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Manuel LealManuel Leal
Assistant Professor

  • 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
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    211 Biological Sciences

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

    Representative Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

    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 IN PRESS (Accepted, 2007) .
    2. 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 .
    3. 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 .
    4. 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 .
    5. 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 .