Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
Santana, S.E., E.R. Dumont. (In press). Do roost-excavating bats have stronger skulls? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Dumont, E.R., J.L. Davis, I.R. Grosse and A.M. Burrows. (2010). Finite element analyses of performance in the skulls
of marmosets and tamarins. Journal of Anatomy, 218:151-162. 
Davis, J.L. Santana, S.E. and E.R. Dumont. (2010).
Predicting bite force in mammals: 2D vs. 3D lever models.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 213:1844-1851.
Santana, S.E., E.R. Dumont and J.L. Davis. (2010). Mechanics
of bite force production and its relationship to diet in bats. Functional
Ecology, 24:776–784.
Dumont, E.R. (2010). Bone density and the lightweight skeletons
of birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277:2193-2198.
Smith, T.D., A.M. Burrows and E.R. Dumont. (2010).
Microanatomical assessment of nasomaxillary suture patency. Anatomical Record -
Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 293:651–657.
Dechmann, D.K.N., S.E. Santana and E.R. Dumont. (2009). Evolution of roost making in bats: adaptations for
excavating active termite nests. Journal of Mammalogy, 90:1461-1468.
Santana,
S. E. and E.R. Dumont. (2009) Connecting behaviour and performance: The
evolution of biting behaviour and bite performance in bats. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22:2131-2145.
Dumont,
E.R., A. Herrel, R.A. Medellín, J.A. Vargas-Contreras and S.E. Santana
(2009). Built to bite: Cranial design and function in the wrinkle-faced
bat. Journal of Zoology, 279:329-337.
Slater, G., E.R. Dumont and B. van Valkenburgh (2009). Implications of predatory specialization for skull
form and function in canids. Journal of Zoology, 278:181-188.
Reinholt, L.E., A.M. Burrows, T.P. Eiting, E.R. Dumont and
T.D. Smith. (2009) Brief Communication: Histology and micro CT as
methods for assessment of facial suture patency. American
Journal of Physical Anthropology, 138(4):499-506.
Dumont, E.R. I.R. Grosse and G. Slater. (2009). Requirements
for comparing the performance of finite element models of biological
structures. Journal of Theoretical Biology.
256:96–103.
Tanner J.B., E.R. Dumont, S.T. Sakai, B.L. Lundrigan, and K.E.
Holekamp. (2008). Of arcs and vaults: The biomechanics of bone-cracking
in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). Biological
Journal of the Linnean Society, 95(2):246-255.
Carmody K.L., M.P. Mooney, G.M. Cooper, C.J. Bonar, M.I.
Siegel, E.R. Dumont, and T.D. Smith. (2008) Relationship of
premaxillary bone and its sutures to deciduous dentition in non human
primates. Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal,
45(1):93–100.
Dumont, E.R. (2007) Feeding mechanisms in bats: Variation
within the constraints of flight. Integrative and
Comparative Biology, 47:137-146.
Werle, S.F., N.A. Johnson, E.R. Dumont and P. Parasiewicz.
(2007) Ecological dissimilarity analysis: A simple method of
demonstrating community-habitat correlations for frequency data. Northeastern
Naturalist, 14(3):439–446.
Grosse, I.R., E.R. Dumont, A. Tolleson and C.E. Coletta.
(2007) Techniques for modeling muscle-induced forces in finite element
models of skeletal structures. Anatomical Record - Advances
in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology,
290(9):1069-1088.
Dumont, E.R. and C.W. Nicolay. 2006. Cross-sectional geometry
of the dentary in plant-visiting bats. Zoology,
109:66-74.
Dumont, E.R., J. Piccirillo, and I.R. Grosse. 2005. Finite
element analysis of biting behavior and bone stress in the facial
skeletons of bats. Anatomical Record - Advances in
Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 293:319-330.
Dumont, E.R., G. W. Weiblen, and J. Winkelmann. 2004.
Preferences of fig wasps and fruit bats for figs of functionally
dioecious Ficus pungens. Journal of
Tropical Ecology, 20:233-238.
Dumont, E.R. and R. O’Neil. 2004. Fruit hardness, feeding
behavior, and resource partitioning in Old World fruit bats (Family
Pteropodidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 85:8-14.
Vandoros, J. D. and E.R. Dumont. 2004. Use of the wings in
manipulative and suspensory behaviors during feeding by frugivorous
bats. Journal of Experimental Zoology,
301:361-366.
Dumont, E.R. 2004. Patterns of diversity in cranial shape
among plant-visiting bats. Acta Chiropterologica,
6:59-74.
Dumont, E.R. and A. Herrel. 2003. The effects of gape angle
and bite point on bite force in bats. Journal of
Experimental Biology, 206:2117-2123.
Bonaccorso, F. J., J. R. Winkelmann, E.R. Dumont, and K.
Thibault. 2002. Home range of Dobsonia minor
(Pteropodidae): A solitary, foliage-roosting fruit bat in Papua New
Guinea. Biotropica, 34: 138-146.
Dumont, E.R., S.G. Strait, and A. R. Friscia. 2000. Abderitid
marsupials from the Miocene of Patagonia: An assessment of form,
function, and evolution. Journal of Paleontology,
74(6): 1161-1172.
Nicolay CW. and E.R. Dumont. 2000. An experimental analysis of
feeding behavior in a nectarivorous bat, Syconycteris
australis. Mammalia, 64: 155-161.
Dumont, E.R. 1999. The effect of food hardness on feeding
behavior in frugivorous bats (Family Phyllostomidae): An experimental
study. Journal of Zoology, 248: 219-229.
Dumont, E.R., K.R. Etzel, and J.D. Hempel. 1999. Bat salivary
proteins segregate according to diet. Mammalia,
62: 159-166.
Wood, C.B., E.R. Dumont, and A.W. Crompton. 1999. New studies
of enamel microstructure in Mesozoic mammals: a review of enamel prisms
as a synapomorphy of Mammalia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution,
6: 177-214.
Maas, M.C. and E.R. Dumont. 1999. Built to last - A
microscopic view of the morphology and evolution of primate dental
enamel. Evolutionary Anthropology, 8: 133-152.
Dumont, E.R. 1997. Cranial shape in fruit, nectar and exudate feeders:
Implications for interpreting the fossil record. American
Journal of Physical Anthropology, 102: 187-202.
Dumont, E.R. 1997. Salivary pH and buffering capacity in
frugivorous and insectivorous bats. Journal of Mammalogy,
78:1210-1219.
Dumont, E.R. 1996. Enamel prism morphology in molar teeth of
small eutherian mammals. Scanning Microscopy, 10:
349-370.
Dumont, E.R. 1996. Variation in quantitative parameters of
enamel microstructure as assessed using confocal microscopy. Archives
of Oral Biology, 41: 1053-1063.
Dumont, E.R. 1995. The effects of sectioning angle on
measurements of enamel prisms: Implications for comparative studies. Archives
of Oral Biology, 40: 959-966.
Dumont, E.R. 1995. Mammalian enamel prism patterns and enamel
deposition rates. Scanning Microscopy, 9: 429-442.
Dumont, E.R. 1995. Correlations between enamel thickness and
dietary adaptation among extant primates and chiropterans. Journal
of Mammalogy, 76: 1127-1136.
Dumont, E.R. 1986. Mid-facial tissue depths of white children:
An aid in facial feature reconstruction. Journal of Forensic
Science, 31: 1463-1469.
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
Dumont, E.R. and S. Swartz. (In press) Biomechanical approaches and ecological research. In Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats, T.H. Kunz and G. Jones (eds). [This chapter was a Solicited Review.]
Dumont, E.R. 2006. The correlated evolution of cranial morphology and feeding behavior in new world fruit bats. Pp. 160-177 In: Functional and Ecological Morphology of Bats. T.H. Kunz, G. McCraken, and Z. Akbar (eds). Oxford University Press, New York.
Dumont, E.R. 2003. Bats and fruit: An ecomorphological approach. Pp. 398-429 In:Ecology of Bats. T.H. Kunz and B. Fenton (eds). University of Chicago Press, Chicago. [This chapter was a Solicited Review.]
Dumont, E.R. 2000. Cranial morphology and diet in gliding marsupials and flying lemurs. Pp. 249-272 In: Biology of Gliding Mammals. R.L. Goldingay and J.S. Scheibe (eds). Filander Press, Fürth.
Dumont, E.R. and T.M. Bown. 1997. New caenolestoid marsupials from Miocene deposits of Colombia. Pp. 207-212 In: Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics: The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia. R.F. Kay, R.H. Madden, R.L. Cifelli and J.J. Flynn (eds). Smithsonian Institution Press.
