Publications
Publications of GARD members using data that are incorporated into the GARD project
Meiri, S. 2024. SquamBase – a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812.
Wotherspoon, L., Caetano, G. H. O., Roll, U., Meiri, S., Tingley, R. and Chapple, D. G. 2024. Inferring the extinction risk of Data Deficient and Not Evaluated Australian Squamates. Austral Ecology. doi: 10.1111/aec.13485.
Flanagan, T., Shea, G. M., Meiri, S., Roll, U., Tingley, R. and Chapple, D. G. 2024. New data and taxonomic changes influence our understanding of biogeographic patterns: A case study in Australian skinks. Journal of Zoology, DOI: 10.1111/jzo.13173
Raz, T., Allison, A., Avila, L. J., Bauer, A. M., Böhm, M., Caetano, G. H. O., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Doughty, P., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., Martins, M., Morando, M., Murali, G., Nagy, Z. T., Nogueira, C. C., Novosolov, M., Oliver, P. M., Passos, P., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Sindaco, R., Slavenko, A., Torres-Carvajal, O., Uetz, P., Wagner, P., Zimin, A., Roll, U. and Meiri, S. 2024. Diversity gradients of terrestrial vertebrates - substantial variations about a common theme. Journal of Zoology, 322: 126-140. doi:10.1111/jzo.13130.
Chapple, D. G., Slavenko, A., Tingley, R., Farquhar, J. E., Camaiti, M., Roll, U. and Meiri, S. 2023. Built for success: Distribution, morphology, ecology and life history of the world's skinks. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10791. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10791
Falaschi, M., Marta, S., Parrino, E. L., Roll, U., Meiri, S. and Ficetola, G. F. 2023. Global bioregions of reptiles confirm the consistency of bioregionalization processes across vertebrate clades. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32: 1272-1284. doi: 10.1111/geb.13694
Liang, T. and Meiri, S. 2024. Lizard richness in mainland China is more strongly correlated with energy and climatic stability than with diversification rates. Journal of Biogeography 51: 140-155. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14736
Mi, C., Ma, L., Yang, M., Li, X., Meiri, S., Roll, U., Oskyrko, O., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Harvey, L., Jablonski, D., Safaei-Mahroo, B., Ghaffari, H., Smid, J., Jarvie, S., Mwangi, R., Masroor, R., Kazemi, S., Nneji, L., Fokoua, A., Taboue, G. C. T., Bauer, A. M., Nogueira, C. C., Meirte, D., Chapple, D., Das, I., Grismer, L. L., Avila, L., Ribeiro-Junior, M. A., Tallowin, O. J. S., Torres-Carvajal, O., Wagner, P., Ron, S., Wang, Y., Itescu, Y., Nagy, Z. T., Wilcove, D., Liu, X. and Du, W. 2023. Global protected areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change. Nature Communications, 14: 1389. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36987-y
Slavenko, A., Allison, A., Austin, C., Bauer, A., Brown, R., Fisher, R., Ineich, I., Iova, B., Karin, B., Kraus, F., Mecke, S., Meiri, S., Morrison, C., Oliver, P. M., O'Shea, M., Richmond, J. Q., Shea, G. M., Tallowin, O. J. S. and Chapple, D. G. 2023. Skinks of Oceania, New Guinea, and Eastern Wallacea: an underexplored biodiversity hotspot. Pacific Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC22034
Murali, G., Iwamura, T., Meiri, S. and Roll, U. 2023. Future temperature extremes threaten land vertebrates. Nature 615: 461–467. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05606-z.
Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A. M., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., Caetano, G. H. O., Herrera, F. C., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M., Martins, M., Morando, M., Murali, G., Nagy, Z. T., Novosolov, M., Oliver, P., Passos, P., Pauwels, O. S. G., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Ribeiro-Junior, M. A., Shea, G., Tingley, R., Torres-Carvajal, O., Trape, J-F., Uetz, P., Wagner, P., Roll, U. and Meiri, S. 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology & Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/geb.13598.
Caetano, G. H. O., Chapple, D. G., Grenyer, R., Raz, T., Rosenblatt, J., Tingley, R., Böhm, M., Meiri, S. and Roll, U. 2022. Automated assessment reveals that the extinction risk of reptiles is widely underestimated across space and phylogeny. PloS Biology, 20(5): e3001544. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001544 This is the publication associated with the first use of GARD 1.7, the latest version currently (mid 2024) available.
This publication is not a GARD one per se, but is directly related and has many GARDians as authors, and involves much data provided by GARDians:
Cox, N., Young, B. E., Bowles, P., Fernandez, M., Marin, J., Rapacciuolo, G., Böhm, M., Brooks, T. M., Hedges, S. B., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Jenkins, R. K. B., Tognelli, M. F., Alexander, G. J., Allison, A., Ananjeva, N. B., Auliya, M., Avila, L. J., Chapple, D. G., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Cogger, H. G., Colli, G. R., de Silva, A., Eisemberg, C. C., Els, J., Fong, A. G., Grant, T. D., Hitchmough, R. A., Iskandar, D. T., Kidera, N., Martins, M., Meiri, S., Mitchell, N. J., Molur, S., Nogueira, C. C., Ortiz, J. C., Penner, J., Rhodin, A. G. J., Rivas, G., Rödel, M-O., Roll, U., Sanders, K. L., Santos-Barrera, G., Shea, G. M., Spawls, S., Stuart, B. L., Tolley, K. A., Trape, J-F., Vidal, M. A., Wagner, P., Wallace, B. P. and Xie, Y. 2022. A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods. Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04664-7.
see also:
Meiri, S., Chapple, D. G., Tolley, K. A., Mitchell, N., Laniado, T., Cox, N., Bowls, P., Young, B. E., Caetano, G., Geschke, J., Böhm, M. and Roll, U. 2023. Done but not dusted: reflections on the first global reptile assessment and priorities for the second. Biological Conservation, 278: 109879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109879
Chaitanya, R. and Meiri, S. 2022. Can’t see the wood for the trees? Canopy physiognomy influences the distribution of peninsular Indian flying lizards. Journal of Biogeography 49: 1-12. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14298
Murali, G., Gumbs, R., Meiri, S. and Roll, U. 2021. Global determinants and conservation of evolutionary and geographic rarity in land vertebrates. Science Advances 7: eabe5582. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe5582.
Barter, M., Bonifacio, L. R., Duran, A., Goulet, C. T., Tingley, R., Shea, G. M., Meiri, S*. and Chapple, D. G*. 2021. Predictors of geographic range size in Australian skinks. Global Ecology & Biogeography doi: 10.1111/geb.13419.
Meiri, S., Murali, G., Zimin, A., Shak, L., Itescu, Y., Caetano, G. and Roll, U. 2021. Different solutions lead to similar life history traits across the great divides of the amniote tree of life. Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki, 28: 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40709-021-00134-9.
Chapple, D. G., Roll, U., Bohm, M., Aguilar, R., Amey, A. P., Austin, C., C., Baling, M., Barley, A. J., Bates, M. F., Bauer, A. M., Blackburn, D. G., Bowles, P., Brown, R. M., Chandramouli, S. R., Chirio, L., Cogger, H., Colli, G. R., Conradie, W., Couper, P. J., Cowan, M. A., Craig, M. D., Das, I., Datta-Roy, A., Dickman, C. R., Ellis, R. J., Fenner, A. L., Ford, S., Ganesh, S. R., Gardner, M. G., Geissler, P., Gillespie, G. R., Glaw, F., Greenlees, M. J., Griffith, O. W., Grismer, L. L., Haines, M. L., Harris, D. J., Hedges, S. B., Hitchmough, R. A., Hoskin, C. J., Hutchinson, M. N., Ineich, I., Janssen, J., Johnston, G. R., Karin, B. R., Keogh, J. S., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M., Lymberakis, P., Masroor, R., McDonald, P. J., Mecke, S., Melville, J., Melzer, S., Michael, D. R., Miralles, A., Mitchell, N. J., Nelson, N. J., Nguyen, T. Q., Nogueira, C. C., Ota, H., Pafilis, P., Pauwels, O. S. G., Perera, A., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Reed, R. N., Ribeiro-Junior, M. A., Riley, J. L., Rocha, S., Rutherford, P. L., Sadlier, R. A.,Shacham, B., Shea, G. M., Shine, R., Slavenko, A., Stow, A., Sumner, J., Tallowin, O. J. S., Teale, R., Torres-Carvajal, O., Trape, J-F., Uetz, P., Ukuwela, K. D. B., Valentine, L., Van Dyke, J. U., van Winkel, D., Vasconcelos, R., Vences, M., Wagner, P., Wapstra, E., While, G. M., Whiting, M. J., Whittington, C. M., Wilson, S., Ziegler, T., Tingley, R. and Meiri, S. 2021. Conservation status of the world’s skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk. Biological Conservation 257: 109101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109101
Not strictly a GARD paper but using GARD data and many of the authors including the first and last ones are GARD members
Meiri, S., Avila, L., Bauer, A. M., Chapple, D. G., Das, I., Doan, T. M., Doughty, P., Ellis, R., Grismer, L. L., Kraus, F., Morando, M., Oliver, P. M., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Ribeiro-Junior, M. A., Shea, G., Torres-Carvajal, O., Slavenko, A. and Roll, U. 2020. The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes. Global Ecology & Biogeography DOI: 10.1111/geb.13124
Meiri, S. 2020. What geckos are - an ecological-biogeographic perspective. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1163/22244662-20191075.
Stark, G., Pincheira-Donoso, D. and Meiri, S. 2020. No evidence for the “rate-of-living” theory across the tetrapod tree of life. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/geb.13069Global Ecology & Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/geb.13069.
Stark, G., Schwarz, R. and Meiri, S. 2020. Does nocturnal activity prolong gecko longevity? Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22244662-20191074.
Slavenko A, Tamar K, Tallowin OJS, Allison A, Kraus F, Carranza S, Meiri S. 2020. Cryptic diversity and non-adaptive radiation of montane New Guinea skinks (Papuascincus; Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution:106749.
Meiri, S., Feldman, A., Schwarz, R. and Shine, R. 2020. Viviparity does not affect the numbers and sizes of reptile offspring. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 360-369.
Tallowin, O. J. S., Meiri, S., Donnellan, S., Richards, S. J., Austin, C. C. and Oliver, P. 2020. The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 129: 99-113.
Meiri, S. 2019. Endothermy, offspring size and evolution of parental provisioning in vertebrates. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128: 1052-1056.
Vidan, E., Bauer, A. M., Hererra, F-C., Chirio, L., Nogueira, C. C., Doan, T. M., Lewin, A., Meirte, D., Nagy, Z., T., Novosolov, M., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Tallowin, O. J., Torres-Carvajal, O., Uetz, P., Wagner, P., Wang, Y., Belmaker, J. and Meiri, S. 2019. The global biogeography of lizard functional groups. Journal of Biogeography, 46: 2147-2158.
Slavenko, A., Feldman, A., Allison, A., Bauer, A. M., Böhm, M., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Das, I., Doan, T. M., Hoogmoed, M. S., LeBreton, M., Martins, M., Meirte, D., Nagy, Z. T., Nogueira, C. C., Pauwels, O. S. G., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Roll, U., Wagner, P., Wang, Y. and Meiri, S. 2019. Global patterns of body size evolution in squamate reptiles are not driven by climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28: 471-483.DOI: 10.1111/geb.128.
Meiri, S. 2018. Traits of lizards of the world – variation around a successful evolutionary design. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 1168-1172. doi: 10.1111/geb.12773.
Stark, G., Tamar, K., Itescu, Y., Feldman, A. and Meiri, S. 2018. Cold and isolated ectotherms: drivers of reptilian longevity. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly153
Tallowin, O. J. S., Tamar, K., Meiri, S., Allison, A., Kraus, F., Richards, S. J. and Oliver, P. M. 2018. Early insularity and subsequent mountain uplift were complementary drivers of diversification in a Melanesian lizard radiation (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 125: 29-39.
Tarr, S., Meiri, S., Hicks, J. J. and Algar, A. C. 2018. A biogeographic reversal in sexual size dimorphism along a continental temperature gradient. Ecography, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03593.
Roll, U., Feldman, A., Novosolov, M., Allison, A., Bauer, A., Bernard, R., Bohm, M., Chirio, L., Collen, B., Colli, G.R., Dabul, L., Das, I., Doan, T., Grismer, L., Herrera, F.C., Hoogmoed, M., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M., Lewin, A., Martins, M., Maza, E., Meirte, D., Nagy, Z., Nogueira, C.C., Pauwels, O.S.G., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Powney, G., Sindaco, R., Tallowin, O., Torres-Carvajal, O., Trape, J.F., Uetz, P., Vidan, E. Wagner, P., Wang, Y.Z., Orme, D., Grenyer, R. and Meiri, S. 2017. The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: 1677-1682. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0332-2
Meiri, S., Bauer, A. M., Allison, A., Castro-Herrera, F., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Das, I., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Hoogmoed, M., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M., Meirte, D., Nagy, Z. T., Nogueira, C. C., Oliver, P., Pauwels, O. S. G., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Shea, G., Sindaco, R., Tallowin, O. J. S., Torres-Carvajal, O., Trape, J-F., Uetz, P., Wagner, P., Wang, Y., Ziegler, T. and Roll, U. 2018. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity & Distributions 24: 262–273. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12678.
Schwarz, R. and Meiri, S. 2017. The fast-slow life-history continuum in insular lizards: A comparison between species with invariant and variable clutch sizes. Journal of Biogeography 44:2808–2815. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13067.
Vidan, E., Roll, U., Bauer, A. M., Grismer, L. L., Guo, P., Maza, E., Novosolov, M., Sindaco, R., Wagner, P., Belmaker, J. and Meiri, S. 2017. The Eurasian hot nightlife - environmental forces associated with nocturnality in lizards. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 1316-1325. doi: 10.1111/geb.12643.
Novosolov, M., Rodda, G. H., Gainsbury, A. M. and Meiri, S. 2017. Dietary niche variation and its relationship to lizard population density. Journal of Animal Ecology 87: 285-292. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12762.
Gainsbury, A. and Meiri, S. 2017. Latitudinal diversity gradient and interspecific competition: no global relationship between lizard dietary niche breadth and species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 563-572. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12560.
Novosolov, M., Rodda, G. H., North, A. C., Butchart, S. H. M., Tallowin, O. J. S., Gainsbury, A. M. and Meiri, S. 2017. Population density–range size relationship revisited. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 1088-1097. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12617
Tallowin, O. J. S., Allison, A. Algar, A. and Meiri, S. 2017. Papua New Guinea terrestrial vertebrate richness: elevation matters most for all except reptiles. Journal of Biogeography 44: 1734-1744.
Slavenko, A., Tallowin, O. J. S., Itescu, Y., Raia, P. and Meiri, S. 2016. Late Quaternary reptile extinctions: size matters, insularity dominates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25: 1308-1320. doi: 10.1111/geb.12491.
Lewin, A., Feldman, A., Bauer, A. M., Belmaker, J., Broadley, D. G., Chirio, L., Itescu, Y., LeBreton, M., Maza, E., Meirte, D., Nagy, Z. T., Novosolov, M., Roll, U., Tallowin, O., Trape, J-F., Vidan, E. and Meiri, S. 2016. Patterns of species richness, endemism and environmental gradients of African reptiles. Journal of Biogeography 43: 2380-2390. doi:10.1111/jbi.12848.
Meiri, S. 2016. Small, rare and trendy: traits and biogeography of lizards described in the 21st century. Journal of Zoology 299: 251–261. doi:10.1111/jzo.12356.
Meiri, S. and Chapple, D. G. 2016. Biases in the current knowledge of threat status in lizards, and bridging the ‘assessment gap’.
Biological Conservation 204: 6-15. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.03.009.
Roll, U., Mittermeier, J. C., Diaz, G. I., Novosolov, M., Feldman, F., Itescu, Y., Meiri, S. and Grenyer, R. 2016. Using Wikipedia page views to explore the cultural importance of global reptiles. Biological Conservation, 204: 42-50.
Feldman, A., Sabath, N., Pyron, R. A., Mayrose, I. and Meiri, S. 2016. Body-sizes and diversification rates of lizards, snakes, amphisbaenians and the tuatara. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 187-197. doi: 10.1111/geb.12398.
Novosolov, M., Rodda, G. H., Feldman, A., Kadison, A. E., Dor, R. and Meiri, S. 2016. Power in numbers. The evolutionary drivers of high population density in insular lizards. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25: 87-95. doi: 10.1111/geb.12390.
Feldman, A., Bauer, A. M., Castro-Herrera, F., Chirio, L., Das, I., Doan, T. M., Maza, E., Meirte, D., Nogueira, C. C., Nagy, Z. T., Torres-Carvajal, O., Uetz, P. and Meiri, S. 2015. The geography of snake reproductive mode: A global analysis of the evolution of snake viviparity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24: 1433-1442. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12374.
Scharf, I., Feldman, A., Novosolov, M., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Das, I., Bohm, M., Uetz, P., Torres-Carvajal, O., Bauer, A. M., Roll, U. and Meiri, S. 2015. Late bloomers and baby boomers: ecological drivers of longevity in squamates and the tuatara. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24: 396-405. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12244
Meiri, S., Kadison, A. E., Novosolov, M., Pafilis, P., Foufopoulos, J., Itescu, Y., Raia, P. and Pincheira-Donoso, D. 2014. The number of competitor species is unlinked to sexual dimorphism. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 1302-1312.
Feldman, A. and Meiri, S. 2014. Australian snakes do not follow Bergmann's Rule. Evolutionary Biology, 41: 327-335. DOI 10.1007/s11692-014-9271-x.
Pincheira-Donoso, D. and Meiri, S. 2013. An intercontinental analysis of climate-driven body size clines in reptiles: no support for patterns, no signals of processes. Evolutionary Biology, 40: 562-578. DOI 10.1007/s11692-013-9232-9.
Meiri, S., Bauer, A. M., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Das, I., Doan, T. M., Feldman, A., Herrera, F-C., Novosolov, M., Pafilis, P., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Powney, G., Torres-Carvajal, O., Uetz, P. and Van Damme, R. 2013. Are lizards feeling the heat? A tale of ecology and evolution under two temperatures. Global Ecology and Biogeography 22: 834–845.
Pincheira-Donoso, D., Bauer, A., Meiri, S. and Uetz, P. 2013. Global taxonomic diversity in living reptiles. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59741.
Novosolov, M., Raia, P. and Meiri, S. 2013. The island syndrome in lizards. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22: 184-191.
Novosolov, M. and Meiri, S. The effect of island type on lizard reproductive traits. Journal of Biogeography, 40: 2385-2395. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12179.
Meiri, S., Brown, J. H. and Sibly, R. M. 2012. The ecology of lizard reproductive output. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21: 592-602.
Powney, G. D., Grenyer, R., Orme, C. D. L., Owens, I. P. F. and Meiri, S. 2010. Hot, dry and different: Australian lizard richness is unlike that of mammals, amphibians, and birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19: 386-396.
Wotherspoon, L., Caetano, G. H. O., Roll, U., Meiri, S., Tingley, R. and Chapple, D. G. 2024. Inferring the extinction risk of Data Deficient and Not Evaluated Australian Squamates. Austral Ecology. doi: 10.1111/aec.13485.
Flanagan, T., Shea, G. M., Meiri, S., Roll, U., Tingley, R. and Chapple, D. G. 2024. New data and taxonomic changes influence our understanding of biogeographic patterns: A case study in Australian skinks. Journal of Zoology, DOI: 10.1111/jzo.13173
Raz, T., Allison, A., Avila, L. J., Bauer, A. M., Böhm, M., Caetano, G. H. O., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Doughty, P., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., Martins, M., Morando, M., Murali, G., Nagy, Z. T., Nogueira, C. C., Novosolov, M., Oliver, P. M., Passos, P., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Sindaco, R., Slavenko, A., Torres-Carvajal, O., Uetz, P., Wagner, P., Zimin, A., Roll, U. and Meiri, S. 2024. Diversity gradients of terrestrial vertebrates - substantial variations about a common theme. Journal of Zoology, 322: 126-140. doi:10.1111/jzo.13130.
Chapple, D. G., Slavenko, A., Tingley, R., Farquhar, J. E., Camaiti, M., Roll, U. and Meiri, S. 2023. Built for success: Distribution, morphology, ecology and life history of the world's skinks. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10791. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10791
Falaschi, M., Marta, S., Parrino, E. L., Roll, U., Meiri, S. and Ficetola, G. F. 2023. Global bioregions of reptiles confirm the consistency of bioregionalization processes across vertebrate clades. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32: 1272-1284. doi: 10.1111/geb.13694
Liang, T. and Meiri, S. 2024. Lizard richness in mainland China is more strongly correlated with energy and climatic stability than with diversification rates. Journal of Biogeography 51: 140-155. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14736
Mi, C., Ma, L., Yang, M., Li, X., Meiri, S., Roll, U., Oskyrko, O., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Harvey, L., Jablonski, D., Safaei-Mahroo, B., Ghaffari, H., Smid, J., Jarvie, S., Mwangi, R., Masroor, R., Kazemi, S., Nneji, L., Fokoua, A., Taboue, G. C. T., Bauer, A. M., Nogueira, C. C., Meirte, D., Chapple, D., Das, I., Grismer, L. L., Avila, L., Ribeiro-Junior, M. A., Tallowin, O. J. S., Torres-Carvajal, O., Wagner, P., Ron, S., Wang, Y., Itescu, Y., Nagy, Z. T., Wilcove, D., Liu, X. and Du, W. 2023. Global protected areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change. Nature Communications, 14: 1389. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36987-y
Slavenko, A., Allison, A., Austin, C., Bauer, A., Brown, R., Fisher, R., Ineich, I., Iova, B., Karin, B., Kraus, F., Mecke, S., Meiri, S., Morrison, C., Oliver, P. M., O'Shea, M., Richmond, J. Q., Shea, G. M., Tallowin, O. J. S. and Chapple, D. G. 2023. Skinks of Oceania, New Guinea, and Eastern Wallacea: an underexplored biodiversity hotspot. Pacific Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC22034
Murali, G., Iwamura, T., Meiri, S. and Roll, U. 2023. Future temperature extremes threaten land vertebrates. Nature 615: 461–467. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05606-z.
Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A. M., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., Caetano, G. H. O., Herrera, F. C., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M., Martins, M., Morando, M., Murali, G., Nagy, Z. T., Novosolov, M., Oliver, P., Passos, P., Pauwels, O. S. G., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Ribeiro-Junior, M. A., Shea, G., Tingley, R., Torres-Carvajal, O., Trape, J-F., Uetz, P., Wagner, P., Roll, U. and Meiri, S. 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology & Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/geb.13598.
Caetano, G. H. O., Chapple, D. G., Grenyer, R., Raz, T., Rosenblatt, J., Tingley, R., Böhm, M., Meiri, S. and Roll, U. 2022. Automated assessment reveals that the extinction risk of reptiles is widely underestimated across space and phylogeny. PloS Biology, 20(5): e3001544. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001544 This is the publication associated with the first use of GARD 1.7, the latest version currently (mid 2024) available.
This publication is not a GARD one per se, but is directly related and has many GARDians as authors, and involves much data provided by GARDians:
Cox, N., Young, B. E., Bowles, P., Fernandez, M., Marin, J., Rapacciuolo, G., Böhm, M., Brooks, T. M., Hedges, S. B., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Jenkins, R. K. B., Tognelli, M. F., Alexander, G. J., Allison, A., Ananjeva, N. B., Auliya, M., Avila, L. J., Chapple, D. G., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Cogger, H. G., Colli, G. R., de Silva, A., Eisemberg, C. C., Els, J., Fong, A. G., Grant, T. D., Hitchmough, R. A., Iskandar, D. T., Kidera, N., Martins, M., Meiri, S., Mitchell, N. J., Molur, S., Nogueira, C. C., Ortiz, J. C., Penner, J., Rhodin, A. G. J., Rivas, G., Rödel, M-O., Roll, U., Sanders, K. L., Santos-Barrera, G., Shea, G. M., Spawls, S., Stuart, B. L., Tolley, K. A., Trape, J-F., Vidal, M. A., Wagner, P., Wallace, B. P. and Xie, Y. 2022. A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods. Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04664-7.
see also:
Meiri, S., Chapple, D. G., Tolley, K. A., Mitchell, N., Laniado, T., Cox, N., Bowls, P., Young, B. E., Caetano, G., Geschke, J., Böhm, M. and Roll, U. 2023. Done but not dusted: reflections on the first global reptile assessment and priorities for the second. Biological Conservation, 278: 109879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109879
Chaitanya, R. and Meiri, S. 2022. Can’t see the wood for the trees? Canopy physiognomy influences the distribution of peninsular Indian flying lizards. Journal of Biogeography 49: 1-12. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14298
Murali, G., Gumbs, R., Meiri, S. and Roll, U. 2021. Global determinants and conservation of evolutionary and geographic rarity in land vertebrates. Science Advances 7: eabe5582. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe5582.
Barter, M., Bonifacio, L. R., Duran, A., Goulet, C. T., Tingley, R., Shea, G. M., Meiri, S*. and Chapple, D. G*. 2021. Predictors of geographic range size in Australian skinks. Global Ecology & Biogeography doi: 10.1111/geb.13419.
Meiri, S., Murali, G., Zimin, A., Shak, L., Itescu, Y., Caetano, G. and Roll, U. 2021. Different solutions lead to similar life history traits across the great divides of the amniote tree of life. Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki, 28: 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40709-021-00134-9.
Chapple, D. G., Roll, U., Bohm, M., Aguilar, R., Amey, A. P., Austin, C., C., Baling, M., Barley, A. J., Bates, M. F., Bauer, A. M., Blackburn, D. G., Bowles, P., Brown, R. M., Chandramouli, S. R., Chirio, L., Cogger, H., Colli, G. R., Conradie, W., Couper, P. J., Cowan, M. A., Craig, M. D., Das, I., Datta-Roy, A., Dickman, C. R., Ellis, R. J., Fenner, A. L., Ford, S., Ganesh, S. R., Gardner, M. G., Geissler, P., Gillespie, G. R., Glaw, F., Greenlees, M. J., Griffith, O. W., Grismer, L. L., Haines, M. L., Harris, D. J., Hedges, S. B., Hitchmough, R. A., Hoskin, C. J., Hutchinson, M. N., Ineich, I., Janssen, J., Johnston, G. R., Karin, B. R., Keogh, J. S., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M., Lymberakis, P., Masroor, R., McDonald, P. J., Mecke, S., Melville, J., Melzer, S., Michael, D. R., Miralles, A., Mitchell, N. J., Nelson, N. J., Nguyen, T. Q., Nogueira, C. C., Ota, H., Pafilis, P., Pauwels, O. S. G., Perera, A., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Reed, R. N., Ribeiro-Junior, M. A., Riley, J. L., Rocha, S., Rutherford, P. L., Sadlier, R. A.,Shacham, B., Shea, G. M., Shine, R., Slavenko, A., Stow, A., Sumner, J., Tallowin, O. J. S., Teale, R., Torres-Carvajal, O., Trape, J-F., Uetz, P., Ukuwela, K. D. B., Valentine, L., Van Dyke, J. U., van Winkel, D., Vasconcelos, R., Vences, M., Wagner, P., Wapstra, E., While, G. M., Whiting, M. J., Whittington, C. M., Wilson, S., Ziegler, T., Tingley, R. and Meiri, S. 2021. Conservation status of the world’s skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk. Biological Conservation 257: 109101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109101
Not strictly a GARD paper but using GARD data and many of the authors including the first and last ones are GARD members
Meiri, S., Avila, L., Bauer, A. M., Chapple, D. G., Das, I., Doan, T. M., Doughty, P., Ellis, R., Grismer, L. L., Kraus, F., Morando, M., Oliver, P. M., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Ribeiro-Junior, M. A., Shea, G., Torres-Carvajal, O., Slavenko, A. and Roll, U. 2020. The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes. Global Ecology & Biogeography DOI: 10.1111/geb.13124
Meiri, S. 2020. What geckos are - an ecological-biogeographic perspective. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1163/22244662-20191075.
Stark, G., Pincheira-Donoso, D. and Meiri, S. 2020. No evidence for the “rate-of-living” theory across the tetrapod tree of life. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/geb.13069Global Ecology & Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/geb.13069.
Stark, G., Schwarz, R. and Meiri, S. 2020. Does nocturnal activity prolong gecko longevity? Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22244662-20191074.
Slavenko A, Tamar K, Tallowin OJS, Allison A, Kraus F, Carranza S, Meiri S. 2020. Cryptic diversity and non-adaptive radiation of montane New Guinea skinks (Papuascincus; Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution:106749.
Meiri, S., Feldman, A., Schwarz, R. and Shine, R. 2020. Viviparity does not affect the numbers and sizes of reptile offspring. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 360-369.
Tallowin, O. J. S., Meiri, S., Donnellan, S., Richards, S. J., Austin, C. C. and Oliver, P. 2020. The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 129: 99-113.
Meiri, S. 2019. Endothermy, offspring size and evolution of parental provisioning in vertebrates. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128: 1052-1056.
Vidan, E., Bauer, A. M., Hererra, F-C., Chirio, L., Nogueira, C. C., Doan, T. M., Lewin, A., Meirte, D., Nagy, Z., T., Novosolov, M., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Tallowin, O. J., Torres-Carvajal, O., Uetz, P., Wagner, P., Wang, Y., Belmaker, J. and Meiri, S. 2019. The global biogeography of lizard functional groups. Journal of Biogeography, 46: 2147-2158.
Slavenko, A., Feldman, A., Allison, A., Bauer, A. M., Böhm, M., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Das, I., Doan, T. M., Hoogmoed, M. S., LeBreton, M., Martins, M., Meirte, D., Nagy, Z. T., Nogueira, C. C., Pauwels, O. S. G., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Roll, U., Wagner, P., Wang, Y. and Meiri, S. 2019. Global patterns of body size evolution in squamate reptiles are not driven by climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28: 471-483.DOI: 10.1111/geb.128.
Meiri, S. 2018. Traits of lizards of the world – variation around a successful evolutionary design. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 1168-1172. doi: 10.1111/geb.12773.
Stark, G., Tamar, K., Itescu, Y., Feldman, A. and Meiri, S. 2018. Cold and isolated ectotherms: drivers of reptilian longevity. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly153
Tallowin, O. J. S., Tamar, K., Meiri, S., Allison, A., Kraus, F., Richards, S. J. and Oliver, P. M. 2018. Early insularity and subsequent mountain uplift were complementary drivers of diversification in a Melanesian lizard radiation (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 125: 29-39.
Tarr, S., Meiri, S., Hicks, J. J. and Algar, A. C. 2018. A biogeographic reversal in sexual size dimorphism along a continental temperature gradient. Ecography, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03593.
Roll, U., Feldman, A., Novosolov, M., Allison, A., Bauer, A., Bernard, R., Bohm, M., Chirio, L., Collen, B., Colli, G.R., Dabul, L., Das, I., Doan, T., Grismer, L., Herrera, F.C., Hoogmoed, M., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M., Lewin, A., Martins, M., Maza, E., Meirte, D., Nagy, Z., Nogueira, C.C., Pauwels, O.S.G., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Powney, G., Sindaco, R., Tallowin, O., Torres-Carvajal, O., Trape, J.F., Uetz, P., Vidan, E. Wagner, P., Wang, Y.Z., Orme, D., Grenyer, R. and Meiri, S. 2017. The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: 1677-1682. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0332-2
Meiri, S., Bauer, A. M., Allison, A., Castro-Herrera, F., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Das, I., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Hoogmoed, M., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M., Meirte, D., Nagy, Z. T., Nogueira, C. C., Oliver, P., Pauwels, O. S. G., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Shea, G., Sindaco, R., Tallowin, O. J. S., Torres-Carvajal, O., Trape, J-F., Uetz, P., Wagner, P., Wang, Y., Ziegler, T. and Roll, U. 2018. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity & Distributions 24: 262–273. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12678.
Schwarz, R. and Meiri, S. 2017. The fast-slow life-history continuum in insular lizards: A comparison between species with invariant and variable clutch sizes. Journal of Biogeography 44:2808–2815. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13067.
Vidan, E., Roll, U., Bauer, A. M., Grismer, L. L., Guo, P., Maza, E., Novosolov, M., Sindaco, R., Wagner, P., Belmaker, J. and Meiri, S. 2017. The Eurasian hot nightlife - environmental forces associated with nocturnality in lizards. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 1316-1325. doi: 10.1111/geb.12643.
Novosolov, M., Rodda, G. H., Gainsbury, A. M. and Meiri, S. 2017. Dietary niche variation and its relationship to lizard population density. Journal of Animal Ecology 87: 285-292. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12762.
Gainsbury, A. and Meiri, S. 2017. Latitudinal diversity gradient and interspecific competition: no global relationship between lizard dietary niche breadth and species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 563-572. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12560.
Novosolov, M., Rodda, G. H., North, A. C., Butchart, S. H. M., Tallowin, O. J. S., Gainsbury, A. M. and Meiri, S. 2017. Population density–range size relationship revisited. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 1088-1097. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12617
Tallowin, O. J. S., Allison, A. Algar, A. and Meiri, S. 2017. Papua New Guinea terrestrial vertebrate richness: elevation matters most for all except reptiles. Journal of Biogeography 44: 1734-1744.
Slavenko, A., Tallowin, O. J. S., Itescu, Y., Raia, P. and Meiri, S. 2016. Late Quaternary reptile extinctions: size matters, insularity dominates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25: 1308-1320. doi: 10.1111/geb.12491.
Lewin, A., Feldman, A., Bauer, A. M., Belmaker, J., Broadley, D. G., Chirio, L., Itescu, Y., LeBreton, M., Maza, E., Meirte, D., Nagy, Z. T., Novosolov, M., Roll, U., Tallowin, O., Trape, J-F., Vidan, E. and Meiri, S. 2016. Patterns of species richness, endemism and environmental gradients of African reptiles. Journal of Biogeography 43: 2380-2390. doi:10.1111/jbi.12848.
Meiri, S. 2016. Small, rare and trendy: traits and biogeography of lizards described in the 21st century. Journal of Zoology 299: 251–261. doi:10.1111/jzo.12356.
Meiri, S. and Chapple, D. G. 2016. Biases in the current knowledge of threat status in lizards, and bridging the ‘assessment gap’.
Biological Conservation 204: 6-15. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.03.009.
Roll, U., Mittermeier, J. C., Diaz, G. I., Novosolov, M., Feldman, F., Itescu, Y., Meiri, S. and Grenyer, R. 2016. Using Wikipedia page views to explore the cultural importance of global reptiles. Biological Conservation, 204: 42-50.
Feldman, A., Sabath, N., Pyron, R. A., Mayrose, I. and Meiri, S. 2016. Body-sizes and diversification rates of lizards, snakes, amphisbaenians and the tuatara. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 187-197. doi: 10.1111/geb.12398.
Novosolov, M., Rodda, G. H., Feldman, A., Kadison, A. E., Dor, R. and Meiri, S. 2016. Power in numbers. The evolutionary drivers of high population density in insular lizards. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25: 87-95. doi: 10.1111/geb.12390.
Feldman, A., Bauer, A. M., Castro-Herrera, F., Chirio, L., Das, I., Doan, T. M., Maza, E., Meirte, D., Nogueira, C. C., Nagy, Z. T., Torres-Carvajal, O., Uetz, P. and Meiri, S. 2015. The geography of snake reproductive mode: A global analysis of the evolution of snake viviparity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24: 1433-1442. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12374.
Scharf, I., Feldman, A., Novosolov, M., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Das, I., Bohm, M., Uetz, P., Torres-Carvajal, O., Bauer, A. M., Roll, U. and Meiri, S. 2015. Late bloomers and baby boomers: ecological drivers of longevity in squamates and the tuatara. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24: 396-405. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12244
Meiri, S., Kadison, A. E., Novosolov, M., Pafilis, P., Foufopoulos, J., Itescu, Y., Raia, P. and Pincheira-Donoso, D. 2014. The number of competitor species is unlinked to sexual dimorphism. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 1302-1312.
Feldman, A. and Meiri, S. 2014. Australian snakes do not follow Bergmann's Rule. Evolutionary Biology, 41: 327-335. DOI 10.1007/s11692-014-9271-x.
Pincheira-Donoso, D. and Meiri, S. 2013. An intercontinental analysis of climate-driven body size clines in reptiles: no support for patterns, no signals of processes. Evolutionary Biology, 40: 562-578. DOI 10.1007/s11692-013-9232-9.
Meiri, S., Bauer, A. M., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Das, I., Doan, T. M., Feldman, A., Herrera, F-C., Novosolov, M., Pafilis, P., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Powney, G., Torres-Carvajal, O., Uetz, P. and Van Damme, R. 2013. Are lizards feeling the heat? A tale of ecology and evolution under two temperatures. Global Ecology and Biogeography 22: 834–845.
Pincheira-Donoso, D., Bauer, A., Meiri, S. and Uetz, P. 2013. Global taxonomic diversity in living reptiles. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59741.
Novosolov, M., Raia, P. and Meiri, S. 2013. The island syndrome in lizards. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22: 184-191.
Novosolov, M. and Meiri, S. The effect of island type on lizard reproductive traits. Journal of Biogeography, 40: 2385-2395. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12179.
Meiri, S., Brown, J. H. and Sibly, R. M. 2012. The ecology of lizard reproductive output. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21: 592-602.
Powney, G. D., Grenyer, R., Orme, C. D. L., Owens, I. P. F. and Meiri, S. 2010. Hot, dry and different: Australian lizard richness is unlike that of mammals, amphibians, and birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19: 386-396.
