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Overview

Pilar López is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science.

Their work is focused on several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Parasitology, and Genetics. These research areas contribute to their broader investigation topics, which encompass Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Plant and Animal Studies, Bird Parasitology and Diseases, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Avian Ecology and Behavior.

Frequent publication venues for Pilar López include Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Integrative Zoology, Behavioral Ecology, PeerJ, and the International Journal for Parasitology.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Mosquitoes are attracted by the odour of Plasmodium-infected birds, 2020, published in International Journal for Parasitology
  • How to maintain underground social relationships? Chemosensory sex, partner and self recognition in a fossorial amphisbaenian, 2020, published in PLoS ONE
  • Proteins from femoral gland secretions of male rock lizards Iberolacerta cyreni allow self-but not individual-recognition of unfamiliar males, 2020, published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Linking behavioral thermoregulation, boldness, and individual state in male Carpetan rock lizards, 2020, published in Ecology and Evolution
  • Sexually dichromatic coloration of female Iberian green lizards correlates with health state and reproductive investment, 2020, published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Pilar López has collaborated frequently with several researchers. The most common coauthors include José Martín, Gonzalo Rodríguez-Ruiz, José Javier Cuervo, Isabel Barja, and Alazne Díez-Fernández.

Best Publications

  • The cost of producing a sexual signal: testosterone increases the susceptibility of male lizards to ectoparasitic infestation

    Alfredo Salvador;Jose P. Veiga;Jose Martin;Pilar Lopez

  • When to come out from a refuge: risk- sensitive and state-dependent decisions in an alpine lizard

    José Martín;Pilar López

  • Chemoreception, symmetry and mate choice in lizards

    José Martín;Pilar López

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

    Pilar López;Dror Hawlena;Vicente Polo;Luisa Amo

  • Influence of habitat structure on the escape tactics of the lizard Psammodromus algirus

    Jose Martin;Pilar López

  • Basking and Antipredator Behaviour in a High Altitude Lizard: Implications of Heat‐exchange Rate

    Luis M. Carrascal;Pilar López;José Martín;Alfredo Salvador

  • An experimental test of the costs of antipredatory refuge use in the wall lizard, Podarcis muralis

    Jose Martin;Pilar Lopez

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

    Luisa Amo;Pilar López;José Martı´n

  • Fighting rules and rival recognition reduce costs of aggression in male lizards, Podarcis hispanica

    Pilar Lopez;José Martin

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

    Pilar López;Alberto Muñoz;José Martín

  • Reliable Signaling By Chemical Cues Of Male Traits And Health State In Male Lizards, Lacerta monticola

    Pilar López;Luisa Amo;José Martín

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

    Pilar López;José Martín

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

    Luisa Amo;Pilar López;José Martı́n

  • Links between male quality, male chemical signals, and female mate choice in Iberian Rock Lizards

    J. Martín;P. López

  • When to come out from a refuge: Balancing predation risk and foraging opportunities in an alpine lizard

    José Martín;Pilar López;William E. Cooper

  • Status-signalling chemical badges in male Iberian rock lizards

    J. Martín;P. L. Moreira;P. López

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

    Nuria Polo-Cavia;Adega Gonzalo;Pilar López;José Martín

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

    Pedro Aragón;Pilar López;José Martín

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

    José Martín;Pilar López

  • Camouflage and escape decisions in the common chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon

    Mariano Cuadrado;José Martín;Pilar López

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

    Luisa Amo;Pilar López;José Martín

Frequent Co-Authors

José Martín
José Martín Spanish National Research Council
Carlos Cativiela
Carlos Cativiela University of Zaragoza
Alfonso Marzal
Alfonso Marzal University of Extremadura
José A. Mayoral
José A. Mayoral University of Zaragoza
José P. Veiga
José P. Veiga University of Almería
Valentín Pérez-Mellado
Valentín Pérez-Mellado University of Salamanca
Gábor Herczeg
Gábor Herczeg Eötvös Loránd University
William E. Cooper
William E. Cooper Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Nicolas Winssinger
Nicolas Winssinger University of Geneva
Juan Carranza
Juan Carranza University of Córdoba

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