Publications

Winchell, K. M., Avilés-Rodríguez, K. J., Carlen, E. J., Miles, L. S., Charmantier, A., De León, L. F., Gotanda, K. M., Rivkin, L. R., Szulkin, M., & Verrelli, B. C. (2022). Moving past the challenges and misconceptions in urban adaptation research. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9552. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9552

Avilés-Rodríguez KJ, De León, LF and Revell LJ, 2022. Population density of the tropical lizard Anolis cristatellus in urban and forested habitats after a major hurricane. Tropical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-022-00251-z

Avilés-Rodríguez, K.J., Winchell, K.M., De León, L.F. and Revell, L.J., 2021. Phenotypic response to a major hurricane in Anolis lizards in urban and forest habitats. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 133(3), pp.880-895.

Falvey C, Avilés-Rodríguez KJ, Hagey TJ, and Winchell KM. (2020). The Finer Points of Urban Adaptation: Intraspecific Variation in Lizard Claw Morphology. Biol J Linn Soc. 131(2), 304-318

Avilés-Rodríguez KJ, and Kolbe JJ. (2019) Escape in the city: urbanization alters the escape behavior of Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems, 22 (4), 1-10

Chejanovski ZA, Avilés-Rodríguez KJ, Lapiedra O, Preisser EL, and Kolbe JJ. (2017) An experimental evaluation of foraging decisions in urban and natural forest populations of Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems, 20 (5), 1–8.

Burgos-Rodríguez JA, Avilés-Rodríguez KJ, and Kolbe JJ. (2016) Effects of invasive Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) on seed germination and seed dispersal potential in southeastern Puerto Rico, Biol. Invasions, 18 (10), 2775–2782.

Kolbe JJ, Battles AC and Avilés-Rodríguez KJ. (2015) City slickers: poor performance does not deter Anolis lizards from using artificial substrates in human-modified habitats. Functional Ecology, 30 (8), 1418-1429.

Reynolds RG, Puento-Rolón AR, Geneva AJ, Avilés-Rodríguez KJ, and Herrmann NC. (2015) Discovery of a remarkable new boa from Conception Island, Bahamas. Breviora 549 (1), 1-20

Allen KE, Rodríguez-Avilés KJ, Eifler DA, and Powell R. (2015) Social and environmental factors influence microhabitat selection in the Brown-Speckled Sphaero, Sphaerodactylus notatus (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae). Journal of Herpetology, 49, 165–169.

Joglar RL, Santiago L, Caligari P, Avilés-Rodríguez KJ, and Burrowes P. (2012) Eleutherodactylus monensis (Coquí de Mona) Reproduction. Herpetological Review, 43 (2),  320.