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  1. Where to do number two: Lizards prefer to defecate on the largest rock in the territory

    Article • Behavioural Processes, October 2019, Elsevier

    Raoul Van Damme

  2. Habitat use and vestibular system's dimensions in lacertid lizards

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, April 2019, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  3. The ecological signal on the shape of the lacertid vestibular system: simple versus complex microhabitats

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, April 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  4. Brain size, ecology and sociality: a reptilian perspective

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  5. Morphometric characteristics of Alpine salamanders: a support for subspecies validation and conservation?

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2019, Brill

    Raoul Van Damme

  6. On dangerous ground: the evolution of body armour in cordyline lizards

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2018, Royal Society Publishing

    Cang Hui, Raoul Van Damme

  7. Intraspecific Variation in the Information Content of an Ornament: Why Relative Dewlap Size Signals Bite Force in Some, But Not All Island Populations of Anolis sagrei

    Article • Integrative and Comparative Biology, May 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  8. The brown anole dewlap revisited: do predation pressure, sexual selection, and species recognition shape among-population signal diversity?

    Article • PeerJ, May 2018, PeerJ

    Raoul Van Damme

  9. The effect of environmental provisioning on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

    Article • Animal Welfare, February 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Raoul Van Damme

  10. Hunt or hide: How insularity and urbanization affect foraging decisions in lizards

    Article • Ethology, January 2018, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  11. Immunocompetence and parasite infestation in a melanistic and normally-coloured population of the lacertid lizard, Podarcis siculus

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2018, Brill

    Raoul Van Damme

  12. Sexual selection and the chemical signal design of lacertid lizards

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  13. Environmental conditions shape the chemical signal design of lizards

    Article • Functional Ecology, October 2017, Wiley

    Mr Simon Baeckens, Raoul Van Damme

  14. Evolutionary morphology of the lizard chemosensory system

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  15. The Role of Diet in Shaping the Chemical Signal Design of Lacertid Lizards

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  16. Macroevolutionary diversification of glands for chemical communication in squamate reptiles

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  17. Climate-related environmental variation in a visual signalling device: the male and female dewlap in Anolis sagrei lizards

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, August 2017, Wiley

    Mr Simon Baeckens, Raoul Van Damme

  18. Artificial selection in guppies: male and female phenotypes produced by inter‐ and intrasexual selection

    Article • Journal of Zoology, May 2017, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  19. How phylogeny and foraging ecology drive the level of chemosensory exploration in lizards and snakes

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, January 2017, Wiley

    Mr Simon Baeckens, Raoul Van Damme

  20. Water Stress Affects Development Time but Not Takeoff Performance in the Butterfly Pararge aegeria

    Article • Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, January 2017, University of Chicago Press

    Raoul Van Damme

  21. Fossorial and durophagous: implications of molluscivory for head size and bite capacity in a burrowing worm lizard

    Article • Journal of Zoology, October 2016, Wiley

    Mr Simon Baeckens, Raoul Van Damme

  22. Intersexual chemo-sensation in a “visually-oriented” lizard,Anolis sagrei

    Article • PeerJ, March 2016, PeerJ

    Raoul Van Damme

  23. Chemical communication in the lacertid lizardPodarcis muralis: the functional significance of testosterone

    Article • Acta Zoologica, February 2016, Wiley

    Mr Simon Baeckens, Raoul Van Damme

  24. Digit ratios in two lacertid lizards: sexual dimorphism and morphological and physiological correlates

    Article • Zoomorphology, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  25. Messages conveyed by assorted facets of the dewlap, in both sexes of Anolis sagrei

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  26. Evolution and role of the follicular epidermal gland system in non-ophidian squamates

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2015, Brill

    Mr Simon Baeckens, Raoul Van Damme

  27. Chemical signalling in lizards: an interspecific comparison of femoral pore numbers in Lacertidae

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mr Simon Baeckens, Raoul Van Damme

  28. Seeing through the skin: dermal light sensitivity provides cryptism in moorish gecko

    Article • Journal of Zoology, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Domenico Fulgione, Pasquale Raia, Raoul Van Damme

  29. Parentage analyses suggest female promiscuity and a disadvantage for athletic males in the colour-polymorphic lizard Podarcis melisellensis

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  30. Deterring predators, daunting opponents or drawing partners? Signaling rates across diverse contexts in the lizard Anolis sagrei

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  31. Predator-Prey Interactions Shape Thermal Patch Use in a Newt Larvae-Dragonfly Nymph Model

    Article • PLOS One, June 2013, PLOS

    Raoul Van Damme

  32. Are lizards feeling the heat? A tale of ecology and evolution under two temperatures

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, February 2013, Wiley

    Shai Meiri, Miss Maria Novosolov, Dr. Peter Uetz, Raoul Van Damme

  33. Melanin-based colouration as a potential indicator of male quality in the lizard Zootoca vivipara (Squamata: Lacertidae)

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2013, Brill

    Raoul Van Damme

  34. Individual and among-population variation in dispersal-related traits in Natterjack toads

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, November 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  35. Physiological change in an insular lizard population confirms the reversed island syndrome

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Domenico Fulgione, Pasquale Raia, Raoul Van Damme

  36. Female lizards ignore the sweet scent of success: Male characteristics implicated in female mate preference

    Article • Zoology, August 2012, Elsevier

    Anthony Herrel, Raoul Van Damme

  37. Physiological colour change in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica (Squamata: Gekkonidae): effects of background, light, and temperature

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, June 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Domenico Fulgione, Raoul Van Damme

  38. Why can't we all just get along? Interspecific aggression in resident and non‐residentPodarcis melisellensislizards

    Article • Journal of Zoology, June 2012, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  39. Changing climate can affect fish fertility

    Article • Global Change Biology, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Bart Adriaenssens, Professor Frank Seebacher, Raoul Van Damme

  40. Seeing through the lizard’s trick: do avian predators avoid autotomous tails?

    Article • Open Life Sciences, February 2011, De Gruyter

    Raoul Van Damme

  41. Anatomical and Physiological Changes Associated with a Recent Dietary Shift in the LizardPodarcis sicula

    Article • Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, July 2010, University of Chicago Press

    Raoul Van Damme

  42. Seasonal changes in parasite load and a cellular immune response in a colour polymorphic lizard

    Article • Oecologia, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  43. Genetic divergence among sympatric colour morphs of the Dalmatian wall lizard (Podarcis melisellensis)

    Article • Genetica, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  44. Effects of testosterone on morphology, performance and muscle mass in a lizard

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological Genetics and Physiology, December 2009, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  45. Scaling of plantar pressures in mammals

    Article • Journal of Zoology, October 2009, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  46. Hydrodynamic constraints on prey-capture performance in forward-striking snakes

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, October 2009, Royal Society Publishing

    Raoul Van Damme

  47. The mystery of the missing toes: extreme levels of natural mutilation in island lizard populations

    Article • Functional Ecology, September 2009, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  48. Relationships between hormones, physiological performance and immunocompetence in a color-polymorphic lizard species, Podarcis melisellensis

    Article • Hormones and Behavior, April 2009, Elsevier

    Raoul Van Damme

  49. The effect of preservation on lizard morphometrics – an experimental study

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2009, Brill

    Raoul Van Damme

  50. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the Dalmatian wall lizard Podarcis melisellensis (Squamata: Lacertidae)

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, January 2009, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  51. It is all in the head: morphological basis for differences in bite force among colour morphs of the Dalmatian wall lizard

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, December 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dominique Adriaens, Raoul Van Damme

  52. The evolution of thermal performance curves in semi-aquatic newts: Thermal specialists on land and thermal generalists in water?

    Article • Journal of Thermal Biology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Raoul Van Damme

  53. Do morphological condition indices predict locomotor performance in the lizard Podarcis sicula?

    Article • Acta Oecologica, September 2008, Elsevier

    Raoul Van Damme

  54. Fluctuating Asymmetry, Physiological Performance, and Stress in Island Populations of the Italian Wall Lizard (Podarcis sicula)

    Article • Journal of Herpetology, June 2008, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

    Raoul Van Damme

  55. Functional and ecological relevance of intraspecific variation in body size and shape in the lizard Podarcis melisellensis (Lacertidae)

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, May 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  56. Rapid large-scale evolutionary divergence in morphology and performance associated with exploitation of a different dietary resource

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Raoul Van Damme

  57. Effects of phenotypic variation onto body temperature and flight activity in a polymorphic insect

    Article • Physiological Entomology, March 2008, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  58. Foraging Mode and Its Flexibility in Lacertid Lizards From Europe

    Article • Journal of Herpetology, March 2008, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

    Raoul Van Damme

  59. Foraging mode and locomotor capacities in Lacertidae

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2008, Brill

    Raoul Van Damme

  60. Wide home ranges for widely foraging lizards

    Article • Zoology, January 2008, Elsevier

    Raoul Van Damme

  61. Correlated evolution of thermal characteristics and foraging strategy in lacertid lizards

    Article • Journal of Thermal Biology, October 2007, Elsevier

    Raoul Van Damme

  62. Size-related changes in cranial morphology affect diet in the catfish Clariallabes longicauda

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, September 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dominique Adriaens, Raoul Van Damme

  63. A functional approach to sexual selection

    Article • Functional Ecology, August 2007, Wiley

    Anthony Herrel, Raoul Van Damme

  64. Differences in morphology, performance and behaviour between recently diverged populations of Podarcis sicula mirror differences in predation pressure

    Article • Oikos, August 2007, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  65. Does foraging mode mould morphology in lacertid lizards?

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, July 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  66. A performance based approach to distinguish indices from handicaps in sexual selection studies

    Article • Functional Ecology, June 2007, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  67. Fightversusflight: physiological basis for temperature-dependent behavioral shifts in lizards

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, May 2007, The Company of Biologists

    Raoul Van Damme

  68. Relationships between chemosensory behaviour and foraging mode within lacertid lizards

    Article • Behaviour, January 2007, Brill

    Raoul Van Damme

  69. THE QUICK AND THE FAST: THE EVOLUTION OF ACCELERATION CAPACITY IN ANOLIS LIZARDS

    Article • Evolution, October 2006, Wiley

    Anthony Herrel, Raoul Van Damme

  70. TRITURUS NEWTS DEFY THE RUNNING-SWIMMING DILEMMA

    Article • Evolution, October 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  71. Correlated evolution of aquatic prey-capture strategies in European and American natricine snakes

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, April 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Anthony Herrel, Raoul Van Damme

  72. THE QUICK AND THE FAST: THE EVOLUTION OF ACCELERATION CAPACITY IN ANOLIS LIZARDS

    Article • Evolution, January 2006, The Society for the Study of Evolution

    Anthony Herrel, Raoul Van Damme

  73. TRITURUS NEWTS DEFY THE RUNNING-SWIMMING DILEMMA

    Article • Evolution, January 2006, The Society for the Study of Evolution

    Raoul Van Damme

  74. Morphology, performance and fighting capacity in male lizards, Gallotia galloti

    Article • Functional Ecology, October 2005, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  75. The relationship between dewlap size and performance changes with age and sex in a Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) lizard population

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, August 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  76. Predator‐specific changes in the morphology and swimming performance of larval Rana lessonae

    Article • Functional Ecology, April 2005, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  77. Does dewlap size predict male bite performance in Jamaican Anolis lizards?

    Article • Functional Ecology, February 2005, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  78. Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or constraint?

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, September 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  79. Bipedalism in lizards: whole–body modelling reveals a possible spandrel

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2003, Royal Society Publishing

    Raoul Van Damme

  80. Consistency and variation in the bat assemblages inhabiting two forest islands within a neotropical savanna in Bolivia

    Article • Journal of Tropical Ecology, July 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Raoul Van Damme

  81. Relationships between locomotor performance, microhabitat use and antipredator behaviour in lacertid lizards

    Article • Functional Ecology, April 2003, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  82. The implications of food hardness for diet in bats

    Article • Functional Ecology, April 2003, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  83. Evolutionary maintenance of sexual dimorphism in head size in the lizard Zootoca vivipara: a test of two hypotheses

    Article • Journal of Zoology, January 2003, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  84. Relationships between head size, bite force, prey handling efficiency and diet in two sympatric lacertid lizards

    Article • Functional Ecology, December 2002, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  85. Speed versus manoeuvrability: association between vertebral number and habitat structure in lacertid lizards

    Article • Journal of Zoology, November 2002, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  86. Micro-scale differences in thermal habitat quality and a possible case of evolutionary flexibility in the thermal physiology of lacertid lizards

    Article • Oecologia, August 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  87. Ecomorphological analysis of trophic niche partitioning in a tropical savannah bat community

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2002, Royal Society Publishing

    Raoul Van Damme

  88. Performance constraints in decathletes

    Article • Nature, February 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  89. Intrinsic Mechanics and Control of Fast Cranio-Cervical Movements in Aquatic Feeding Turtles1

    Article • American Zoologist, December 2001, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

    Anthony Herrel, Raoul Van Damme

  90. Proximate Causes of Intraspecific Variation in Locomotor Performance in the LizardGallotia galloti

    Article • Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, November 2001, University of Chicago Press

    Raoul Van Damme

  91. Limb proportions in climbing and ground-dwelling geckos (Lepidosauria, Gekkonidae): a phylogenetically informed analysis

    Article • Zoomorphology, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  92. Origins of interspecific variation in lizard sprint capacity

    Article • Functional Ecology, April 2001, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  93. Use of Predator Chemical Cues by Three Species of Lacertid Lizards (Lacerta bedriagae, Podarcis tiliguerta, and Podarcis sicula)

    Article • Journal of Herpetology, March 2001, JSTOR

    Raoul Van Damme

  94. Evolutionary trade-offs in locomotor capacities in lacertid lizards: are splendid sprinters clumsy climbers?

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, January 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  95. SPEED AND STAMINA TRADE-OFF IN LACERTID LIZARDS

    Article • Evolution, January 2001, The Society for the Study of Evolution

    Raoul Van Damme

  96. The implications of bite performance for diet in two species of lacertid lizards

    Article • Canadian Journal of Zoology, January 2001, Canadian Science Publishing

    Raoul Van Damme

  97. Ecomorphological correlates of habitat partitioning in Corsican lacertid lizards

    Article • Functional Ecology, June 2000, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  98. LIZARD LOCOMOTION: HOW MORPHOLOGY MEETS ECOLOGY

    Article • Netherlands Journal of Zoology, May 2000, De Gruyter

    Raoul Van Damme

  99. Spatio-temporal gait characteristics of the hind-limb cycles during voluntary bipedal and quadrupedal walking in bonobos (Pan paniscus)

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, April 2000, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  100. Evolution of Herbivory in Lacertid Lizards: Effects of Insularity and Body Size

    Article • Journal of Herpetology, December 1999, JSTOR

    Raoul Van Damme

  101. Forest birds in forest fragments: are fragmentation effects independent of season?

    Article • Bird Study, November 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Raoul Van Damme

  102. Sexual dimorphism of head size in Gallotia galloti: testing the niche divergence hypothesis by functional analyses

    Article • Functional Ecology, June 1999, Wiley

    Raoul Van Damme

  103. Absolute versus per unit body length speed of prey as an estimator of vulnerability to predation

    Article • Animal Behaviour, February 1999, Elsevier

    Raoul Van Damme

  104. Effects of habitat fragmentation on provisioning rates, diet and breeding success in two species of tit (great tit and blue tit)

    Article • Oecologia, May 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  105. Variation in morphology, gait characteristics and speed of locomotion in two populations of lizards

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, March 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  106. No trade-off between sprinting and climbing in two populations of the LizardPodarcis hispanica(Reptilia: Lacertidae)

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, April 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Raoul Van Damme

  107. Cannibalistic Propensities in the Lizard Podarcis hispanica atrata

    Article • Copeia, December 1996, JSTOR

    Raoul Van Damme

  108. Chemosensory predator recognition in the lizardPodarcis hispanica: Effects of predation pressure relaxation

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, January 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  109. Evolution of Sprint Speed in Lacertid Lizards: Morphological, Physiological and Behavioral Covariation

    Article • Evolution, October 1995, JSTOR

    Raoul Van Damme

  110. Responses of the lizard Lacerta vivipara to predator chemical cues: the effects of temperature

    Article • Animal Behaviour, August 1990, Elsevier

    Raoul Van Damme

  111. Field Body Temperatures and Thermoregulatory Behavior of the High Altitude Lizard, Lacerta bedriagae

    Article • Journal of Herpetology, March 1990, JSTOR

    Raoul Van Damme

  112. Evolutionary Rigidity of Thermal Physiology: The Case of the Cool Temperate Lizard Lacerta vivipara

    Article • Oikos, February 1990, JSTOR

    Raoul Van Damme

  113. Effect of Relative Clutch Mass on Sprint Speed in the Lizard Lacerta vivipara

    Article • Journal of Herpetology, December 1989, JSTOR

    Raoul Van Damme

  114. Altitudinal variation of the thermal biology and running performance in the lizard Podarcis tiliguerta

    Article • Oecologia, September 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Raoul Van Damme

  115. Synchronization of Spring Molting with the Onset of Mating Behavior in Male Lizards, Lacerta vivipara

    Article • Journal of Herpetology, March 1989, JSTOR

    Raoul Van Damme

  116. Selected body temperatures in the lizard Lacerta vivipara: Variation within and between populations

    Article • Journal of Thermal Biology, December 1986, Elsevier

    Raoul Van Damme

  117. Notes on distribution and expansion of the range of the lizard Psammodromus algirus in Northern Spain

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 1986, De Gruyter

    Raoul Van Damme