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List of works by Valentín Pérez-Mellado

Adaptive seasonal shifts in the thermal preferences of the lizard Iberolacerta galani (Squamata, Lacertidae).

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

Antipredatory behaviour of a mountain lizard towards the chemical cues of its predatory snakes

Are mountain habitats becoming more suitable for generalist than cold-adapted lizards thermoregulation?

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Behavioral buffering of global warming in a cold-adapted lizard.

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Behavioral responses to plant toxins by two omnivorous lizard species.

scientific article published in June 2002

Broad seasonal changes in thermoregulation of Podarcis lilfordi (Squamata, Lacertidae) at Binicodrell islet (Menorca, Spain)

scientific article published on 13 May 2019

Change your diet or die: predator-induced shifts in insectivorous lizard feeding ecology

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Clutch size in wild populations of Alytes muletensis

scientific article published on 30 June 2014

Diet selection by the threatened Chafarinas' skinkChalcides parallelusin North Africa

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Dietary strategy of a Pyrenean lizard, Iberolacerta aurelioi, living in a poor resources alpine environment

scientific article published in 2008

Effects of predation risk factors on escape behavior by Balearic lizards (Podarcis lilfordi) in relation to optimal escape theory

scientific article published in 2009

Escape by the Balearic Lizard (Podarcis lilfordi) is affected by elevation of an approaching predator, but not by some other potential predation risk factors

scientific article published on 22 December 2011

Faecal Microbiota Divergence in Allopatric Populations of Podarcis lilfordi and P. pityusensis, Two Lizard Species Endemic to the Balearic Islands

scientific article published on 28 April 2022

Food chemical cues elicit general and population-specific effects on lingual and biting behaviors in the lacertid lizard Podarcis lilfordi

scientific article published in August 2001

From tameness to wariness: chemical recognition of snake predators by lizards in a Mediterranean island

scientific article (publication date: 2017)

Genomic signatures of drift and selection driven by predation and human pressure in an insular lizard

Green Tails in Lizards of the Genus Podarcis: Do They Influence the Intensity of Predation?

scientific article published in 1999

Historical influence of predation pressure on escape by Podarcis lizards in the Balearic Islands

article published in 2012

Individual and population energetics of a lizard on a Mediterranean islet

scientific article published on 01 October 1992

Individual identification and sexual dimorphism in the endangered Balearic Midwife Toad, Alytes muletensis (Sanchíz and Adrover, 1981)

scientific article published in 2009

Influence of Risk on Hiding Time by Balearic Lizards (Podarcis lilfordi): Predator Approach Speed, Directness, Persistence, and Proximity

scientific article published in June 2010

Inter-island variation in femoral secretions of the Balearic lizard, Podarcis lilfordi (Lacertidae)

scientific article published in 2013

Introducing Meta-Partition, a Useful Methodology to Explore Factors That Influence Ecological Effect Sizes

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Islet tameness: escape behavior and refuge use in populations of the Balearic lizard (Podarcis lilfordi) exposed to differing predation pressure

scientific article published in 2009

It sounds like food: phonotaxis of a diurnal lizard

scientific article published on 04 August 2020

Kleptoparasitism in the Balearic lizard, Podarcis lilfordi

scientific article published in 2003

La lagartija de Bocage, Podarcis bocagei (SEOANE, 1884): Primeros datos sobre su distribución, colorido y ecología

scientific article published in 1980

Latency to flee from an immobile predator: effects of predation risk and cost of immobility for the prey

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Lingual and biting responses to selected lipids by the lizard Podarcis lilfordi.

scientific article published in February 2002

Local enhancement and social foraging in a non-social insular lizard.

scientific article published on 21 December 2014

Location of fruit using only airborne odor cues by a lizard

scientific article published in October 2001

Morphological traits affect escape behaviour of the Balearic lizards (Podarcis lilfordi)

scientific article published in 2009

Multilocus and morphological analysis of south‐eastern Iberian Wall lizards (Squamata, Podarcis )

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Multilocus genetic diversity and historical biogeography of the endemic wall lizard from Ibiza and Formentera, Podarcis pityusensis (Squamata: Lacertidae)

scientific article published on August 21, 2013

Notes on the thermal ecology of Testudo hermanni hermanni in Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)

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Nuevos Datos sobre la Sistematica y Distribucion de Podarcis bocagei (SEOANE, 1884) (Sauria, Lacertidae) en la Peninsula Iberica

scientific article published in 1981

Occurrence and ecological aspects of the two-fingered skinkChalcides mauritanicusin the Chafarinas Islands in North Africa

article published in 2015

Omnivory of an Insular Lizard: Sources of Variation in the Diet of Podarcis lilfordi (Squamata, Lacertidae).

scientific article published on 12 February 2016

On the feeding ecology of Pelophylax saharicus (Boulenger 1913) from Morocco

scientific article published on 30 December 2016

Patterns of parasitism in insular lizards: effects of body size, condition and resource availability.

scientific article published on 7 March 2013

Pollination by a Lizard on a Mediterranean Island

Population density in Podarcis lilfordi (Squamata, Lacertidae), a lizard species endemic to small islets in the Balearic Islands (Spain)

scientific article published in 2008

Postautotomy tail activity in the Balearic lizard, Podarcis lilfordi

scientific article published on 10 November 2007

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Rapid acquisition of antipredatory responses to new predators by an insular lizard

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Redescubrimiento de una población de Lagartija balear Podarcis lilfordi (Squamata, Lacertidae) en Menorca (Islas Baleares). Rediscovery of a population of the Balearic lizard Podarcis lilfordi (Squamata, Lacertidae) on Menorca (Balearic Islands)

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Responses to major categories of food chemicals by the lizard Podarcis lilfordi

scientific article published in April 2002

Seasonal patterns of body temperature and microhabitat selection in a lacertid lizard

scientific article published in 2016

Sexual Size Dimorphism and Ecology: The Case of a Tropical Lizard, Tropidurus melanopleurus (Sauria: Tropiduridae)

scientific article published on 28 December 1993

Sexual differences in behavioral thermoregulation of the lizard Scelarcis perspicillata

scientific article published on 24 August 2016

Spontaneous magnetic alignment behaviour in free-living lizards.

scientific article published in March 2017

The conservation status of the world’s reptiles

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The lizard, Podarcis lilfordi (Squamata: Lacertidae) as a seed disperser of the Mediterranean plant, Phillyrea media (Oleaceae)

scientific article published in 2005

The peak of thermoregulation effectiveness: Thermal biology of the Pyrenean rock lizard, Iberolacerta bonnali (Squamata, Lacertidae).

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The yellow-legged gull as a predator of lizards in Balearic Islands

article by Valentín Pérez-Mellado et al published 2014 in Amphibia-Reptilia

Thermal ecology of Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmalz, 1810) in Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)

scientific article published on 25 December 2016

Tradeoffs Between Escape Behavior and Foraging Opportunity by the Balearic Lizard (Podarcis lilfordi)

scientific article published in September 2004

Use of NCPA to understanding genetic sub-structuring of Podarcis lilfordi from the Balearic archipelago

scientific article published in 2009

Using faecal samples in lizard dietary studies

Variability of the mc1r gene in melanic and non-melanic Podarcis lilfordi and Podarcis pityusensis from the Balearic archipelago

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Wind constraints on the thermoregulation of high mountain lizards.

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