PUBLICATIONS

2026

Maune AL, Caspers BA, Damas-Moreira I. The impact of urbanisation on social behaviour: a comprehensive review. Biological Reviews, 101(2), 1003-1035. DOI:10.1002/brv.70113

Rimbach R, Maraci Ö, Maune AL, Damas-Moreira I. Urbanization, metabolic rate, and body size variation of a common urban lizard. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology. DOI:10.1086/742607

2025

Maune AL, Wittenbreder T, Lisičić D, Caspers BA, Camerlenghi E, Damas-Moreira I. City lizards are more social. Biology Letters, 21(9). DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2025.0326

Chen RS, Rizvi T, Berthelsen AL, Paijmans AJ, Maune AL, Caspers BA, Sepers B, Damas‐Moreira I, Schnülle I, Könker J, Hoffman JI, Lima J, Tebbe T, Gladow KP, Vries L, Gilles M, Schubert N, Chakarov N, Korsten P, Botsidou P, Kraus S, Salazar SM, Stöhr S, Jockusch W, Maraci Ö. How can we make scientific events more inclusive? Insights from Q&A sessions and surveys from an international conference. Ecology and Evolution, 15(7), e71588. DOI:10.1002/ece3.71588

Camerlenghi E, Gálvez D, Ketola C, Piga A, Holmes N, Mena JL, Tobler MW, Rayan F, Damas-Moreira I. Beyond predator and prey: First evidence of an association between ocelot and opossum individuals. Ecosphere, 16(6), e70322. DOI:10.1002/ecs2.70322

Damas-Moreira I, Bégué L, Ringler E, Szabo B. Tokay geckos adjust their behaviour based on handler familiarity but according to context. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 11364. DOI:10.1038/s41598-025-95936-5

2024

Damas-Moreira I, Szabo B, Drosopoulos G, Stober C, Lisičić D, Caspers BA. Smarter in the city? Lizards from urban and semi-natural habitats do not differ in a cognitive task in two syntopic species. Current Zoology, zoae010. DOI:10.1093/cz/zoae010

2023

Vasconcelos DS, Harris DJ, Damas-Moreira I, Pereira A, Xavier R. Factors shaping the gut microbiome of five species of lizards from different habitats. PeerJ, 11, e15146. DOI:10.7717/peerj.15146

Ferreira AI, Damas-Moreira I, Marshall KLA, Perera A, Harris DJ. What influences the prevalence and intensity of haemoparasites and ectoparasites in an insular lizard? Animals, 13(4), 723. DOI:10.3390/ani13040723

2022

Invited review: Szabo B, Valencia-Aguilar A, Damas-Moreira I, Ringler E. Wild cognition – linking form and function of cognitive abilities within a natural context. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 44 (101115). DOI:10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101115

Harris DJ, Damas-Moreira I, Velo-Antón G, Cordero-Rivera A, Perera A. Blood parasite diversity (Apicomplexa: Haemogregarinidae) within the western populations of the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis. Systematic Parasitology. DOI:10.1007/s11230-022-10033-9

Damas-Moreira I, Maia JPM, Tomé B, Salvi D, Perera A, Harris DJ. Blood parasites in sympatric lizards: what is their impact on hosts’ immune system? Amphibia-Reptilia, 43 (1), 37-49. DOI:10.1163/15685381-bja10078

2021

Tomé B, Harris DJ, Perera A, Damas-Moreira I. Invasive lizard has fewer parasites than native congener. Parasitology Research, 120 (8), 2953-2957. DOI:10.1007/s00436-021-07233-5

Damas-Moreira I. Playing dead: lizards show tonic immobility without human handling. Behaviour, 158 (8-9), 809-817. DOI:10.1163/1568539X-bja10089

2020

Damas-Moreira I, Riley JL, Carretero MA, Harris DJ, Whiting MJ. Getting ahead: exploitative competition by an invasive lizard. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, 117. DOI:10.1007/s00265-020-02893-2

Invited review: Szabo B, Damas-Moreira I, Whiting MJ. Can cognitive ability give invasive species the means to succeed? A review of the evidence. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 1-13. DOI:10.3389/fevo.2020.00187

2019

Damas-Moreira I, Riley JL, Harris DJ, Whiting MJ. Can behaviour explain invasion success? A comparison between sympatric invasive and native lizards. Animal Behaviour, 151, 195-202. DOI:10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.03.008

2018

Damas-Moreira I, Oliveira D, Santos JL, Riley JL, Harris DJ, Whiting MJ. Learning from others: an invasive lizard uses social information from both conspecifics and heterospecifics. Biology Letters, 14 (10), 20180532. DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0532

2016

Rosado D, Harris DJ, Perera A, Jorge F, Tomé B, Damas-Moreira I, Tavares I, Estrela H, de Sousa A, Pereira A, Mantovani M, Salvi D. Moroccan herpetofauna distribution updates including a DNA barcoding approach. Herpetozoa, 28 (3/4).

2015

Marshall KLA, Philpot KE, Damas-Moreira I, Stevens M. Intraspecific colour variation among lizards in distinct island environments enhances local camouflage. PloS One, 10 (9), e0135241. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0135241

2014

Harris DJ, Damas-Moreira I, Maia JPMC, Perera A. First report of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) in Caecilians, with description of a new species. Journal of Parasitology, 100 (1), 117-120.

Damas-Moreira I, Harris DJ, Rosado D, Tavares I, Maia JP, Salvi D, Perera A. Consequences of haemogregarine infection on the escape distance in the lacertid lizard, Podarcis vaucheri. Acta Herpetologica, 9 (1), 119-123. DOI:10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-13740

Damas-Moreira I, Tomé B, Harris DJ, Maia JPMC, Salvi D. Moroccan herpetofauna: distribution updates. Herpetozoa, 27 (1), 96-102.