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  1. Effect distances of road traffic noise on wildlife behaviour: A soundscape mapping approach using bird habitat selection

    Article • People and Nature, March 2026, Wiley

    Gopal Murali

  2. Effects of Future Climate Extreme Heat Events and Land Use Changes on Land Vertebrates

    Article • Global Change Biology, December 2025, Wiley

    Gopal Murali

  3. Innovative approaches to sustainable powder activator production from silica-rich industrial waste for clinker-free one-part binders in green construction materials

    Article • Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  4. Rethinking desert definitions: Bridging the gap between science, policy, and conservation

    Article • AMBIO, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  5. The future-focused Proactive Conservation Index highlights unrecognized global priorities for vertebrate conservation

    Article • PLoS Biology, October 2025, PLOS

    Gopal Murali

  6. Spatial Phylogenetic Analysis of Chinese Lizards: Insights Into Ecological Drivers and Conservation Gaps

    Article • Integrative Conservation, July 2025, Wiley

    Gopal Murali

  7. Ecology and Biogeography of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Squamates

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, June 2025, Wiley

    Gopal Murali

  8. Publisher Correction: Evolution of sexual size dimorphism in tetrapods is driven by varying patterns of sex-specific selection on size

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  9. Evolution of sexual size dimorphism in tetrapods is driven by varying patterns of sex-specific selection on size

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  10. Global evaluation of current and future threats to drylands and their vertebrate biodiversity

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  11. A global analysis of field body temperatures of active squamates in relation to climate and behaviour

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, January 2024, Wiley

    Gopal Murali

  12. Habitat heterogeneity limits prey colour polymorphism maintained via negative frequency-dependent selection

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Gopal Murali

  13. A Novel Future-Focused Threat Index Highlights Unrecognized Species Extinction Risks Globally

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Gopal Murali

  14. Fungal bioremediation: An overview of the mechanisms, applications and future perspectives

    Article • Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, January 2024, Elsevier

    Gopal Murali

  15. Diversity gradients of terrestrial vertebrates – substantial variations about a common theme

    Article • Journal of Zoology, December 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Zoltan Tamas Nagy, Gopal Murali

  16. New locality record of Forest Spotted Gecko Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) cf. speciosus (Beddome, 1870) (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Thanjavur, in the eastern coastal plains of Tamil Nadu, India

    Article • Journal of Threatened Taxa, October 2023, Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society

    Gopal Murali

  17. Chemical signaling glands are unlinked to species diversification in lizards

    Article • Evolution, June 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Gopal Murali

  18. Publisher Correction: Future temperature extremes threaten land vertebrates

    Article • Nature, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  19. Future heatwaves threaten thousands of land vertebrate species

    Article • Nature, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  20. Future temperature extremes threaten land vertebrates

    Article • Nature, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  21. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Zoltan Tamas Nagy, Gopal Murali

  22. Emphasizing declining populations in the Living Planet Report

    Article • Nature, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  23. Global determinants and conservation of evolutionary and geographic rarity in land vertebrates

    Article • Science Advances, October 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Gopal Murali

  24. Background complexity and optimal background matching camouflage

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  25. Different solutions lead to similar life history traits across the great divides of the amniote tree of life

    Article • Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  26. Size and unpredictable movement together affect the effectiveness of dynamic flash coloration

    Article • Animal Behaviour, April 2020, Elsevier

    Gopal Murali

  27. What makes motion dazzle markings effective against predation?

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, September 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Gopal Murali

  28. Dynamic colour change and the confusion effect against predation

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gopal Murali

  29. Erratum to “Now you see me, now you don't: dynamic flash coloration as an antipredator strategy in motion” [Animal Behaviour 142 (2018) 207–220]

    Article • Animal Behaviour, November 2018, Elsevier

    Gopal Murali

  30. Grab my tail: evolution of dazzle stripes and colourful tails in lizards

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, August 2018, Wiley

    Gopal Murali

  31. What affects power to estimate speciation rate shifts?

    Article • PeerJ, August 2018, PeerJ

    Gopal Murali

  32. Now you see me, now you don't: dynamic flash coloration as an antipredator strategy in motion

    Article • Animal Behaviour, August 2018, Elsevier

    Gopal Murali

  33. What affects power to estimate speciation rate shifts?

    Article • March 2018, PeerJ

    Gopal Murali

  34. Body size and evolution of motion dazzle coloration in lizards

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, October 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Gopal Murali

  35. Different evolutionary dynamics led to the convergence of clinging performance in lizard toepads

    Article • Evolution, August 2017, Wiley

    Gopal Murali

  36. Tree size and relative clade age influence estimation of speciation rate shifts

    Article • August 2017, PeerJ

    Gopal Murali

  37. Deceived by stripes: conspicuous patterning on vital anterior body parts can redirect predatory strikes to expendable posterior organs

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, June 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Gopal Murali

  38. Development of thioflavin-modified mesoporous silica framework for amyloid fishing

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, October 2014, Elsevier

    Gopal Murali