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A new sexual signal in rutting male red deer: Age related chemical scent constituents in the belly black spot

Adaptive forgetting in Iberian green frog tadpoles (Pelophylax perezi): learned irrelevance and latent inhibition may avoid predator misidentification

scientific article published on 6 August 2012

Age-related variation in lipophilic chemical compounds from femoral gland secretions of male lizards Psammodromus algirus

scientific article published in 2006

Aggressive interactions during feeding between native and invasive freshwater turtles

article published in 2010

Altitudinally divergent adult phenotypes in Iberian wall lizards are not driven by egg differences or hatchling growth rates

scientific article published on 18 December 2014

Avian Predation on a Large Lizard (Lacerta lepida) Found at Low Population Densities in Mediterranean Habitats: An Analysis of Bird Diets

article published in 1996

Avoidance responses to scents of snakes that pose different risks of predation by adult natterjack toads, Bufo calamita

article

Basking Activity is Modulated by Health State but is Constrained by Conspicuousness to Predators in Male Spanish Terrapins

article

Blood Parasite Infection Intensity Covaries with Risk-Taking Personality in Male Carpetan Rock Lizards (Iberolacerta cyreni)

Body condition does not predict immunocompetence of western pond turtles in altered versus natural habitats

Body temperature regulation in the amphisbaenian Trogonophis wiegmanni

scientific article published in 2002

Boldness and body size of male Spanish terrapins affect their responses to chemical cues of familiar and unfamiliar males

article

Can Wall Lizards Combine Chemical and Visual Cues to Discriminate Predatory from Non-Predatory Snakes Inside Refuges?

Chemical Compounds from the Preanal Gland Secretions of the Male Tree Agama (Acanthocercus atricollis) (Fam. Agamidae)

scientific article published in June 2013

Chemical Constituents of the Femoral Gland Secretions of Male Tegu Lizards (Tupinambis merianae) (Family Teiidae)

scientific article published in 2011

Chemical composition of femoral secretions of oviparous and viviparous types of male common lizards Lacerta vivipara

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Chemical compounds from the preanal gland secretions of the male tree agama (Acanthocercus atricollis) (fam. Agamidae)

scientific article published on 01 May 2013

Chemical constituents of the femoral gland secretions of male tegu lizards (Tupinambis merianae) (Family teiidae)

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

Chemical ornaments of male lizards Psammodromus algirus may reveal their parasite load and health state to females

article

Chemical polymorphism and chemosensory recognition between Iberolacerta monticola lizard color morphs

scientific article published in October 2009

Chemical polymorphism in male femoral gland secretions matches polymorphic coloration in common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis)

scientific article published in 2014

Chemical rival recognition decreases aggression levels in male Iberian wall lizards, Podarcis hispanica

scientific article published in 2002

Chemical scent constituents in feces of wild Iberian wolves (Canis lupus signatus)

scholarly article by Jose Martin et al published December 2010 in Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Chemical signals in desert lizards: Are femoral gland secretions of male and female spiny-tailed lizards, Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis adapted to arid conditions?

Chemosensory Prey Detection by the AmphisbaenianTrogonophis wiegmanni

scientific article published in 2014

Chemosensory Recognition and Behavioral Responses of Wall Lizards, Podarcis muralis, to Scents of Snakes that Pose Different Risks of Predation

scientific article published in August 2004

Chemosensory Recognition of Its Lizard Prey by the Ambush Smooth Snake, Coronella austriaca

scientific article published in 2004

Chemosensory age discrimination in the snake Boa constrictor (Serpentes: Boidae).

scientific article

Chemosensory assessment of rival body size is based on chemosignal concentration in male Spanish terrapins

article

Chemosensory discrimination of familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics by lizards: implications of field spatial relationships between males

scientific article published in 2001

Chemosensory exploration of male scent by female rock lizards result from multiple chemical signals of males

scientific article published on 9 July 2011

Chemosensory predator recognition induces defensive behavior in the slow-worm (Anguis fragilis)

scientific article published in 2004

Chemosensory species recognition may reduce the frequency of hybridization between native and introduced lizards

article

Collective detection in escape responses of temporary groups of Iberian green frogs

article

Competitive interactions during basking between native and invasive freshwater turtle species

article

Condition-dependent chemosignals in reproductive behavior of lizards

scientific article

Condition-dependent pheromone signaling by male rock lizards: more oily scents are more attractive

scientific article published on 22 February 2010

Conspecific Chemical Cues Influence Pond Selection by Male NewtsTriturus boscai

scientific article published in August 2000

Conspecific alarm cues, but not predator cues alone, determine antipredator behavior of larval southern marbled newts, Triturus pygmaeus

Conspicuous blue tails, dorsal pattern morphs and escape behaviour in hatchling Iberian wall lizards (Podarcis hispanicus)

Conspicuousness-dependent antipredatory behavior may counteract coloration differences in Iberian rock lizards

scientific article published in 2008

Correction: Seasonal and interpopulational phenotypic variation in morphology and sexual signals of Podarcis liolepis lizards

Costs of Refuge Use Affect Escape Decisions of Iberian Rock Lizards Lacerta monticola

Detection and discrimination of conspecific scents by the anguid slow-worm Anguis fragilis.

scientific article published on August 2004

Diet selection by the threatened Chafarinas' skinkChalcides parallelusin North Africa

article

Dietary constraints can preclude the expression of an honest chemical sexual signal

scientific article

Differences in Chemical Sexual Signals May Promote Reproductive Isolation and Cryptic Speciation between Iberian Wall Lizard Populations ⬇️

scientific article published on January 11, 2012

Differences in Thermal Biology Between Two Morphologically Distinct Populations of Iberian Wall Lizards Inhabiting Different Environments

scientific article published in August 2013

Differences in chemical signals may explain species recognition between an island lizard, Podarcis atrata, and related mainland lizards, P. hispanica

scientific article published in 2010

Differences in males’ chemical signals between genetic lineages of the lizard Psammodromus algirus promote male intrasexual recognition and aggression but not female mate preferences

scientific article published in 2016

Differential Avoidance Responses to Chemical Cues from Familiar and Unfamiliar Conspecifics by Male Iberian Rock Lizards (Lacerta monticola)

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Discrimination of conspecific faecal chemicals and spatial decisions in juvenile Iberian rock lizards (Lacerta monticola)

scholarly article by Pedro L. Moreira et al published 19 January 2008 in Acta Ethologica

Discrimination of conspecifics’ chemicals may allow Spanish terrapins to find better partners and avoid competitors

article

Dorsal pattern polymorphism in female Iberian wall lizards: differences in morphology, dorsal coloration, immune response, and reproductive investment

Double gametocyte infections in apicomplexan parasites of birds and reptiles

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Effects of Microhabitat-Dependent Predation Risk on Vigilance during Intermittent Locomotion inPsammodromus algirusLizards

Effects of body temperature on righting performance of native and invasive freshwater turtles: consequences for competition

scientific article published on 8 October 2012

Effects of global warming on sensory ecology of rock lizards: increased temperatures alter the efficacy of sexual chemical signals

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Effects of testosterone supplementation on chemical signals of male Iberian wall lizards: consequences for female mate choice

scientific article published in 2007

Environmental drivers of growth rates in Guadarrama wall lizards: a reciprocal transplant experiment

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

Escape strategy of Schreiber’s green lizards (Lacerta schreiberi) is determined by environment but not season or sex

Experience may allow increasing accuracy of the innate chemosensory recognition of snake predators by Iberian wall lizards

scientific article published in 2015

Factors affecting escape behavior of Iberian green frogs (Rana perezi)

scientific article published in 2005

Feeding status and basking requirements of freshwater turtles in an invasion context

scientific article

Female Iberian wall lizards prefer male scents that signal a better cell-mediated immune response

scientific article

Female mate choice based on pheromone content may inhibit reproductive isolation between distinct populations of Iberian wall lizards

Female sensory bias may allow honest chemical signaling by male Iberian rock lizards

scientific article published on 29 July 2008

Femoral secretions and copulatory plugs convey chemical information about male identity and dominance status in Iberian rock lizards (Lacerta monticola)

scientific article published in 2006

Food and vitamin D3 availability affects lizard personalities: an experiment

scientific article published in 2016

Fossorial life constrains microhabitat selection of the amphisbaenian Trogonophis wiegmanni

scientific article published in 2003

Fossorial life does not constrain diet selection in the amphisbaenianTrogonophis wiegmanni

Genders matters: Sexual differences in chemical signals of Liolaemus wiegmannii lizards (Iguania, Liolaemidae)

article published in 2016

Habitat deterioration affects antipredatory behavior, body condition, and parasite load of female Psammodromus algirus lizards

scientific article published in 2007

Habitat deterioration affects body condition of lizards: A behavioral approach with Iberolacerta cyreni lizards inhabiting ski resorts

Head coloration reflects health state in the red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans

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Heterogeneous tempo and mode of evolutionary diversification of compounds in lizard chemical signals

scientific article

Honest sexual signaling in turtles: experimental evidence of a trade-off between immune response and coloration in red-eared sliders Trachemys scripta elegans

scientific article published on 5 August 2014

How to maintain underground social relationships? Chemosensory sex, partner and self recognition in a fossorial amphisbaenian

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

How to tackle chemical communication? Relative proportions versus semiquantitative determination of compounds in lizard chemical secretions.

scientific article published on 17 January 2018

Iberian Rock Lizards (Lacerta monticola cyreni) Assess Conspecific Information Using Composite Signals from Faecal Pellets

scientific article published on 26 April 2010

Iberian Rock Lizards (Lacerta monticola) Assess Short-Term Changes in Predation Risk Level When Deciding Refuge Use

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Iberian green frog tadpoles may learn to recognize novel predators from chemical alarm cues of conspecifics

article by Adega Gonzalo et al published September 2007 in Animal Behaviour

Immune activation affects chemical sexual ornaments of male Iberian wall lizards

scientific article published on 07 October 2008

Immune challenge affects sexual coloration of male Iberian wall lizards

scientific article published in February 2009

Immune challenged male Iberian green lizards may increase the expression of some sexual signals if they have supplementary vitamin E

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Increased predation risk modifies lizard scent‐mark chemicals

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

Inter-individual Variation in Antipredator Hiding Behavior of Spanish Terrapins Depends on Sex, Size, and Coloration

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

scientific article published in 2013

Interpopulational Variations in Sexual Chemical Signals of Iberian Wall Lizards May Allow Maximizing Signal Efficiency under Different Climatic Conditions

scientific article

Interpopulational and seasonal variation in the chemical signals of the lizard Gallotia galloti.

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

Interpopulational variation in chemosensory responses to selected steroids from femoral secretions of male lizards, Podarcis hispanica, mirrors population differences in chemical signals

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Intersexual differences in chemical composition of precloacal gland secretions of the amphisbaenian Blanus cinereus

scientific article published on 18 December 2005

Interspecific Differences in Responses to Predation Risk May Confer Competitive Advantages to Invasive Freshwater Turtle Species

article

Interspecific differences in chemical composition of femoral gland secretions between two closely related wall lizard species, Podarcis bocagei and Podarcis carbonelli

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Interspecific differences in chemosensory responses of freshwater turtles: consequences for competition between native and invasive species

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Interspecific differences in heat exchange rates may affect competition between introduced and native freshwater turtles

article

Is the Podarcis muralis lizard left-eye lateralised when exploring a new environment?

scientific article

Is the reaction to chemical cues of predators affected by age or experience in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra)?

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

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Lateralization When Monitoring Predators in the Wild: A Left Eye Control in the Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis )

Lateralization in the escape behaviour of the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis).

scientific article published on 06 September 2009

Learning, memorizing and apparent forgetting of chemical cues from new predators by Iberian green frog tadpoles

scientific article

Levels of social tolerance between snow volesChionomys nivalis during over-wintering periods

article

Linking behavioral thermoregulation, boldness, and individual state in male Carpetan rock lizards

scientific article published on 17 August 2020

Lipids in the femoral gland secretions of male Schreiber's green lizards, Lacerta schreiberi.

scientific article published in September 2006

Lipophilic Compounds from the Femoral Gland Secretions of Male Hungarian Green Lizards, Lacerta viridis

scientific article published in 2009

Lipophilic compounds from the femoral gland secretions of male Hungarian green lizards, Lacerta viridis

scientific article

Lipophilic compounds in femoral secretions of male collared lizards, Crotaphytus bicinctores (Iguania, Crotaphytidae)

scientific article published in 2013

Lipophilic compounds in femoral secretions of males and females of the El Hierro giant lizard Gallotia simonyi (Lacertidae)

scientific article published in 2015

Long-Term Effect of Tail Loss on Home-Range Size and Access to Females in Male Lizards (Psammodromus algirus)

scientific article published on 2 February 1996

Macroevolutionary diversification of glands for chemical communication in squamate reptiles

scientific article

Male Dominance and Female Chemosensory Preferences in the Rock-dwelling Snow Vole

Male Iberian rock lizards may reduce the costs of fighting by scent matching of the resource holders

scientific article published in 2011

Maternal diet affects juvenile Carpetan rock lizard performance and personality

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Melanin-Based Coloration Covaries with Hiding and Exploratory Behavior in Male Spanish Terrapins

article

Microgeographical Variations in Coloration of Male Iberian Wall Lizards May Be Related to Habitat and Climatic Conditions

article published in 2014

Microhabitat Selection of the Amphisbaenian Blanus cinereus

Microhabitat use by the snow vole Chionomys nivalis in alpine environments reflects rock-dwelling preferences

scientific article published in 2002

Multimodal sexual signals in male ocellated lizards Lacerta lepida: vitamin E in scent and green coloration may signal male quality in different sensory channels

scientific article published on 24 April 2010

Multiple color signals may reveal multiple messages in male Schreiber’s green lizards, Lacerta schreiberi

article by José Martín & Pilar López published 30 May 2009 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Natural and anthropogenic alterations of the soil affect body condition of the fossorial amphisbaenian Trogonophis wiegamnni in North Africa

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Natural oak forest vs. ancient pine plantations: lizard microhabitat use may explain the effects of ancient reforestations on distribution and conservation of Iberian lizards

Nature-based tourism as a form of predation risk affects body condition and health state of Podarcis muralis lizards

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Non-lethal effects of predators on body growth and health state of juvenile lizards, Psammdromus algirus.

scientific article

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

article published in 2015

Ontogenetic variation in antipredator behavior of Iberian rock lizards (Lacerta monticola): effects of body-size-dependent thermal-exchange rates and costs of refuge use

scientific article published in 2003

Parasites and health affect multiple sexual signals in male common wall lizards, Podarcis muralis

article

Pheromones and Reproduction in Reptiles

scientific article published in 2011

Pheromones and Reproduction in Reptiles

Possible reproductive benefits to female Carpetan rock lizards of pre-sensory bias towards chemical signals ⬇️

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

Potential chemosignals associated with male identity in the amphisbaenian Blanus cinereus.

scientific article published on 30 April 2009

Predator recognition of native but not invasive turtle predators by naïve anuran tadpoles

Predator, but not conspecific, chemical cues influence pond selection by recently metamorphosed Iberian green frogs, Rana perezi

scientific article published in 2006

Pregnant female lizards Iberolacerta cyreni adjust refuge use to decrease thermal costs for their body condition and cell-mediated immune response

scientific article published in February 2007

Prevalence and genetic diversity of blood parasite mixed infections in Spanish terrapins, Mauremys leprosa.

scientific article

Prevalence and intensity of blood and intestinal parasites in a field population of a Mediterranean lizard, Lacerta lepida

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Prevalence and intensity of haemogregarine blood parasites and their mite vectors in the common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis

scientific article published on 7 June 2005

Prevalence and intensity of haemogregarinid blood parasites in a population of the Iberian rock lizard, Lacerta monticola

scientific article published on 11 September 2004

Prey quantity discrimination and social experience affect foraging decisions of rock lizards

scientific article published on 20 January 2021

Random Sampling of Squamate Reptiles in Spanish Natural Reserves Reveals the Presence of Novel Adenoviruses in Lacertids (Family Lacertidae) and Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia).

scientific article

Refuge use: a conflict between avoiding predation and losing mass in lizards

scientific article published on 14 November 2006

Relative contribution of dietary carotenoids and vitamin E to visual and chemical sexual signals of male Iberian green lizards: an experimental test

scientific article published in 2014

Reliable signaling by chemical cues of male traits and health state in male lizards, Lacerta monticola

scientific article published in February 2006

Reproductive state affects hiding behaviour under risk of predation but not exploratory activity of female Spanish terrapins

scientific article published on 17 December 2014

Responses of Snow Voles, Chionomys nivalis, Towards Conspecific Cues Reflect Social Organization during Overwintering Periods

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Responses of female rock lizards to multiple scent marks of males: Effects of male age, male density and scent over-marking ⬇️

scientific article published on January 14, 2013

Risk Level and Thermal Costs Affect the Choice of Escape Strategy and Refuge Use in the Wall Lizard, Podarcis muralis

scientific article published in December 2003

Risk level of chemical cues determines retention of recognition of new predators in Iberian green frog tadpoles

scientific article published in 2010

Roles of male residence and relative size in the social behavior of Iberian rock lizards, Lacerta monticola

scientific article published in 2005

Scent matching modulates space use and agonistic behaviour between male snow voles, Chionomys nivalis

Scent may signal fighting ability in male Iberian rock lizards.

scientific article

Seasonal and interpopulational phenotypic variation in morphology and sexual signals of Podarcis liolepis lizards

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

Seasonal changes in activity and spatial and social relationships of the Iberian rock lizard, Lacerta monticola

article published in 2001

Sexual Dimorphism in the North African AmphisbaenianTrogonophis wiegmanni

scientific article published in 2012

Sexually dichromatic coloration of female Iberian green lizards correlates with health state and reproductive investment ⬇️

scientific article published on 7 October 2020

Sexually dichromatic coloration reflects size and immunocompetence in female Spanish terrapins, Mauremys leprosa

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Shifts in Microhabitat Use by the Lizard Psammodromus algirus: Responses to Seasonal Changes in Vegetation Structure

scientific article published on 3 August 1998

Size-Dependent Chemosensory Responses to Familiar and Unfamiliar Conspecific Faecal Pellets by the Iberian Rock-Lizard, Lacerta monticola

article

Social aggregation behaviour in the North African amphisbaenianTrogonophis wiegmanni

Soil characteristics determine microhabitat selection of the fossorial amphisbaenianTrogonophis wiegmanni

Sources of individual shy–bold variations in antipredator behaviour of male Iberian rock lizards

Spacing behavior and morphology predict promiscuous mating strategies in the rock-dwelling snow vole, Chionomys nivalis

scientific article published in 2004

Species Recognition by Chemical Cues in Neotropical Snakes

Structure of a Population of the Amphisbaenian Trogonophis wiegmanni in North Africa

scientific article published in September 2011

Supplementation of male pheromone on rock substrates attracts female rock lizards to the territories of males: a field experiment

scientific article

Symmetry, male dominance and female mate preferences in the Iberian rock lizard, Lacerta monticola

article published in 2002

Temporal patterns of predation risk affect antipredator behaviour allocationby Iberian rock lizards

The Ontogeny of Spatio-Temporal Tactics and Social Relationships of Adult Male Iberian Rock Lizards,Lacerta monticola

article published in 2004

The Role of Lateral Blue Spots in Intrasexual Relationships Between Male Iberian Rock-Lizards, Lacerta monticola

The effect of Mediterranean dehesa management on lizard distribution and conservation

The role of chemosensory cues in discrimination of prey odors by the amphisbaenianBlanus cinereus

scientific article published in January 1992

Thermal dependence of chemical assessment of predation risk affects the ability of wall lizards, Podarcis muralis, to avoid unsafe refuges

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Trade-offs in the choice of refuges by common wall lizards: do thermal costs affect preferences for predator-free refuges?

scientific article published in 2004

Uncertainty about future predation risk modulates monitoring behavior from refuges in lizards

scientific article published in 2011

Variations in chemical sexual signals of Psammodromus algirus lizards along an elevation gradient may reflect altitudinal variation in microclimatic conditions

scientific article published in 2017

Vitamin D supplementation increases the attractiveness of males' scent for female Iberian rock lizards

scientific article published in October 2006

Vitamin E supplementation increases the attractiveness of males' scent for female European green lizards

scientific article

Wall Lizards Modulate Refuge Use through Continuous Assessment of Predation Risk Level

Wall lizards combine chemical and visual cues of ambush snake predators to avoid overestimating risk inside refuges

What are carotenoids signaling? Immunostimulatory effects of dietary vitamin E, but not of carotenoids, in Iberian green lizards

scientific article published on 18 October 2014

When to Come Out from a Refuge: Balancing Predation Risk and Foraging Opportunities in an Alpine Lizard

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When to run from an ambush predator: balancing crypsis benefits with costs of fleeing in lizards

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