Publications

(Undergraduate student co-authors are underlined, and graduate student co-authors are in bold.)

Steinberg, D. S., and M. Leal. 2016. Visual motion detection and habitat preference in Anolis lizards. Journal of Comparative Physiology A (in press) PDF

Gunderson, A. R., and M. Leal. 2016. A conceptual framework for understanding thermal constraints on ectotherm activity with implications for predicting responses to global change. Ecology Letters 19:111–120. (cover story) PDF

Leal, M., and J. B. Losos. 2015. A naturalist’s insight into the evolution of signal redundancy. American Naturalist 186:ii–iv. PDF

Fleishman, L. J., B. Ogas, D. S. Steinberg, and M. Leal. 2015. Why do Anolis dewlaps glow? An analysis of a translucent visual signal. Functional Ecology 30:345–355. (selected for video highlight at Functional Ecology) PDF Supplement_Methods

Gunderson, A. R., and M. Leal. 2015. Patterns of thermal constraint on ectotherm activity. American Naturalist 185:653–664. PDF

Powell, B. J., and M. Leal. 2014. Brain organization and habitat complexity in Anolis lizards. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 84:8–18. (selected as the Editor’s choicefree access) PDF

Steinberg, D. S., J. B. Losos, T. W. Schoener, D. A. Spiller, J. J. Kolbe, and M. Leal. 2014. Predation-associated modulation of movement-based signals by a Bahamian lizard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111:9187–9192. (selected for editorial commentary) PDF Supplement_Material

Jezkova, T., M. Leal, and J. A. Rodríguez-Robles. 2013. Genetic drift or natural selection? Hybridization and asymmetric mitochondrial introgression in two Caribbean lizards (Anolis pulchellus and A. krugi). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26:1458–1471. PDF

Steinberg, D. S., and M. Leal. 2013. Sensory system properties predict signal modulation in a tropical lizard. Animal Behaviour 85:623–629. PDF Supplement_Material

Leal, M., and A. R. Gunderson. 2012. Rapid change in thermal tolerance of a tropical lizard. American Naturalist 180:815–822. (recommended by the Faculty of 1000PDF

Powell, B. J., and M. Leal. 2012. Brain evolution across the Puerto Rican anole radiation. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 80:170–180. PDF Erratum

Gunderson, A. R., and M. Leal. 2012. Geographic variation in vulnerability to climate warming in a tropical Caribbean lizard. Functional Ecology 26:783–793. (selected for video highlight at Functional Ecology) PDF Supplement_Material

Kolbe, J. J., M. Leal, T. W. Schoener, D. A. Spiller, and J. B. Losos. 2012. Founder effects persist despite adaptive differentiation: A replicated field experiment in lizards. Science 335:1086–1089. (cover story) PDF Supplement_Material

Leal, M., and B. J. Powell. 2012. On the flexibility of lizard’s cognition: a response to Vasconcelos et al. Biology Letters 8:44–45. PDF

Leal, M., and B. J. Powell. 2012. Behavioural flexibility and problem solving in a tropical lizard. Biology Letters 8:28–30. (paper highlighted as news of the week in behavior by Science and Nature) PDF

Gunderson, A. R., J. Siegel, and M. Leal. 2011. Tests of the contribution of acclimation to geographic variation in water loss rates of the West Indian lizard Anolis cristatellus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 181:965–972. PDF

Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., T. Jezkova, and M. Leal. 2010. Climatic stability and genetic divergence in the tropical insular lizard Anolis krugi, the Puerto Rican “Lagartijo Jardinero de la Montaña.” Molecular Ecology 19:1860–1876. PDF Supplemental_Material

Rodríguez Schettino, L., J. B. Losos, P. E. Hertz, K. de Queiroz, A. R. Chamizo, M. Leal, and V. Rivalta González. 2010. The anoles of Soroa: Aspects of their ecological relationships. Breviora 520:1–22. PDF Supplement

Fleishman, L. J., M. Leal, and M. H. Persons. 2009. Habitat light and dewlap color diversity in four species of Puerto Rican anoline lizards. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 195:1043–1060. PDF

Leonhardt, S. D., J. Tung, J. B. Camden, M. Leal, and C. M. Drea. 2009. Seeing red: behavioral evidence of trichromatic color vision in strepsirrhine primates. Behavioral Ecology 20:1–12. PDF

Jezkova, T., M. Leal, and J. A. Rodríguez-Robles. 2009. Living together but remaining apart: comparative phylogeography of Anolis poncesis and A. cooki, two lizards endemic to the aridlands of Puerto Rico. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96:617–643. PDF

Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., T. Jezkova, and M. Leal. 2008. Genetic structuring in the threatened “Lagartijo del Bosque Seco” (Anolis cooki) from Puerto Rico. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:503–514. PDF

Johnson, M. A., M. Leal, L. Rodríguez Schettino, A. Chamizo-Lara, L. J. Revell, and J. B. Losos. 2008. A phylogenetic perspective on foraging mode evolution and habitat use in West Indian Anolis lizards. Animal Behaviour 75:555–563. PDF

Fleishman, L. J., M. Leal, and J. Sheehan. 2006. Illumination geometry, detector position and objective determination of animal signal colours in natural light. Animal Behaviour 71: 463–474. PDF

Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., M. Leal, and J. B. Losos. 2005. Habitat selection by the Puerto Rican Yellow-chinned anole, Anolis gundlachi. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83:983–988. PDF

Leal, M., and L. J. Fleishman. 2004. Differences in visual signal design and detectability between allopatric populations of Anolis lizards. American Naturalist 163:26–39. PDF

Losos, J. B., M. Leal, R. E. Glor, K. de Queiroz, P. E. Hertz, L. Rodríguez Schettino, A. Chamizo-Lara, T. R. Jackman, and A. Larson. 2003. Niche lability in the evolution of a Caribbean lizard community. Nature 423:542–545. PDF

Fuller, R. C., L. J. Fleishman, M. Leal, J. Travis, and E. R. Loew. 2003. Intraspecific variation in retinal cone distribution in bluefin killifish, Lucania goodei. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 189:609–616. PDF

Leal, M., A. K. Knox, and J. B. Losos. 2002. Lack of convergence in aquatic Anolis lizards. Evolution 56:785–791. PDF

Leal, M., and L. J. Fleishman. 2002. Evidence for habitat partitioning based on adaptation to environmental light in a pair of sympatric lizard species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 269:351–359. (paper highlighted by Proceedings of Royal Society and Behavioral Ecology) PDF

Leal, M., and J. B. Losos. 2000. Behavior and ecology of the Cuban “Chipojos Bobos” Chamaeleolis barbatus and C. porcus. Journal of Herpetology 32:318–322. PDF

Torres, J., R. Thomas, M. Leal, and T. Gush. 2000. Ant and termite predation by the tropical blindsnake Typhlops platycephalus. Insectes Sociaux 47:1–6. PDF

Leal, M. 1999. Honest signalling during prey-predator interactions in the lizard Anolis cristatellus. Animal Behaviour 58:521–526. PDF

Leal, M., J. A. Rodríguez-Robles, and J. B. Losos. 1998. An experimental study of interspecific interactions between two Puerto Rican Anolis lizards. Oecologia 117:273–278. PDF

Leal, M., and J. A. Rodríguez-Robles. 1997. Signalling displays during predator-prey interactions in a Puerto Rican anole, Anolis cristatellus. Animal Behaviour 54:1147–1154. PDF

Leal, M., and J. A. Rodríguez-Robles. 1997. Antipredator responses of the Puerto Rican giant anole, Anolis cuvieri (Sauria: Polychrotidae). Biotropica 29:372–375. PDF

Leal, M., and J. A. Rodríguez-Robles. 1995. Antipredator responses of Anolis cristatellus (Sauria: Polychrotidae). Copeia 95:155–161.

Leal, M., and R. Thomas. 1994. Notes on the feeding behavior and the exhibit of caudal luring by juvenile Alsophis portoricensis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 28: 126–128. PDF

Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., and M. Leal. 1993. ALSOPHIS PORTORICENSIS (Puerto Rican Racer). DIET. Herpetological Review 24:150–151.

Fleishman, L. J., E. R. Loew, and M. Leal. 1993. Ultraviolet vision in lizards. Nature 365: 397. (cover story) PDF

Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., and M. Leal. 1993. Effects of prey type on the feeding behavior of Alsophis portoricensis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 27:163–168. PDF

Thomas, R., and M. Leal. 1993. Feeding envenomation by Arrhyton exigumm (Serpentes: Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 27:107–109. PDF

Leal, M., and R. Thomas. 1992. ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI (Puerto Rican coquí). PREY. Herpetological Review 23:79–80.

Invited commentary:

Losos, J. B. and M. Leal. 2013. The Evolution of Species Recognition Signals. Molecular Ecology 22:3879–3881. PDF

Leal, M. and J. B. Losos. 2010. Evolutionary Biology Communication and Speciation. Nature 467:159–160. PDF

Book Review:

1. Leal, M. 1997. Anoles are smarter than humans. Journal of Biogeography 24:536–537. PDF