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PUBLICATIONS

2024

Damas-Moreira I, Bégué L, Ringler E, Szabo B

Match or mismatch: Tokay geckos adjust their behaviour to familiar and unfamiliar handlers but according to the context. EcoEvoRxiv.

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

2023

Ferreita 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

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

2022

Szabo B, Valencia-Aguilar A, Damas-Moreira I, Ringler E 

Invited review: 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

2022

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

2021

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

2020

Szabo B, Damas-Moreira I, Whiting MJ

Invited review: 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.

2014

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

2014

Damas-Moreira I, Tomé B, Harris DJ, Maia JPMC, Salvi D 

Moroccan herpetofauna: distribution updates. Herpetozoa, 27 (1), 96-102.

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