Rita S. Mehta, Ph.D.
Affiliations: | 2005-2010 | Evolution & Ecology | University of California, Davis, Davis, CA |
2010- | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States |
Area:
Comparative functional and evolutionary morphology, biomechanics, animal physiology, behavioral ecologyWebsite:
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"Rita Mehta"Parents
Sign in to add mentorGordon Burghardt | grad student | 2005 | University of Tennessee (Evolution Tree) | |
(Ph.D.: Constriction behavior, a key innovation in snake evolution: The integration of ethology and physiology) | ||||
Peter C. Wainwright | post-doc | 2005-2010 | UC Davis |
Children
Sign in to add traineeCrystal M Reynaga | research assistant | 2010-2012 | UC Santa Cruz |
Jacob S. Harrison | research assistant | 2013-2016 | UC Santa Cruz |
Ben Higgins | grad student | UC Santa Cruz | |
Sarah Kienle | grad student | 2013- | UC Santa Cruz |
Chris J. Law | grad student | 2013- | UC Santa Cruz |
Vikram B. Baliga | grad student | 2010-2016 | UC Santa Cruz |
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Valenzuela-Toro AM, Costa DP, Mehta R, et al. (2023) Unexpected decadal density-dependent shifts in California sea lion size, morphology, and foraging niche. Current Biology : Cb |
Valenzuela-Toro AM, Mehta R, Pyenson ND, et al. (2023) Feeding morphology and body size shape resource partitioning in an eared seal community. Biology Letters. 19: 20220534 |
Kienle SS, Friedlaender AS, Crocker DE, et al. (2022) Trade-offs between foraging reward and mortality risk drive sex-specific foraging strategies in sexually dimorphic northern elephant seals. Royal Society Open Science. 9: 210522 |
Kienle SS, Powers J, Kendall T, et al. (2020) Context matters: Hawaiian monk seals switch between feeding strategies depending on ecological context. Integrative and Comparative Biology |
Mehta RS, Dale KE, Higgins BA. (2020) Marine Protection Induces Morphological Variation in the California Moray, Gymnothorax mordax. Integrative and Comparative Biology |
Redmann ER, Sheikh A, Alqahtani A, et al. (2020) Terrestrial locomotion in American eels (Anguilla rostrata): How substrate and incline affect movement patterns. Integrative and Comparative Biology |
Tank A, Peterson HM, Pera V, et al. (2020) Diffuse optical spectroscopic imaging reveals distinct early breast tumor hemodynamic responses to metronomic and maximum tolerated dose regimens. Breast Cancer Research : Bcr. 22: 29 |
Gartner SM, Mehta RS. (2020) Effects of Diet and Intraspecific Scaling on the Viscera of Muraenid Fishes. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 139: 125752 |
Mehta RS, Akesson K, Redmann E, et al. (2020) Terrestrial locomotion in elongate fishes: exploring the roles of morphology and substrate in facilitating locomotion Journal of Zoology |
Law CJ, Mehta RS. (2019) Dry versus wet and gross: Comparisons between the dry skull method and gross dissection in estimations of jaw muscle cross-sectional area and bite forces in sea otters. Journal of Morphology |