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Enrique Font is affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Small Animals, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The main topics in Enrique Font's work cover Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Animal and Plant Science Education, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Enrique Font's recent publications include:

  • No evidence for differential sociosexual behavior and space use in the color morphs of the European common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis), 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Information content of ultraviolet-reflecting colour patches and visual perception of body coloration in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard Podarcis tiliguerta, 2021, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Environmental enrichment for reptiles in European zoos: Current status and perspectives, 2023, Animal Welfare
  • Viability, behavior, and color expression in the offspring of matings between common wall lizard Podarcis muralis color morphs, 2021, Current Zoology
  • Behavioral threat and appeasement signals take precedence over static colors in lizard contests, 2024, Behavioral Ecology

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Enrique Font include:

  • Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza
  • Alicia Bartolomé
  • Pau Carazo
  • Javier Ábalos
  • Arnaud Badiane

Publication venues in which Enrique Font has frequently published work include:

  • Mètode Revista de difusió de la investigació
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Animal Welfare

Best Publications

  • The proliferative ventricular zone in adult vertebrates: a comparative study using reptiles, birds, and mammals.

    Jose Manuel Garcı́a-Verdugo;Sacri Ferrón;Nuria Flames;Lucı́a Collado

  • Regulatory changes in pterin and carotenoid genes underlie balanced color polymorphisms in the wall lizard.

    Pedro Andrade;Catarina Pinho;Guillem Pérez i. de Lanuza;Sandra Afonso

  • Beyond 'nasty neighbours' and 'dear enemies'? Individual recognition by scent marks in a lizard (Podarcis hispanica)

    P. Carazo;E. Font;E. Desfilis

  • Iberian wolf howls : Acoustic structure, individual variation, and a comparison with north american populations

    Vicente Palacios;Enrique Font;Rafael Márquez

  • Colours of quality: structural (but not pigment) coloration informs about male quality in a polychromatic lizard

    Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza;Pau Carazo;Pau Carazo;Enrique Font

  • Color-assortative mating in a color-polymorphic lacertid lizard

    Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza;Enrique Font;Pau Carazo;Pau Carazo

  • Quantity discrimination in Tenebrio molitor: evidence of numerosity discrimination in an invertebrate?

    P. Carazo;E. Font;E. Forteza-Behrendt;E. Desfilis

  • Chemosensory assessment of rival competitive ability and scent-mark function in a lizard, Podarcis hispanica

    P. Carazo;E. Font;E. Desfilis

  • Chemosensory cues allow male Tenebrio molitor beetles to assess the reproductive status of potential mates

    P. Carazo;E. Sanchez;E. Font;E. Desfilis

  • Putting information back into biological communication

    P. Carazo;E. Font

  • Spacing and social organization: Urban stray dogs revisited

    Enrique Font

  • Chemically Mediated Species Recognition in Closely Related Podarcis Wall Lizards

    Diana Barbosa;Diana Barbosa;Enrique Font;Ester Desfilis;Miguel A. Carretero

  • Social behavior, chemical communication, and adult neurogenesis: studies of scent mark function in Podarcis wall lizards.

    Enrique Font;Diana Barbosa;Carlos Sampedro;Pau Carazo

  • Ultraviolet reflectance and cryptic sexual dichromatism in the ocellated lizard, Lacerta (Timon) lepida (Squamata: Lacertidae)

    Enrique Font;Guillem Pérez I De Lanuza;Carlos Sampedro

  • The role of male coloration in the outcome of staged contests in the European common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis)

    J. Abalos;J. Abalos;G. Pérez i de Lanuza;P. Carazo;P. Carazo;E. Font

  • Using visual modelling to study the evolution of lizard coloration: sexual selection drives the evolution of sexual dichromatism in lacertids.

    G. Pérez i de Lanuza;E. Font;J. L. Monterde

  • Ultraviolet vision in lacertid lizards: evidence from retinal structure, eye transmittance, SWS1 visual pigment genes and behaviour

    Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza;Enrique Font

  • Functional morphology of dewlap extension in the lizard Anolis equestris (Iguanidae).

    Enrique Font;Lawrence C. Rome

  • Chemosensory Recognition of Familiar and Unfamiliar Conspecifics by Juveniles of the Iberian Wall Lizard Podarcis hispanica

    Enrique Font;Ester Desfilis

  • Reducing sample size in experiments with animals: historical controls and related strategies.

    Matthew Kramer;Enrique Font

  • Intensity of male-male competition predicts morph diversity in a color polymorphic lizard.

    Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza;Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza;Miguel A. Carretero;Enrique Font

  • Sex and population variation in ultraviolet reflectance of colour patches in Gallotia galloti (Fam. Lacertidae) from Tenerife (Canary Islands)

    M. Molina-Borja;E. Font;G. Mesa Avila

  • Quantity Estimation Based on Numerical Cues in the Mealworm Beetle (Tenebrio molitor).

    Pau Carazo;Pau Carazo;Reyes Fernández-Perea;Enrique Font

  • Predator-elicited foot shakes in wall lizards (Podarcis muralis): evidence for a pursuit-deterrent function.

    Enrique Font;Pau Carazo;Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza;Matthew Kramer

  • Differences in conspicuousness between alternative color morphs in a polychromatic lizard

    Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza;Enrique Font

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel A. Carretero
Miguel A. Carretero University of Porto
José Manuel García-Verdugo
José Manuel García-Verdugo University of Valencia
Leif Andersson
Leif Andersson Texas A&M University
Tobias Uller
Tobias Uller Lund University
Geoffrey M. While
Geoffrey M. While University of Tasmania
Roger Vila
Roger Vila Spanish National Research Council
Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
Daniel Pincheira-Donoso Nottingham Trent University
Leonardo Dapporto
Leonardo Dapporto University of Florence
Andrés Moya
Andrés Moya University of Valencia
José Vicente López-Bao
José Vicente López-Bao Spanish National Research Council

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