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8380
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310

Overview

José A. Díaz is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, addressing key issues within ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their work spans several specialized subfields including ecological modeling, genetics, ecology more broadly, and global and planetary change. This interdisciplinary approach is reflected in their main research topics, which cover species distribution and climate change, amphibian and reptile biology, animal behavior and reproduction, physiological and biochemical adaptations, bat biology and ecology studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, as well as genetic diversity and population structure.

José A. Díaz has contributed to various publication venues with multiple articles, notably in journals such as Functional Ecology, Journal of Thermal Biology, Molecular Ecology, and Amphibia-Reptilia. They have also published extensively through Zenodo, the CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Díaz include:

  • Lizard thermoregulation revisited after two decades of global warming, 2022, Functional Ecology
  • Negative effects of the spatial clumping of thermal resources on lizard thermoregulation in a fragmented habitat, 2023, Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Environmental association modelling with loci under divergent selection predicts the distribution range of a lizard, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • Low genome-wide divergence between two lizard populations with high adaptive phenotypic differentiation, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Lizard abundance in forest fragments: effects of patch size, patch shape, thermoregulation, and habitat quality, 2024, Amphibia-Reptilia

Díaz frequently collaborates with other researchers within their field. Among their most frequent coauthors are Alejandro Llanos-Garrido, Raúl Izquierdo-Santiago, Tomás Santos, Javier Pérez-Tris, and Alejandro Llanos Garrido (noting some variation in name formatting).

Best Publications

  • Ecological correlates of the thermal quality of an ectotherm's habitat : a comparison between two temperate lizard populations

    J. A. Díaz

  • Seasonal variation in the contribution of different behavioural mechanisms to lizard thermoregulation

    J. A. Díaz;S. Cabezas‐Díaz

  • Regional distribution of a Mediterranean lizard : influence of habitat cues and prey abundance

    Jose A. Diaz;Luis M. Carrascal

  • Loss of body mass under predation risk: cost of antipredatory behaviour or adaptive fit-for-escape?

    Javier Pérez-Tris;Javier Pérez-Tris;José A. Dı́az;José Luis Tellerı́a

  • Covariation of Thermal Biology and Foraging Mode in Two Mediterranean Lacertid Lizards

    Josabel Belliure;Luis M. Carrascal;Jose A. Diaz

  • BEHAVIORAL THERMOREGULATION BY TREECREEPERS: TRADE-OFF BETWEEN SAVING ENERGY AND REDUCING CRYPSIS

    Luis M. Carrascal;José A. Díaz;Daniel L. Huertas;Ingrid Mozetich

  • Seasonal Variation of Gonadal Development, Sexual Steroids, and Lipid Reserves in a Population of the Lizard Psammodromus algirus

    Jose A. Diaz;Angel L. Alonso-Gomez;Maria J. Delgado

  • Correlates of reproductive success in male lizards of the alpine species Iberolacerta cyreni

    Alfredo Salvador;José A. Díaz;José P. Veiga;Paul Bloor

  • Mediterranean hatchling lizards grow faster at higher altitude: a reciprocal transplant experiment

    P. Iraeta;C. Monasterio;A. Salvador;J. A. Díaz

  • Effects of forest fragmentation on the distribution of the lizard Psammodromus algirus

    José A. Díaz;Roberto Carbonell;Emilio Virgós;Tomás Santos

  • Breeding coloration, mating opportunities, activity, and survival in the lacertid lizard Psammodromus algirus

    José A. Díaz

  • Seasonality provokes a shift of thermal preferences in a temperate lizard, but altitude does not

    José A. Díaz;Pablo Iraeta;Camila Monasterio

  • The effects of thermal biology and refuge availability on the restricted distribution of an alpine lizard

    Camila Monasterio;Camila Monasterio;Alfredo Salvador;Pablo Iraeta;José A. Díaz

  • Variation in the effect of profitability on prey size selection by the lacertid lizard Psammodromus algirus

    José A. Díaz;Luis M. Carrascal

  • Winter habitat selection by a montane forest bird assemblage: the effects of solar radiation

    Daniel L. Huertas;José A. Díaz

  • Prey Size and Food Selection of Psammodromus algirus (Lacertidae) in Central Spain

    Jose A. Diaz;Luis M. Carrascal

  • A comparative study of clutch size, range size, and the conservation status of island vs. mainland lacertid lizards

    Ignacio Siliceo;José A. Díaz

  • Thermal ecology and spatio-temporal distribution of the Mediterranean lizard Psammodromus algirus

    Luis M. Carrascal;José A. Díaz

  • A Comparative Study of the Relation between Heating Rates and Ambient Temperatures in Lacertid Lizards

    José A. Díaz;Dirk Bauwens;Benigno Asensio

  • Sexual dimorphism and interpopulation differences in lizard hind limb length: locomotor performance or chemical signalling?

    Pablo Iraeta;Camila Monasterio;Alfredo Salvador;José A. Díaz

  • Habitat quality predicts the distribution of a lizard in fragmented woodlands better than habitat fragmentation

    T. Santos;J. A. Díaz;J. Pérez-Tris;R. Carbonell

Frequent Co-Authors

Javier Pérez-Tris
Javier Pérez-Tris Complutense University of Madrid
José Luis Tellería
José Luis Tellería Complutense University of Madrid
Luis M. Carrascal
Luis M. Carrascal Spanish National Research Council
Ramón Carbonell
Ramón Carbonell Spanish National Research Council
Alan Levander
Alan Levander Rice University
Dirk Bauwens
Dirk Bauwens University of Antwerp
Luke P. Shoo
Luke P. Shoo University of Queensland
David Cella
David Cella Northwestern University
Juan W. Valle
Juan W. Valle University of Manchester
José P. Veiga
José P. Veiga University of Almería

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