Manuel S Leal, Assistant Professor

Contact Info:

Office Location:	211 Biological Sciences Building
Office Phone:	(919) 613-8220
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2012):

• BIOLOGY 224L.001, HERPETOLOGY Synopsis

  Bio Sci 154, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• BIOLOGY 224L.01L, HERPETOLOGY Synopsis

  Bio Sci 054, F 01:15 PM-04:15 PM

Education:

PhD Biology	Washington University, St. Louis	2000
MS Biology	University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico	1994
BS Biology	University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico	1990

Specialties:

Organismal Biology and Behavior
Ecology and Population Biology
Evolution

Research Interests: Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards, Animal Communication

Current Ph.D. Students  

• Elizabeth Knowlton  
• David Steinberg  
• Alex Gunderson  
• Brian J. Powell  

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. 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
2. Leal, M. and L. J. Fleishman, Differences in visual signal design and detectability between allopatric populations of Anolis lizards, American Naturalist, vol. 163 (2004), pp. 26-39
3. 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
4. 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
5. M. Leal, Honest signalling during prey-predator interactions in the lizard Anolis cristatellus, Animal Behaviour, vol. 58 (1999), pp. 521-526