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Publications of Manuel S Leal    :chronological  combined  bibtex listing:

Papers Published

  1. Leal M. and B. J. Powell, Behavioural flexibility and problem solving in a tropical lizard, Biology Letters, vol. 8 (2012), pp. 28-30, ISSN doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0480
  2. Leal M. and B. J. Powell, On the flexibility of lizard's cognition: a response to Vasconcelos et al., Biology Letters, vol. 8 (2012), pp. 44-45 [doi]
  3. Gunderson, A. R., J. Siegel, and M. Leal, Test of the contribution of acclimation to geographic variation in water loss rates of the West Indian Anolis cristatellus, Journal of Comparative Physiology B, vol. 181 no. 7 (2011), pp. 965-972
  4. Leal M. and B. J. Powell, On the flexibility of lizard's cognition: a response to Vasconcelos et al., Biology Letters (2011), ISSN doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.1031
  5. Rodríguez-Robles, J.A., T. Jezkova, and M. Leal, Climatic stability and genetic divergence in the tropical insular lizard Anolis krugi, the Puerto RIcan "Lagartijo Jardinaero de la Montaña", Molecular Ecology, vol. 19 no. 9 (2010), pp. 1860-1876
  6. Rodríguez-Schettino, L, J.B. Losos, P.E. Hertz, K.deQueiroz, A.R. Chamizo, M. Leal, and V.R. González, The anoles of Soroa: aspects of their ecological relationships, Breviora no. 520 (2010), pp. 1-22
  7. Fleishman, L.J., M. Leal, and M.H. Persons, Habitat light and dewlap color diversity in four species of Puerto Rican anoline lizards, Journal of Coparative Physiology A, vol. 195 (2009), pp. 1043-1069
  8. Jezkova, T., M. Leal, and J.A. Rodriguez-Robles, Living together but remaining apart: comparative phylogeography of Anolis poncensis and A. cooki, two lizards endemic to the arilands of Puerto Rico, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 96 (2009), pp. 617-634
  9. Leonhardt, S. D., J. Tung, J. B. Camden, M. Leal, and C. M. Drea, Seeing red: behavioral evidence of trichromatic color vision in strepsirrhine primate, Behavioral Ecology, vol. 20 (2009), pp. 1-12
  10. Johnson, M. A., M. Leal, L. Rodríguez-Schettino, A. Chamizo Lara, L. J. Revell, and J. B. Losos, A phylogenetic perspective on foraging mode evolution and habitat use in West Indian Anolis lizards., Animal Behaviour, vol. 75 (2008), pp. 555-563
  11. Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., T, Jezkova and M. Leal, Genetic structuring in the threatened “Lagartijo del Bosque Seco” (Anolis cooki) from Puerto Rico, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 46 (2008), pp. 503-514
  12. Fleishman, L. J., M. Leal and J. Sheehan, Illumination geometry, detector position and objective determination of animal signal colours in natural light, Animal Behaviour, vol. 71 (2006), pp. 463-474
  13. Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., M. Leal and J. B. Losos, Habitat selection by the Puerto Rican Yellow-chinned anole, Anolis gundlachi, Canadian Journal of Zoology, vol. 83 (2005), pp. : 983-988
  14. Fuller, R. C., L. F. Fleishman, M. Leal, J. Travis, and E. R. Loew, Intraspecific variation in retinal cone distribution in bluefin killifish, Lucania goodei, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, vol. 189 (2003), pp. 609-616
  15. Losos, J. B., M. Leal, R. E. Glor, K. deQueiroz, P. E. Hertz, L. Rodríguez-Schettino, A. Chamizo-Lara, T. R. Jackman, and A. Larson, Niche lability in the evolution of a Caribbean lizard community, Nature, vol. 423 (2003), pp. 542-545
  16. Leal, M, and L. J. Fleishman, Evidence for habitat partitioning based on adapation to environmental light in a pair of sympatric lizard species, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, vol. 269 (2002), pp. 351-359
  17. Leal, M, A. K. Knox, and J. B. Losos, Lack of convergence in aquatic Anolis lizards, Evolution, vol. 56 (2002), pp. 785-791
  18. Torres, J., R. Thomas, M. Leal, and T. Gush, Ant and termite predation by the tropical blindsnake Typhlops platycephalus, Insectes Sociaux, vol. 47 (2000), pp. 1-6
  19. Leal, M., and J. B. Losos, Behavior and ecology of the Cuban “Chipojo Bobos” Chamaeleolis barbatus and C. porcus, Journal of Herpetology, vol. 32 (2000), pp. 318-322
  20. M. Leal, Honest signalling during prey-predator interactions in the lizard Anolis cristatellus, Animal Behaviour, vol. 58 (1999), pp. 521-526
  21. Leal, M., J. A. Rodríguez-Robles, and J. B. Losos, An experimental study of interspecific interactions between two Puerto Rican Anolis lizards, Oecologia, vol. 117 (1998), pp. 273-278
  22. Leal, M., and J. A. Rodríguez-Robles, Antipredator responses of the Puerto Rican giant anole, Anolis cuvieri (Sauria: Polychrotidae), Biotropica, vol. 29 (1997), pp. 372-375
  23. Leal, M., and J. A. Rodríguez-Robles, Signalling displays during predator-prey interactions in a Puerto Rican anole, Anolis cristatellus, Animal Behaviour, vol. 54 (1997), pp. 1147-1154
  24. Leal, M., and J. A. Rodríguez-Robles, Antipredator responses of Anolis cristatellus (Sauria: Polychrotidae), Copeia, vol. 95 (1995), pp. 155-161
  25. Leal, M., and R. Thomas, Notes on the feeding behavior and the exhibit of caudal luring by juvenile Alsophis portoricensis (Serpentes: Colubridae), Journal of Herpetology, vol. 28 (1994), pp. 126-128
  26. Thomas, R., and M. Leal, Feeding envenomation by Arrhyton exigumm (Serpentes: Colubridae), Journal of Herpetology, vol. 27 (1993), pp. 107-109
  27. Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., and M. Leal, Effects of prey type on the feeding behavior of Alsophis portoricensis (Serpentes: Colubridae), Journal of Herpetology, vol. 27 (1993), pp. 163-168
  28. Fleishman, L. J., E. R. Loew, and M. Leal, Ultraviolet vision in lizards, Nature, vol. 365 (1993), pp. 397
  29. Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., and M. Leal, ALSOPHIS PORTORICENSIS (Puerto Rican Racer). DIET, Herpetological Review, vol. 24 (1993), pp. 150-151
  30. Leal, M., and R. Thomas, ThomasELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI (Puerto Rican coquí). Prey, Herpetological Review, vol. 23 (1992), pp. 79-80
  31. Leal, M. and L. J. Fleishman, Differences in visual signal design and detectability between allopatric populations of Anolis lizards, American Naturalist, vol. 163 , pp. 26-39

Papers Accepted

  1. Kolbe, J. J., M. Leal, T. W. Schoener, D. A. Spiller, and J. B. Losos, Founder Effects Persist Despite Adaptive Differentiation: A Replicated Field Experiment in a Caribbean Lizard, Science (2012) [doi]
  2. Gunderson, A. R., and M. Leal, Geographic variation in vulnerability to climate warming in a tropical Caribbean lizard, Functional Ecology (2012)

Book Reviews

  1. M. Leal, Anoles are smarter than humans, Journal of Biogeography, vol. 24 (1997), pp. 536-537

Other

  1. Leal, M. and J.B. Losos, Communication and speciation, Nature, vol. 467 (2010), pp. 159-160
  2. Anolis Newsletter V, edited by Losos, J.B., and M. Leal (1999), pp. 125 pp., Washington University: St. Louis, Mo.
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