Peer reviewed publications

2021-2025

• Maestresalas B, Piquet JC, López-Darias M. 2026. Shelter and microhabitat use by an invasive snake: control implications. Global Ecology and Conservation: e04063. Article

• Piquet JC, Maestresalas B, López-Darias M. 2025. The cascading impact of an invasive snake on arthropod communities. Ecological Processes 14 (1): 62. Article

• López-González M, Piquet JC, Maestresalas B, López-Darias M. 2025. Validation of eDNA methods for managing the terrestrial invasive snake Lampropeltis californiae on the Canary Islands. Scientific Reports 15: 14116. Article

• Santos X, Ayllón E, Ayre C, Barja I, Belliure J, López-Darias M, Martínez Silvestre A, Pausas J, Puig-Gironés R, Rato C, Megía-Palma R. Short-term effects of wildfire on the Canary Islands' endemic lizards. Basic and Applied Herpetology 39: 65-74. Article 

• López-Darias M, Piquet JC, Díaz-Luis N, García EA, Medina FM. A unified questionnaire and methodology to evaluate social perception of cats on inhabited islands. Journal for Nature Conservation 86: 126884. Article

• González-Moreno P, Anđelković A, Adriaens T, Botella C, Demetriou J, Bastos R, Bertolino S, López Cañizares C, Essl F, Fišer Z, Glavendekic M, Herremans M, Hulme P, Viola J, Latsada D, Leitou P, La Porta N, Lapin K, López-Darias M, Lozano V, Martinou AF, Oldoni D, Per E, Rorke S, Roy HE, Schweinzer KM, Swinnen K, Tricarico E, Vicente JR, Grrot M, Pocock M. 2024. Citizen science platforms can effectively support early detection of invasive alien species according to species traits. People and Nature 7:278-294. Article

• Piquet JC, Maestresalas B, López-Darias M. 2024. Temperature as an effective biosecurity tool against invasive snakes. Journal of Thermal Biology 125: 103978. Article

• López-Darias M, López-González M, Padilla DP, Martín-Carvajal J, Piquet JC. 2024. Invasive black rats menacing endangered lizards. Biodiversity and Conservation 33: 2775-2789. Article

• García Martín CM, Ramíerz O, Bonardd S, López-Darias M, Franco L, M'Rabet Y, Khwaldia K, Díaz Díaz D. 2024. Unlocking the potential of Opuntia species mucilage in chemistry. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 268: 131647. Article

• Gilbert E, Stephens PR, Zagar A, López-Darias M, Megía-Palma R, Lister KA, Jones MD, Carretero MA, Serén N, Beltran-Alvarez P, Wollenberg Valero KC. 2024. Environmental factors influence cross-talk between a heat shcok protein and an oxidative stress protein modification in the lizard Gallotia galloti. PLOS ONE 19(3): e0300111. Article

• Cano-Barbacil C, Carrete M, Castro-Díez P, Delibes-Mateos M, Jaques JA, López-Darias M, Nogales M, Pino J, Ros M, Traveset A, Turon X, Vilà M, Altamirano M, Álvarez I, Arias A, Boix D, Cabido C, Cacabelos E, Cobo F, Cruz J, Cuesta JA, Dáder B, del Estal P, Gallardo B, Gómez Laporta M, González-Moreno P, Hernández JC, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Lázaro Lobo A, Leza M, Montserrat M, Oliva-Paterna FJ, Piñeiro L, Ponce C, Pons P, Rotchés-Ribalta R, Roura-Pascual N, Sánchez M, Trillo A, Viñuela E, García-Berthou E. 2023. Identification of potential invasive alien species in Spain through horizon scanning. Journal of Environmental Management 345: 118696. Article

• Maestresalas B, Piquet JC, López-Darias M. 2023. Spatial ecology to strengthen invasive snake management on islands. Scientific Reports 13: 6731. Article

• Piquet JC, Maestresalas B, López-Darias M. 2022. Coupling phenotypic changes to extinction and survival in an endemic prey community threatened by an invasive snake. Scientific Reports 12: 18249. Article

• Muñoz-Mas R, Carrete M, Castro-Díez P, Delibes-Mateos M, Jaques JA, López-Darias M, Nogales M, Pino J, Traveset A, Turon X, Vilà M, García-Berthou E. 2021. Management of invasive alien species in Spain: a blibliometric review. Neobiota 70: 123-150. Article

• Piquet JC, López-Darias M. 2021. Invasive snake causes massive reduction of all endemic herpetofauna on Gran Canaria. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 228: 20211939. Article

• Florencio M, Patiño J, Nogué S, Traveset A, Borges PAV, Schaefer H, Amorin IR, Arnedo MA, Ávila SP, Cardoso P, de Nascimento L, Fernández-Palacios JM, Gabriel SI, Gil A, Gonçalves V, Haroun R, Illera JC, López-Darias M, Martínez Garcia A, Martins GM, Neto AI, Nogales M, Oromí P, Rando JC, Raposeiro PM, Rigal F, Romeiras MM, Silva L, Valido A, Vanderpoorten A, Vasconcelos R, Santos AMC. 2021. Macaronesia as a fruitful area for ecology, evolution and conservation biology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 718169. Article

• van der Marel A, Waterman JM, López-Darias M. 2021. Barbary ground squirrels do not have a sentinel system but instead synchronise vigilance. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75: 153. Article

• Piquet JC, Warren DL, Saavedra Bolaños JF, Sánchez Rivero JM, Gallo-Barneto R, Cabrera-Pérez MA, Fisher RN, Fisher SR, Rochester CJ, Hinds B, Nogales M, López-Darias M. 2021. Could climate change benefit invasive snakes? Modelling the potential distribution of the California Kingsnake in the Canary Islands. Journal of Environmental Management 294: 112917. Article

• van der Marel A, Waterman J, López-Darias M. 2021. Exploring the role of life history traits and introduction effort in understanding invasion success in mammals: a case study of Barbary ground squirrels. Oecologia 195: 327-339. Article

2016-2020

• van der Marel A, Waterman J, López-Darias M. 2020. Social organization in a North African ground squirrel. Journal of Mammalogy 101: 670-683. Article

• Reynolds RG, Kolbe JJ, Glor RE, López-Darias M, Gómez Purroy CV, Harrison AS, de Keiroz Q, Revell LJ, Losos JB. 2019. Phylogeographic and phenotypic outcomes of brown anole colonization across the Caribbean provide insight into the beginning stages of an adaptive radiation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Article

• Medina FM, Piquet JC, López-Darias M. 2019. Rapid responses against invasive species on islands: lessons from the introduced Barbary ground squirrel Atlantoxerus getulus in the Canary Islands. Oryx 53: 782-786. Article

• van der Marel A, López-Darias M, Waterman J. 2019. Group-enhanced predator detection and quality of vigilance in a social ground squirrel. Animal Behaviour 151: 43- 52. Article

• Piquet JC, Baumgartner ES, Medina FM, Díaz-Luis N, Sevilla J, López H, Nogales M, López-Darias M. 2019. A recource-efficient procedure to improve planning of invasive cat management on inhabited islets. Biological Invasions 21: 1817-1831. Article

• Piquet JC, López-Darias M, van der Marel A, Nogales M, Waterman J. 2018. Unraveling behavioral and pace-of-life syndromes in a reduced parasite and predation pressure context: personality and survival of the Barbary ground squirrel. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72: 147. Article

• Cubas J, Martín-Esquivel JL, Nogales M, Irl SDH, Hernández-Hernández R, López-Darias M, Marrero-Gómez M, del Arco MJ, González-Mancebo JM. 2018. Contrasting effects of invasive rabbits on endemic plants driving vegetation change in a subtropical alpine insular environment. Biological Invasions 20: 793-897. Article

• Seguí J, López-Darias M, Pérez AJ, Nogales M, Traveset A. 2017. Species-environment interactions changed by introduced herbivores in an oceanic high-mountain ecosystem. AoB Plants 9: plw091. Article

• Herrel A, López-Darias M, Vanhooydonck B, Cornette R, Kohlsdorf T, Brandt R. 2016. Do adult phenotypes reflect selection on juvenile performance? A comparative study on performance and morphology in lizards. Integrative and Comparative Biology 56: 469-478. Article

• López-Darias M, Nogales M. 2016. Raptors as legitimate secondary dispersers of weed seeds. Ibis 158: 428-432. Article

2011-2015

• Algar A, López-Darias M. 2015. Sex‐specific responses of phenotypic diversity to environmental variation. Ecography 39: 715-725. Article

• Nogales M, Castañeda I, López-Darias M, Medina FM, Bonnaud E. 2015. The unnoticed effect of a top predator on complex mutualistic interactions. Biological Invasions 17: 1655-1665. Article

• López-Darias M, Vanhooydonck B, Cornette R, Herrel A. 2015. Sex-specific differences in ecomorphological relationships in lizards of the genus Gallotia. Functional Ecology 29: 506-514. Article

• López-Darias M, Schoener TW, Spiller DA, Losos JB. 2012. Predators determine how weather affects the spatial niche of a lizard prey: exploring niche dynamics at a fine-scale. Ecology 93: 2512-2518. Article

• López-Darias M, Luzardo J, Martínez R, González D, García EA, Cabrera J. 2011. Poaching vs. patrolling: effects on Cory's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea borealis) colonies conservation. Bird Conservation International 21: 342-352. Article

2006-2010

• López-Darias M, Rumeu B. 2010. Status and population trend of Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae in the Canary Islands. Ornis Fenica 87: 35-40. Article

• Traveset A, Nogales M, Alcover JA, Delgado JD, López-Darias M, Godoy D, Igual JM, Bover P. 2009. A review on the effects of alien rodents in the Balearic (Western Mediterranean Sea) and Canary Islands (Eastern Atlantic Ocean). Biological Invasions 11: 1653-1670. Article

• López-Darias M, Lobo JM. 2009. Micro-scale distribution of rabbits on Fuerteventura Island. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 3687-3704. Article

• López-Darias M, Nogales M. 2008. Effects of the invasive Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) on seed dispersal systems of insular xeric environments. Journal of Arid Environments 72: 926 - 939. Article

• López-Darias M, Rivas A, Feliú C. 2008. Helminth parasites in native and invasive mammal populations: comparative study on the Barbary ground squirrel Atlantoxerus getulus L. (Rodentia, Sciuridae) in Morocco and the Canary Islands. Acta Parasitologica 53: 296-301. Article

• López-Darias M, Lobo JM. 2008. Factors affecting invasive species abundance: the Barbary ground squirrel on Fuerteventura Island. Zoological Studies 46: 268-281. Article

• López-Darias M, Lobo JM, Gouat P. 2008. Predicting potential distributions of invasive species: the exotic Barbary ground squirrel in the Canarian Archipelago and west Mediterranean region.  Biological Invasions 10: 1027-1040. Article

• Medina FM, López-Darias M, Nogales M, García R. 2008. Food habits of feral cats (Felis silvestris f. catus, L. 1758) in insular semiarid environments (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands). Wildlife Research 35: 162-169. Article 

• Lorenzo-Morales J, López-Darias M, Martínez-Carretero E, Valladares B. 2007. Isolation of potentially pathogenic strains of Acanthamoeba in wild squirrels from the Canary Islands and Morocco. Experimental Parasitology 117: 74-79. Article

• Luzardo J, López-Darias M, Suarez V, Calabuig P, García EA. 2007. First breeding population of Bulwer's petrel Bulweria bulwerii recorded on Gran Canaria (Canary Islands); population size and morphometric data. Marine Ornithology 36: 159-162. Article

• López-Darias M. 2007. First documented case of double-brooding in the Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo). Journal of Raptor Research 41: 340-341. Article

• Barrientos R, López-Darias M. 2006. A case of polyandrous trio of Eurasian buzzards (Buteo buteo) on Fuerteventura Island, Canary Islands. Journal of Raptor Research 40: 305-306. Article