Manuel S Leal, Assistant Professor  

Manuel S Leal

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

Office Location: BioSci: 211
Office Phone: (919) 613-8220
Email Address: mleal@duke.edu
Web Page: leallab

Specialties:
Organismal Biology and Behavior
Ecology and Population Biology
Evolution

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

Research Description:

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, vol. 75 (2008), pp. 555-563 .
  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 .
  6. M. Leal, Honest signalling during prey-predator interactions in the lizard Anolis cristatellus, Animal Behaviour, vol. 58 (1999), pp. 521-526 .

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