Publications

1. A Venomous Tale: How Lizards Can Shed Their Tail When Predators Attack (PDF)

2. Ice-Age Reptile Extinctions Provide a Glimpse of Likely Responses to Human-Caused Climate Change (PDF)

3.  Crazy for Critters: A Day in the Life of an RMBL scientists (PDF)

4. Demokratia News (PDF)

5. Nea Parou (in Greek) (PDF)

6. Investigating Mediterranean Ecosystems: A Student Research Project on the Cycladic Islands of the Aegean Sea (PDF)

7. Professor Johannes Foufopoulos (UM, School of Natural Resources) and Dr. Despina Margomenou (Modern Greek Program) awarded International Institute's Experiential Learning Funding (PDF)

8. Stewards Magazine: Study of zoonotic diseases in Africa (PDF)

9. Article on Naxos research (PDF)

10. Naxos and the Future of Climate Change (PDF)

11. Article on lab research that shed light on the evolution of island fearlessness (or tameness) in endemic island wildlife. (PDF)

12. Wetenshap Dutch Science Magazine (PDF)

13. "Of Pathogens and Men": Interview for Undergraduate Research Forum (PDF)

14. Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Newsletter (PDF)

15. Book Review. Population Dynamics: New Approaches and Synthesis (PDF)

McCallum, H., Foufopoulos, J. and Grogan, L.F., 2024. Infectious disease as a driver of declines and extinctions. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction, 2, p.e2. (PDF)

Foufopoulos, J., Zhao, Y., Brock, K.M., Pafilis, P. and Valakos, E.D., 2023. Predation Risk, and Not Shelter or Food Availability, as the Main Determinant of Reproduction Investment in Island Lizards. Animals, 13(23), p.3689. (PDF)

Donihue, C.M., Herrel, A., Taverne, M., Foufopoulos, J. and Pafilis, P., 2023. The evolution of diet and morphology in insular lizards: Insights from a replicated Island introduction experiment. Animals, 13(11), p.1788. (PDF)

Tzoras, E., Foufopoulos, J., Volz, M., Troidl, S., Troidl, A. and Jablonski, D., 2023. Lost in the Cyclades: genetic affiliation of the Yellow-bellied Toad, Bombina variegata (Anura: Bombinatoridae), from Paros Island, Greece. Salamandra, 59, pp.92-95. (PDF)

Stadler, S.R., Brock, K.M., Bednekoff, P.A. and Foufopoulos, J., 2022. More and bigger lizards reside on islands with more resources. Journal of Zoology, 319(3), pp.163-174. (PDF)

Donihue, C.M., Herrel, A., Foufopoulos, J. and Pafilis, P., 2022. Body condition and jumping predict initial survival in a replicated island introduction experiment. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 135(3), pp.490-498. (PDF)

Lisiecki, C. and Foufopoulos, J., 2022. Profits vs. preservation: How can shepherds balance the social and ecological costs of livestock grazing on Naxos?. World Development Perspectives, 26, p.100430. (PDF)

Carlberg, R.A., Karris, G., Verma, M. and Foufopoulos, J., 2022. Food versus disturbance: contradictory effects of human activities on an opportunistic seabird breeding in an oligotrophic marine system. Diversity, 14(6), p.421. (PDF)

Hammoud, C., Kougioumoutzis, K., Rijsdijk, K.F., Simaiakis, S.M., Norder, S.J., Foufopoulos, J., Georgopoulou, E. and E.E. Van Loon. 2021. Past connections with the mainland structure patterns of insular species richness in a continental‐shelf archipelago (Aegean Sea, Greece). Ecology and Evolution, 11(10): 5441-5458.  DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7438. (PDF)

Espira, L.M., Brouwer, A.F., Han, B.A., Foufopoulos, J. and Eisenberg, J.N., 2022. Dilution of epidemic potential of environmentally transmitted infectious diseases for species with partially overlapping habitats. The American Naturalist, 199(2), pp.E43-E56. (PDF)

Itescu, Y., Foufopoulos, J., Schwarz, R., Lymberakis, P., Slavenko, A., Gavriilidi, I.A., Meiri, S. and Pafilis, P., 2021. The island of extremes: Giants and dwarfs on a small remote island. Russ. J. Herpetol, 28, pp.225-230. (PDF)

BeVier, G., Brock, K.M. and Foufopoulos, J., 2021. Life on an island: the effects of insularity on the ecology and home range of the Aegean wall lizard. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 16, pp.394-404. (PDF)

Hedman, H.D., Zhang, L., Trueba, G., Vinueza Rivera, D.L., Zurita Herrera, R.A., Villacis Barrazueta, J.J., Gavilanes Rodriguez, G.I., Butt, B., Foufopoulos, J., Berrocal, V.J. and J.N. Eisenberg. 2020. Spatial exposure of agricultural antimicrobial resistance in relation to free-ranging domestic chicken movement patterns among agricultural communities in Ecuador. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103(5): 1803-1809. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0076. (PDF)

Donihue, C.M., Herrel A., Martín, J., Foufopoulos, J., Pafilis P., and, S. Baeckens. 2020. Rapid and repeated divergence of animal chemical signals in an island introduction experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology, 00: 1-10. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13205. (PDF)

Larson, P.S., Espira, L., Grabow, C., Wang, C.A., Muloi, D., Browne, A.S., Deem, S.L., Fèvre, E.M., Foufopoulos, J., Hardin, R. and J.N. Eisenberg. 2019. The sero‐epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) across livestock species and herding contexts in Laikipia County, Kenya. Zoonoses and Public Health, 66:316-324. DOI: 10.1111/zph.12567. (PDF)

Krawczyk, E., Hedman, H., Pafilis, P., Bergen, K. and J. Foufopoulos. 2019. Effects of touristic development on Mediterranean island wildlife. Landscape Ecology, 34: 2719-34. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-019-00917-5. (PDF)

Itescu, Y., Foufopoulos, J., Pafilis, P. and S. Meiri. 2019. The diverse nature of island isolation and its effect on insular fauna. Global Ecology & Biogeography, DOI: 10.1111/geb.13024. (PDF)

Pafilis, P., Herrel, A., Kapsalas, G., Vasilopoulou-Kampitsi, M., Fabre, A.C., Foufopoulos, J. and C.M. Donihue. 2019. Habitat shapes the thermoregulation of Mediterranean lizards introduced to replicate experimental islets. Journal of Thermal Biology, 84: 368-374. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.07.032. (PDF)

Gizicki, Z.S., Tamez, V., Galanopoulou, A.P., Avramidis P., and J. Foufopoulos. 2018. Long-term effects of feral goats (Capra hircus) on Mediterranean island communities: Results from whole island manipulations. Biological Invasions, 20(6):1537-1552. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-017-1645-4. (PDF)

Foufopoulos, J. 2018. Papyrus - The Plant that Changed the World. Book Review, in: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 54(1): 322-323.
DOI: 10.2143/BASP.54.0.3239885. (PDF)

Itescu, Y., Schwarz, R., Donihue, C.M., Slavenko, A., Roussos, S.A., Sagonas, K., Valakos, E.D., Foufopoulos, J., Pafilis, P. and S. Meiri, 2018. Inconsistent patterns of body size evolution in co‐occurring island reptiles. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 1–13. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12716. (PDF)

Larson, P.S., Espira, L., Grabow, C., Wang, C.A., Muloi, D., Browne, A.S., Deem, S.L., Fèvre, E.M., Foufopoulos, J., Hardin, R. and Eisenberg, J.N., 2019. The sero‐epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) across livestock species and herding contexts in Laikipia County, Kenya. Zoonoses and Public Health, 66(3), pp.316-324. (PDF)

Rosso, A., Brock, K.M. and Foufopoulos, J., 2018. First record of Eryx jaculus turcicus (OLIVIER, 1801) on Kinaros Island, Dodecanese, Greece. Herpetozoa, 31(1-2), pp.86-88. (PDF)

Flies, E.J., Weinstein, P., Anderson, S.J., Koolhof, I., Foufopoulos, J. and C.R. Williams. 2018. Ross River virus and the necessity of multi-scale, eco-epidemiological analyses. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217: 807–15. (PDF)

Pafilis, P., Sagonas, K., Kapsalas, G., Foufopoulos, J., and E.D. Valakos. 2017. Sex does not affect tail autotomy in lacertid lizards. Acta Herpetologica, 12(1): 19-27, 2017. DOI: Acta_Herpetol-20245. (PDF)

Santonastaso, T., Lighten J., van Oosterhout C., Jones K.L., Foufopoulos J., and N.M. Anthony. 2017. The effects of historical fragmentation on major histocompatibility complex class II β and microsatellite variation in the Aegean island reptile, Podarcis erhardii. Ecology and Evolution, 1–14.
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3022. (PDF)

Foufopoulos, J., Roca, V., White, K.A., Pafilis, P., and E.D. Valakos. 2017. Effects of island characteristics on parasitism in a Mediterranean lizard (Podarcis erhardii): A role for population size and island history? Northwestern Journal of Zoology; e161508. (PDF)

Belasen, A., Brock, K., Li, B., Chremou, D., Valakos, E., Pafilis, P., Sinervo, B., and J. Foufopoulos. 2017. Fine with heat, problems with water: microclimate alters water loss in a thermally adapted insular lizard. Oikos, 126: 447-457. DOI: 10.1111/oik.03712. (PDF)

Itescu, Y., Jamison, S., Slavenko, A., Tamar, K., Roussos, S.A., Foufopoulos, J., Meiri, S. and Pafilis, P., 2017. The herpetofauna of Folegandros Island (Cyclades, Greece). Herpetozoa, 29(3-4), pp.183-190. (PDF)

Hedman H.D., Kapsalas G., Karameta E., Psonis, N., Poulakakis, N., Foufopoulos, J., and P. Pafilis. 2016. First record of Podarcis peloponnesiacus (Bibron & Bory, 1833) from outside the Peloponnese. Herpetozoa, 29 (3/4): 190-193. (PDF)

Kapsalas, G., Gavriilidi, I., Adamopoulou, C., Foufopoulos, J., and P. Pafilis. 2016. Effective thermoregulation in a newly established population of Podarcis siculus in Greece: a possible advantage for a successful invader. Acta Herpetologica, 11(2): 111-118. DOI: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol18075. (PDF)

Donihue, C.M., Brock, K.M., Foufopoulos, J., and A. Herrel. 2016. Feed or fight: testing the impact of food availability and intraspecific aggression on the functional ecology of an island lizard. Functional Ecology, 30: 566–575. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.1255. (PDF)

O'Connor, D., Butt, B., and J. Foufopoulos. 2015. Mapping the ecological footprint of large livestock overlapping with wildlife in Kenyan pastoralist landscapes. African Journal of Ecology, 1: 115-117. DOI: 10.1111/aje.12241. (PDF)

Laubach, Z.M., Perng, W., Lombardo, M., Murdock, C., and J. Foufopoulos. 2015. Determinants of parental care in Mountain White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha). Auk. 132: 893-902.  DOI: 10.1642/AUK-15-9.1. (PDF)

Donihue, C.M., Brock, K.M., Foufopoulos, J., and A. Herrel. 2015. Feed or fight: testing the impact of food availability and intraspecific aggression on the functional ecology of an island lizard. Functional Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12550. (PDF)

Slavenko, A., Itescu, Y., Foufopoulos, J., Pafilis, P., and S. Meiri. 2015. Clutch size variability in an ostensibly fix-clutched lizard: effects of insularity on a Mediterranean gecko. Evolutionary Biology, 42 (2):129-136. DOI 10.1007/s11692-015-9304-0. (PDF)

O'Connor, D., Butt, B., and J. Foufopoulos. 2015. Foraging ecologies of giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) and camels (Camelus dromedarius) in northern Kenya: Effects of habitat structure and possibilities for competition? African Journal of Ecology, 53 (2): 183–193. DOI: 10.1111/aje.12204. (PDF)

Brock, K., Bednekoff, P., Pafilis, P., and J. Foufopoulos. 2015. Evolution of antipredator defenses in the island lizard species Podarcis erhardii (Reptilia: Lacertidae). The sum of all fears?  Evolution, 69 (1): 216-231. DOI:10.1111/evo.12555. (PDF)

Deem, V., and H. Hedman. 2014. Potential cannibalism and intraspecific tail autotomization in the Aegean wall lizard, Podarcis erhardii. HYLA - Herpetološki bilten, 2014(1): 33–34. (PDF)

Massey, A., King, A., and J. Foufopoulos. 2014. Fencing protected areas: a long-term assessment of the effects of reserve establishment and fencing on African mammalian diversity. Biological Conservation, 176: 162–171. (PDF)

Brock, K., Belasen, A., and J. Foufopoulos. 2014. Aegean wall lizard (Podarcis erhardii): Caudal bifurcation. Herpetological Review, 45 (2): 332. (PDF)

DePuy, W., Benka, V., Massey, A., Deem, S., Kinnaird, M., O’Brien, T., Wanyoike, S., Njoka, J., Butt, A., Butt, B.,Foufopoulos, J., Eisenberg, J., and R. Hardin. 2014. Q Fever risk across a dynamic heterogeneous landscape in central Kenya. EcoHealth March 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0924-0. (PDF)

Meiri, S., Kadison, A., Novosolov, M., Pafilis, P., Foufopoulos, J., Itescu, Y., Raia, P., and D. Pincheira-Donoso. 2014. The number of competitor species is unlinked to sexual dimorphism. Journal of Animal Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12248. (PDF)

Brock, K. M., Donihue, C. M., and P. Pafilis. 2014. New records of frugivory and ovophagy in Podarcis (Lacertidae) lizards from East Mediterranean Islands. North-western Journal of Zoology, 10(1): 223-225. (PDF)

Li, B., Bednekoff, P., Belasen, A., Pafilis, P. and J. Foufopoulos. 2014. Effects of feral cats on the evolution of antipredator behaviors in island reptiles: insights from an ancient introduction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 281(1788), 20140339. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2014.0339. (PDF)

1. Species Record Submission: Chalcides ocellatus (PDF)

Dietz, M.S., C.C. Murdock, L.M. Romero, A. Ozgul, and J. Foufopoulos. 2013 Distance to a road is associated with reproductive success and physiological stress response in a migratory landbird. Wilson Journal of Ornithology.,125(1): 50-61. (PDF)

Donihue, C.M., L.M. Porenksy, J. Foufopoulos, C. Riginos, and R.M. Pringle. 2013 Glade cascades: indirect legacy effects of pastoralism enhance the abundance and spatial structuring of arboreal fauna. Ecology, 94(4): 827-837. (PDF)

Laubach, Z.M., D.T. Blumstein, L.M. Romero, G. Sampson, and J. Foufopoulos. 2013 Are white-crowned sparrow badges reliable signals? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67:481-492. (PDF) 

Mayer, G.C., J.A. Coyne, J.B. Losos, J. Foufopoulos, N. Shubin, D.J. Futuyma, B.C. Campbell, and S.V. Edwards. 2013 The other revolution in the life sciences. Science, 339:1148-1149. (PDF)

Oleson, G.M. and Foufopoulos, J., 2013. Nearest Neighbor Distance in Relation to Behavior in White Faced Capuchin Monkeys, Cebus capucinus. (PDF)

Murdock, C.C., J. Foufopoulos, and C.P. Simon. 2013 A transmission model for the ecology of an avian blood parasite in a temperate ecosystem. PloS ONE, 8(9): 1-14. (PDF)

Foufopoulos, J., M. Kilpatrick, and A.R. Ives. 2011 Holocene climate change and elevated extinction rates of northern reptile species from Mediterranean islands. American Naturalist, 1: 119-129. (PDF) (Suppl. Materials)

Fuxjager, M.J., J. Foufopoulos, R. Diaz-Uriarte, and C.A. Marler 2011 Functionally opposing effects of testosterone on two different types of parasite: implications for the immunucompetence handicap hypothesis. Functional Ecology, 25: 132-138 (PDF)

Pafilis, P., J. Foufopoulos, K. Sagonas, A. Runemark, E. Svensson, and E.D. Valakos. 2011 Reproductive biology of insular reptiles: marine subsidies modulate expression of the "Island Syndrome." Copeia, 4: 545-552 (PDF)

Munoz, N.E., D.T. Blumstein, and J. Foufopoulos. 2010. Immune system activation affects song and territorial defense. Behavioral Ecology, 21: 788-793 (PDF)

Murdock, C.C., K.J. Olival, and S.L. Perkins. 2010 Molecular identification of host feeding patterns of snow-melt mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): Potential implications for the transmission ecology of Jamestown Canyon virus. Journal of Medical Entomology, 47(2): 226-229 (PDF)

Akresh, M., K. Dinse, J. Foufopoulos, S. Schubel, and T. Kowalczyk. 2009. Passerine breeding and post-fledging habitat use in riparian and upland temperate forests of the American Midwest. Condor, 111(4): 756-762. (PDF)

Hurston, H., J. Bonanno, L. Voith, J. Foufopoulos, P. Pafilis, E. Valakos, and N. Anthony. 2009. Effects of island fragmentation on genetic diversity and parasitism in the Aegean wall lizard Podarcis erhardii (Lacertidae, Reptilia). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 52: 395-405. (PDF)

Lindström, K., O. Dolnik, M. Yabsley, O. Hellgren, B. O’Connor, H. Pärn and J. Foufopoulos. 2009. Feather mites and blood parasites in small ground finches (Geospiza fuliginosa, Emberizidae) from the Galapagos islands (Equador). Journal of Parasitology, 95: 39-45. (PDF)

Pafilis P., Foufopoulos, J. Sagonas, K. Runemark, A., Svensson, E. and E. D. Valakos. 2009. Cannibalism as a driver of multiple life history shifts in island endemics. Naturwissenschaften, 96(9): 1107-1113. (PDF)

Pafilis, P., J. Foufopoulos, N. Poulakakis, P. Lymberakis and E. D. Valakos. 2009. Tail shedding in island lizards: Decline of anti-predator defenses in relaxed predation environments. Evolution, 63(5): 1262-1278 (PDF)

Roca V., Foufopoulos J., Valakos E.D. and P. Pafilis. 2009. Gastrointestinal helminth communities of the Aegean Wall lizard (Podarcis erhardii ruthveni, Lacertidae) from the Sporades Islands. (Northwestern Aegean Sea, Greece). Amphibia-Reptilia, 30: 493-503. (PDF)

S. Gervasi, and J. Foufopoulos. 2008. Pond desiccation rate affects immune system responsiveness in a temporary pond breeding amphibian, Rana sylvatica (Wood frog). Functional Ecology, 22: 100-108. (PDF)

Foufopoulos, J., and G.C. Mayer. 2007. Turnover of passerine birds on islands in the Aegean Sea (Greece). Journal of Biogeography, 34: 1113–1123. (PDF)

Foufopoulos, J., and S. Richards. 2007. Amphibians and reptiles of New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea: diversity and conservation status. Hamadryad, 31 (2): 176-201. (PDF)

Gilman, S., Blumstein, D.T, and J. Foufopoulos. 2007. The effect of haemosporidian infections on white-crowned sparrow singing behaviour. Ethology, 113 (5): 437-445. (PDF)

Kati, V., Foufopoulos, J., Ioannidis, Y., Papaioannou H., Poirazidis, K. and P. Lebrun. 2007. Diversity, ecological structure and conservation of herpetofauna in the Dadia National Park, Greece. Amphibia-Reptilia, 28: 517-529. (PDF)

Pafilis, P., J. Foufopoulos, N. Poulakakis, P. Lymberakis and E. Valakos. 2007. Digestive performance in five Mediterranean lizard species: effects of temperature and insularity. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 177 (1): 49-60. (PDF)

Brown, R. M., Foufopoulos, J. and S. Richards. 2006. New species of Platymantis (Amphibia; Anura; Ranidae) from New Britain and redescription of the rare Platymantis nexipus. Copeia, (4): 674-695. (PDF)

Brown, R. M., Richards, S., Sukumaran, J., and J. Foufopoulos. 2006. A new, morphologically cryptic species of forest frog (genus Platymantis) from New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Zootaxa, 1334: 45-68. (PDF)

Foufopoulos, J. and N. Litinas. 2005. Crows and ravens in the Mediterranean as presented in the ancient and modern proverbial literature. Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 42: 7-39. (PDF)

MacDougall-Shackleton, E.A., E. P. Derryberry, J. Foufopoulos, A.P. Dobson, and T. P. Hahn. 2005. Parasite-mediated heterozygote advantage in an outbred songbird population. Biology Letters, 1: 105-107. (PDF)

O'Connor, B.M., Foufopoulos, J., Lipton, D., and K. Lindström. 2005. Mites associated with the small ground finch, Geospiza fuliginosa (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), from the Galápagos islands. Journal of Parasitology, 91(6): 1304-1313. (PDF)

Pafilis, P., Valakos, E.D., and J. Foufopoulos. 2005. Comparative post-autotomy tail activity in six Mediterranean lacertid lizard species. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 78(5): 828-838. (PDF)

Foufopoulos, J. and R. Brown. 2004. A new frog of the genus Platymantis (Amphibia; Anura; Ranidae) from New Britain, and redescription of the poorly known Platymantis macrosceles. Copeia, 4: 825-841. (PDF)

Lindström, K., Foufopoulos, J., Pärn, H., and M. Wikelski. 2004. Immunological investments reflect parasite abundance in island populations of Darwin’s finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), 271: 513-519. (PDF)

Patz, J.A., Daszak, P., Tabor, G.M., Aguirre, A., Pearl, M., Epstein, M., Wolfe, N.D., Foufopoulos, J., Molyneux, D. and D.J. Bradley. 2004. Unhealthy Landscapes: Policy recommendations on land use change and disease emergence. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112: 1092-1097. (PDF)

Wikelski, M., Foufopoulos, J., Vargas, H., and H. Snell. 2004. Galápagos birds and diseases: invasive pathogens as threats for island species. Ecology and Society, 9: 5. (PDF)

Foufopoulos, J, S. Altizer, and A. P. Dobson. 2003. Interactions between wildlife and domestic livestock in the Tropics. Tropical Agroecosystems, J. Vandermeer (ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA. 219-244. (PDF)

Derryberry, E. P., Foufopoulos, J., Dobson, A. P., MacDougall-Shackleton, E. A. and T. P. Hahn. 2003. An investigation of the effects of two haematozoa on reproductive success in mountain white-crowned sparrows. Int. Compar. Biol., 42: 1219. (PDF)

2. Species Record Submission: Typhlops depressiceps (PDF)

Altizer, S., J. Foufopoulos, and A. Gager. 2001. Disease and conservation. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, S. Levin (ed.) Academic Press, 2: 109-129. (PDF)

Dobson, A. P. and J. Foufopoulos. 2001. Emerging infectious pathogens in wildlife. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London-B, 356: 1001-1012. (PDF)

Foufopoulos, J., and A. R. Ives. 1999. Reptile extinctions on land-bridge islands: life history attributes and vulnerability to extinction. American Naturalist, 153(1): 1-25. (PDF) (Suppl. Materials)

Foufopoulos, J. 1997. The herpetofauna of the Northern Dodecanese (Aegean Sea, Greece). Herpetozoa, 10(1): 3-12. (PDF)

Ives, A. R., J. Foufopoulos, E. Klopfer, J. Klug, and T. Palmer. 1996. Bottle or big-scale studies: How do we do ecology? Ecology, 77(3): 681-685. (PDF)