry in free-ranging primates: pilot data from howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) at La Pacifica, Costa Rica. American Journal of Primatology 69(S1):121-122.

Ross, C. F., A. Eckhardt, A. Herrel, K. A. Metzger, V. Schaerlaecken, R. Washington, SH Williams. 2007. The evolution of modulation of amniote chewing. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Abstract Volume.

Ross, C. F., S. W. Herring, Z-L., Liu, K. L. Rafferty, WL Hylander, M. J. Ravosa, SH Williams. 2006. How do mammals chew more forcefully? Journal of Dental Research Special Issue B. Annual Meeting of the International Association of Dental Research, Satellite Symposium on Mastication, Brisbane, Australia. June 26-27, 2006.

Vinyard, CJ, CE Wall, SH Williams, KR Johnson and WL Hylander. 2006. Are jaw-muscle activity patterns correlated with masticatory apparatus morphology among primate species? Integrative and Comparative Biology Abstract Volume

Wall, C.E., Briggs, M., Schachat, F., Vinyard, C.J., Williams, S. and W.L. Hylander (2006) Anatomical and functional specializations of the anterior temporalis muscle of baboons as revealed by fiber type, fiber architecture, and EMG. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology. Canterbury, UK. April 3-7.

Williams, SH, CJ Vinyard ,CE Wall and WL Hylander. 2006. Experimental observations on symphyseal fusion in selenodont artiodactyls. Integrative and Comparative Biology Abstract Volume.

Williams, SH, CE Wall, CJ Vinyard and WL Hylander. 2005. In vivo data provide insights into alternative explanations of symphyseal fusion in mammals: the case of the selenodont artiodactyls. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 40:224.

Williams, SH and WL Hylander. 2004. Mandibular form and masticatory bone strain in alpacas. Journal of Morphology 260: 340

Williams, SH, CJ Vinyard, CE Wall and WL Hylander. 2004. Masticatory strains in the mandibular corpora of selenodont artiodactyls. Integrative and Comparative Biology Abstract Volume: 282

Hylander, WL, CJ Vinyard, CE Wall, SH Williams and KR Johnson. 2003. Convergence of the "wishboning" jaw-muscle activity pattern in anthropoids and strepsirrhines: the recruitment and firing of jaw muscles in Propithecus verreauxi. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 36:120.

Williams, SH, CJ Vinyard, CE Wall and WL Hylander. 2003. Strain in the mandibular symphysis of alpacas and the evolution of symphyseal fusion in camelids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement 23:110A.

Williams, SH, CJ Vinyard, CE Wall and WL Hylander. 2003. Symphyseal fusion in ungulates and anthropoids: a case of functional convergence? American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 36:226.

Williams, SH, CE Wall, CJ Vinyard and WL Hylander. 2003. Jaw-muscle motor patterns in ungulates: Is there a transverse pattern? Integrative and Comparative Biology Abstract Volume 42:1336.

Hylander, WL, CJ Vinyard, CE Wall, SH Williams and KR Johnson. 2002. Recruitment and firing patterns of jaw muscles during mastication in ring-tailed lemurs. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 34:88.

Hylander, WL, SH Williams and J. S. Brink. 2001. Craniofacial morphology and biomechanics of Megalotragus: A Late Pleistocene Southern African super-grazer. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement 21:64A-65A.

Vinyard, CJ, SH Williams, CE Wall, KR Johnson and WL Hylander. 2001. Deep masseter recruitment patterns during chewing in callitrichids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 32:156.

Wall, CE, CJ Vinyard, SH Williams and WL Hylander. 2001. Cranial morphology predicts relatively low forces and relatively large gapes during gouging in primate gumnivores. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 32:158.

Williams, SH, CJ Vinyard and CE Wall. 2000. The mechanics of gouging in Callithrix jacchus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 30:322.

Williams, SH and R. F. Kay. 1999. A comparative test of competing adaptive explanations for hypsodonty in ungulates and rodents. Proceedings of the Congreso Internacional sobre la Evolución Neotropical del Cenozoico, La Paz, Bolivia. p. 46.

Williams, SH and CE Wall. 1999. Morphological correlates of gummivory in the skull of prosimian primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 28:278.