BOOKS
John C. Murphy, J. Roger Downie, Joanna M. Smith, Suzanne M. Livingstone, Ryan S. Mohammed, Richard M. Lehtinen, Meredith Eyre, Jo-Anne Nina Sexlal, Nigel Noriega, Gary S. Casper, Tom Anton, Mike G. Rutherford, Alvin L. Braswell, Michael J. Jowers (2018). A field Guide to the Amphibians & Reptiles of Trinidad & Tobago. Editor Renoir J. Auguste. Trinidad and Tobago´s field Naturalists´ Club, ISBN-978-976-8255-47-1. 340 pp.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Renoir J. Auguste, J. Roger Downie, Michael J. Jowers, Richard Lehtinen, Ryan Mohammed, and John C. Murphy (2023). Amphibians and their conservation status in Trinidad and Tobago.In: chapter 24 in: Status of Decline of amphibians, Western Hemisphere. Part 5. Pelagic Publishing, Exeter.DOI: https://doi.org/10.53061/RCJP8789
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Michael J. Jowers, (2024). Conservation, Chapter 33, 586-611pp, In: Aquatic Snakes, Diversity and Natural History. John C. Murphy editor. Conservation, Michael J. Jowers 586-611, I. ISBN 9798218194901, Publisher JCM Natural History with Herpetological Conservation International, 1-729 pp.
Murphy JC, Weber J, Michael J. Jowers, Jardin RC (2023). Two islands, two origins: the snakes
of Trinidad and Tobago. Chapter 5. In HB Lillywhite and M Martins Islands and Snakes Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-764152-1 Oxford University Press. Doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197641521.001.0001
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BOOK REVIEWS
Michael J. Jowers ✉ Paulo Celio Alves (2019). Mammals of Korea. Journal of Mammology DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyz169
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PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
2024
José Liétor, Michael J. Jowers, Pedro A. Jódar, Inés Galán-Luque, Antonio R. Tudela. (2024). A new cryptic rock-dwelling species of the genus Iberus Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae) inhabiting Southern Iberian Peninsula. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation (in press).
José Liétor, Inés Galán-Luque, Antonio R. Tudela, Pedro A. Jódar, Ismael Pérez, Michael J. Jowers (2024). Aportaciones a la clarificación de la distribución, posición filogenética y taxonomía de Iberus marmoratus ssp. e Iberus serpentinae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Helicidae) en el sur de la Península Ibérica. Graellsia (in press).
José Liétor, Michael J. Jowers, Pedro A. Jódar, Inés Galán-Luque, Antonio R. Tudela (2024). Speciation in the desert. A new arid-dwelling land snail species from the Southeastern Iberian Peninsula. Zoologischer Anzeige 313: 269-278.
Antonio R. Tudela, José Liétor, Pedro A. Jódar, Inés Galán-Luque, Michael J. Jowers (2024) Who is who? An integrative taxonomic revision of Iberus carthaginiensis (Rossmässler, 1853) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in southeastern Spain. Invertebrate Zoology 21(3): 319–335.
Walter E. Schargel, Cristian Hernández-Morales, Juan D. Daza, Michael J. Jowers, Andrés Camilo Montes-Correa, Mayke De Freitas, Kathryn A Sullivan, Tony Gamble, Aaron M. Bauer, Gilson A. Rivas. (2024) Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Pseudogonatodes (Squamata: Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) with the description of a new species with unique telescoping skull osteology from Venezuela. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Volume 202, Issue 2, October 2024, zlae120.
José Liétor, Michael J. Jowers, Pedro A. Jódar, Ines Luque-Galan, Antonio R. Tudela, (2024).Searching for the elusive imposter land snails. Description and geographical delimitation of two cryptic Iberus subspecies (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Helicidae) in southern Spain. Ruthenica (in press).
Catarina J. Pinho, Michael J. Jowers, Stephane Caut, Raquel Vasconcelos (2024). Caught in the web: spider diets as a window into arthropod diversity in remote areas. Zoologia Caboverdiana 12, 1, 06–09.
Michael J. Jowers ✉, Jesús Muñoz Pajares, John Weber, Jeanette Arkle, Salvador Arenas-Castro, Simon Y. W. Ho, Gilson A Rivas, John C Murphy, Amaël Borzée, R. Alexander Pyron, Marcos Perez-Losada, Mayke De Freitas, J. Roger Downie, Gregorio Moreno-Rueda, Giovanni Forcina, Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez (2024). Testing molecular date estimates using an ecological and vicariant case study in treefrogs: the Geological-Ecological Molecular Calibration. Journal of Biogeography 00, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14971
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Jorge Garrido-Bautista, Mar Comas, Michael J. Jowers, Steve Smith, Dustin J. Penn, Mohammed Bakkali4, Gregorio Moreno-Rueda (2024). Fine-scale genetic structure and phenotypic divergence of a passerine bird population inhabiting a continuous Mediterranean woodland. Royal Society Open Science 11: 240601.
Jose Liétor, Antonio R. Tudela, Pedro A. Jódar, Inés Galán-Luque, Michael J. Jowers (2024). Review of the taxonomic status of several taxa of the genus Iberus from the southwest of the Almeria Province (Spain). Malacologia, Mostra Mondiale 124: 20-26.
Robert C. Jadin, Michael J. Jowers, Christopher Blair, Rickaela K. Ludwig, Xabier Salgado-Irazabal, John C. Murphy (2024). Rectifying a century of misidentifications: A taxonomic re-evaluation of Sipo Snakes (Colubridae: Chironius) on Trinidad. Systematics and Biodiversity 22(1): 2338064.
Michael J. Jowers ✉, José Liétor, Antonio R. Tudela, Pedro A. Jódar, Inés Galán-Luque, Gregorio Moreno-Rueda (2024). Phylogenetic evidence suggests the non-validity of the Iberian land snail genus Tartessiberus, and synonymy with Iberus (Helicidae). Zookeys 1201: 219–231.
José Liétor, Antonio R. Tudela, Pedro A. Jódar, Michael J. Jowers, Gregorio Moreno-Rueda (2024). Slow and steady saves the race: molecular and morphological analysis of three new cryptic species of Iberus land snails from the Iberian Peninsula. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-024-00640-3.
2023
Michael J. Jowers ✉, Utpal Smart, Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez, John C. Murphy, Aarón. Gómez, Renan J. Bosque, Goutam C. Sarker, Brice P. Noonan, J. Filipe Faria, D. James Harris, Nelson Jorge da Silva Junior, Ana L. C. Prudente, John Weber, Philippe J. R. Kok, Gilson A. Rivas, Robert C. Jadin, Mahmood Sasa, Antonio Muñoz-Mérida, Gregorio Moreno-Rueda, Eric N. Smith (2023). Unveiling underestimated species diversity within the Central American Coralsnake, a medically important complex of venomous taxa Scientific Reports 13: 11674
Michael J. Jowers ✉, Raquel Xavier, Oscar M. Lasso-Alcalá, Elena Quintero-T., Jorge L.S. Nunes, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Fabiola S. Machado, Jesús Gómez, M. Pilar Cabezas (2023). First molecular identification of a Goussia parasite from a New World invasive Blenny Acta Parasitologica 68, 458–462
2022
Federica Lucati, Alexandre Miro, Jaime Bosch, Jenny Caner, Michael J. Jowers, Xavier Rivera, David Donaire-Barroso, Rui Rebelo, Marc Ventura (2022). Contrasting patterns of genetic admixture explain the phylogeographic history of Iberian high mountain populations of midwife toads PlosOne 17(12): e0277298
Stephane Caut, Michael J. Jowers (2022). Predation risk of the Critically Endangered Raso Lark Alauda razae after its translocation to Santa Luzia Island - an anrtificial bird nest experiment. Zoologia Caboverdiana 10, 1, 03–12.
M. Pilar Cabezas, Oscar M. Lasso-Alcalá, Elena Quintero-T, Raquel Xavier, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Jorge L.S. Nunes, Fabiola S. Machado, Jesús Gómez, Wellington Silva Pedroza, Michael J. Jowers (2022). Clarifying the taxonomy of some cryptic blennies (Blenniidae) in their native and introduced range. Scientific Reports 12:9514
Michael J. Jowers ✉ , Yuri Simone, Anthony Herrel, M. Pilar Cabezas, Raquel Xavier, Magaly Holden, Renaud Boistel, John C. Murphy, Mathieu Santin, Stephane Caut, Renoir J. Auguste, Arie van der Meijden, Franco Andreone, Ivan Ineich (2022). The Terrific skink bite force suggests insularity as a likely driver to exceptional resource use. Scientific Reports 12: 4596
Siti N. Othman, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Irina Maslova, Hollis Dahn, Kevin R. Messenger, Desiree Andersen, Michael J. Jowers, Yosuke Kojima, Dmitry V. Skorinov, Kiyomi Yasumiba, Ming-Feng Chuang, Yi-Huey Chen, Yoonhyuk Bae, Jennifer Hoti, Yikweon Jang, Amaël Borzée (2022). From Gondwana to the Yellow Sea: evolutionary diversifications of true toads (Bufo sp.) in the Eastern Palearctic, and a revisit of species boundaries for Asian lineages. eLife 11:e70494
2021
Michael J. Jowers ✉, Stephane Caut (2021). A new record of the orb spider Argiope sector (Araneidae) for the island of Santa Luzia, Cabo Verde. Zoologia Caboverdiana 9, 2, 37–39.
Michael J. Jowers ✉, Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez, Mark S. Greener, Lynsey R. Harper, Renoir J. Auguste, Trudie Marshall, Robyn Thomson, Isabel Byrne, Ciara Loughrey, Leah Graham, Will McGhee, John C. Murphy, Gilson A. Rivas, Cammy Beyts and J. Roger Downie (2021). Ecology, conservation status, and phylogenetic placement of endemic Pristimantis frogs (Anura: Craugastoridae) in Trinidad and Tobago and genetic affinities to Northern Venezuela. Population Ecology 2021: 1-14
Elaine Mariana Mendez-Muñiz, Michael J. Jowers, Samer Angelone, Luis Manuel Guevara-Chumacero (2021). Ethological studies of native Mexican mammals; A review. Therya 12(3):583-598
John C. Murphy, Alvin L. Braswell, Jan Weems, Renoir J. Auguste, Gilson A. Rivas, Mike G. Rutherford, Walker E. Schargel, Michael J. Jowers (2021). The rediscovery of Hallowell´s Ground snake Atractus fuliginosus on Tobago with notes on its natural hsitory. Herpetological Review 52 (3), 488-492
Gilson A. Rivas, Pedro M. Sales Nunes, Agnieska Baran, Michael J. Jowers, Eric N. Smith, Cristian Hernandez-Morales, Walter E. Schargel (2021). A new species of Oreosaurus (Squamata: Gymnophalmidae) fromt he Turimiquire Massif, Northeastern Venezuela.. Zootaxa 5023, 571-584
Michael J. Jowers ✉, Walter E. Schargel, Antonio-Muñoz-Merida, Santiago Sanchez-Ramirez, John C Weber, J. Filipe Faria, D. James Harris, John C. Murphy (2021). The enigmatic biogeography of Tobago´s marooned relics: the case study of a fossorial snake (Squamata, Diapsididae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12509
Giovanni Forcina, Peter Boesman, Michael J. Jowers ✉ (2021). Cryptic diversity in a Neotropical avian species complex untangled by neglected genetic evidence. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2021.1915674.
Giovanni Forcina, Kees Woutersen, Santiago Sanchez-Ramirez, Samer Angelone, Jean Crampe, Jesus Maria Perez, Paulino Fandos, Jose Enrique Granados, Michael J. Jowers ✉ (2021). Demography reveals populational expansion of a recently extinct Iberian ungulate. Zoosystematics and Evolution 97: 211-221.
Cocca W, Anamarija Žagar, Neftalí Sillero, Michael J. Jowers, Miha Krofel, Martina Lužnik, Martina Podnar, Nikola Tvrtković, Miguel A. Carretero, Angelica Crottini (2021). Genetic diversity of Horvath’s Rock Lizard meets current environmental restrictions. Conservation Genetics https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01351-4
Gilson A. Rivas, Oscar M. Lasso-Alcalá, Douglas Rodríguez-Olarte, Mayke De Freitas, John C. Murphy, Cristian Pizzigalli, John C. Weber, Laurent de Verteuil, Michael J. Jowers ✉ (2021). Biogeographical patterns of amphibians and reptiles in the northernmost coastal montane complex of South America. PlosOne
Michael J. Jowers ✉, Siti N. Othman, Amaël Borzée, Gilson A. Rivas, Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez, Renoir J. Auguste, J. Roger Downie, Morley Read, John C. Murphy (2021). Unravelling unique island colonization events in Elachistocleis frogs: Phylogeography, cryptic divergence, and taxonomical implications. Organisms Diversity and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00487-y
Robert C. Jadin, Michael J. Jowers, Sarah A. Orlofske, William E. Duellman, Christopher Blair, John C. Murphy (2021). A new vine snake (Reptilia, Colubridae, Oxybelis) from Peru and redescription of O. acuminatus. Evolutionary Systematics 5: 1-12
Joanna Smith, Michael J. Jowers ✉, Renoir J. Auguste, Paul Hoskisson, Cammy Beyts, Greig Muir, Mark S. Greener, Dan Thornham, Isabel Byrne, Rick Lehtinen, Meredith Eyre, Michael G. Rutherford, John C. Murphy, Mayke De Freitas, Gilson A. Rivas and J. Roger Downie (2020). The distribution and conservation status of the dwarf marsupial frog (Flectonotus fitzgeraldi, Anura, Hemiphractidae) in Trinidad, Tobago, and Venezuela Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 15(1) 36--56
2020
John C. Murphy, Antonio Muñoz-Mérida, Renoir J. Auguste, Oscar Lasso-Alcalá, Gilson A. Rivas, Michael J. Jowers ✉ (2020). Evidence for cryptic diversity in the Neotropical water snake Helicops angulatus (Linnaeus 1758) (Dipsadidae, Hydropsini) with comments on its ecology, facultative reproductive mode, and conservation. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 14: 138-155.
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Michael J. Jowers ✉, Gilson A. Rivas, Robert C. Jadin, Alvin L. Braswell, Renoir J. Auguste, Amaël Borzée, John C. Murphy (2020). Unearthing the species diversity of a cryptozoic snake, Tantilla melanocephala, in its northern distribution with emphasis to the colonization of the Lesser Antilles. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 14: 206-217.
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Robert C. Jadin, Christopher Blair, Sarah A. Orlofske, Michael J. Jowers, Gilson a. rivas, Laurie J,. Vitt, Julie M Ray, Eric N smith, John C Murphy (2020). Not withering on the evolutionary vine: Systematic revision of the Brown Vine Snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Oxybelis) from its northern distribution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 20: 723-746.
Mohsen Nokhbatolfoghahai, Kevin W. Conway, Liam Atherton, Prem B. Budha, Michael J. Jowers ✉, J. Roger Downie (2020). Larval description and developmental staging of an Amolops tadpole from Nepal, including ultrastructure of the oral disc and sucker Salamandra 56: 317-328.
Mark S. Greener, Emily Hutton, Christopher J. Pollock, Annabeth Wilson, Chun Yin Lam, Mohsen Nokhbatolfoghahai, Michael J. Jowers, J. Roger Downie (2020). Sexual dichromatism in the neotropical genus Mannophryne (Anura: Aromobatidae). PlosOne 223080.
Gholam Hosein Yusefi, Leili Khalatbari *, Michael J. Jowers *, Hadi Fahimi, Vânia Costa, Mats Björklund, Albano Beja-Pereira (2020). Phylogenetic analysis of marginal Asiatic black bears reveals a recent Iranian–Himalayan divergence and has implications for taxonomy and conservation. Mammalian Biology 100, 4019-427.
* contributed equally
John C. Murphy, Daniele Salvi, Alvin L. Braswell, Michael J. Jowers ✉ (2020). Mophology and Natural History of the Three-Lined Snake Atractus trilineatus (Squamata, Dipsadidae) in the Eastern Caribbean. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 26, 189-196.
M. Pilar Cabezas, Oscar M.Lasso-Alcalá, Raquel Xavier, Michael J. Jowers (2020). First genetic record of the non-native muzzled blenny Omobranchus punctatus (Teleostei: Blenniidae) in the Atlantic Coast of Central and South America. Journal of Fish Biology 96: 841-846.
Michael J. Jowers ✉, João Queiros, Rui Resende Pinto, Abdullahi H. Ali, Mathew Mutinda, Samer Angelone, Paulo Celio Alves, Raquel Godinho (2020). Genetic diversity in natural remnants of the critically endangered hirola antelope. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz174.
Amael Borzee, Hoa Quynh Nguyen, Michael J. Jowers ✉ (2020). Advertisement and Antagonistic Call Description of the Endemic and Enigmatic Trinidad Thin-Toed Frog Leptodactylus nesiotus. South American Journal of Herpetology 15: 63-67.
2019
John C. Murphy, Daniele Salvi, Alvin L. Braswell, Michael J. Jowers ✉ (2019). Phylogenetic Position and Biogeography of the Three-Lined Snake Atractus trilineatus (Squamata, Dipsadidae) in the Eastern Caribbean. Herpetologica 75, 247-253.
Michael J Jowers ✉, Juan Luis Garcia Mudarra, Stevland P. Charles, John C. Murphy (2019). Phylogeography of West Indies Coral snakes (Micrurus): island colonisation and banding patterns. Zoologica Scripta https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12346
Michael J Jowers ✉, Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez, Susana Lopes, Igor Karyakin, Valery Dombrovski, Abdeljebbar Qninba, Thijs Valkenburg, Nuno Onofre, Nuno Ferrand, Pedro Beja, Luis Palma, Raquel Godinho.(2019). Unravelling population processes over the Late Pleistocene driving contemporary genetic divergence in Palearctic Buzzards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.004
Robert C Jadin, Christopher Blair, Michael J Jowers, Anthony Carmona, John C Murphy (2019). Hiding in the lianas of the tree of life: molecular phylogenetics and species delimitation reveal considerable cryptic diversity of New World Vine Snakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
John C. Murphy, Daniele Salvi, Joana L. Santos, Alvin L. Braswell, Stevland P. Charles, Amaél Borzée, Michael J Jowers ✉ (2019). The reduced limbed lizards of the genus Bachia (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae); biogeography, cryptic diversity and morphological convergence in the eastern Caribbean. Organisms Diversity & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-019-00393-4
Michael J. Jowers ✉, Santiago Sanchez-Ramirez, Euigeun Song, Samer Alasaad, Taeyoung Choi, Inna Voloshina, Donggul Woo (2019). Biogeography of Korea´s top predator, the yellow-throated Marten: evolutionary history and population dynamics. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 19:23
John C. Murphy, Alvin L. Braswell, Stevland P. Charles, Renoir J. Auguste, Gilson A. Rivas, Amael Borzee, Richard M. Lehtinen, Michael J. Jowers ✉ (2019). A new species of Erythrolamprus from the oceanic island of Tobago (Squamata, dipsadidae). Zookeys 817: 131-157.
2018
Samer Angelone-Alasaad, Michael J. Jowers, Anna Rita Molinar Min, Paulino Fandos, Paloma Prieto, Mario Pasquetti, Francisco Javier Cano-Manuel, Gregorio Mentaberre, Jorge Ramón López Olvera, Arian Ráez, José Espinosa, Jesús M. Pérez, Ramón C. Soriguer, Luca Rossi, José Enrique Granados (2018). Hidden MHC genetic diversity in the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica). BMC Genetics 9(1) 19;28
Jesus Díaz-Rodríguez, David Donaire-Barroso, Michael J. Jowers ✉ (2018). First report of Euryhelmis parasites (Trematoda, Heterophyidae) in Africa: Conservation implications for endemic amphibians. Parasitology Research 117, 2569-2576
2017
A. Borzée, Santos, J.L., Sanchez-Ramirez, S., Bae, Y., Heo K., Jang, Y., M. J. Jowers ✉ (2017). Phylogeographic and population insights of the Asian common toad (Bufo gargarizans) in Korea and China: Population isolation and expansions as response to the ice ages. PeerJ DOI 10.7717/peerj.4044
Aluoch AM, Otiende MY, Obonyo MA, Mungai PG, Okun DO, Angelone-Alasaad S, Jowers MJ ✉ (2017) First genetic identification of Pilobolus (Mucoromycotina, Mucorales) from Africa (Nairobi National Park, Kenya). South African Journal of Botany 111, 182-188.
2016
Donaire D, B Klusmeyer, Michael J. Jowers (2017). On the presence of Lataste’s viper Vipera latastei Boscá, 1878 in the Central Rif, Morocco. Butlletí Informatiu de la Societat Catalana d’Herpetologia 24: 39-4. (ISSN 2339-8299).
Ndeereh D, Muchemi G, Thaiyah A, Otiende M, Angelone-Alasaad S, Jowers MJ ✉ (2017) Molecular survey of Coxiella burnetii in wildlife and ticks at wildlife–livestock interfaces in Kenya. Experimental and Applied Acarology 72, 277-289.
Murphy JC, Angarita Sierra T, Downie JR, Jowers MJ ✉ (2017) Toads, tall mountains and taxonomy: the Rhinella granulosa group (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) on both sides of the Andes. Salamandra, 53(2): 267-278.
J. C. Murphy, M. G. Rutherford, M. J. Jowers ✉ (2016). The threadsnake tangle: lack of genetic divergence in Epictia tenella (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae): evidence for introductions or recent rafting to the West Indies. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 51, 197-205.
S. Angelone-Alasaad*, M. J. Jowers*, R. Panadero, A. Pérez-Creo, G. Pajares, P. Díez-Baños, R. C. Soriguer, P. Morrondo (2016). First report of Setaria tundra in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from the Iberian Peninsula inferred from molecular data: Epidemiological implications (2016). Parasites & Vectors 9(1), 521
* contributed equally
V. Obanda, G. Michuki, M. J. Jowers, C. Rumberia, M. Mutinda, O. Wesula, L Wande, K. Wangoru, J. Kasiiti-Orengo, M. Yongo, S. Angelone-Alasaad (2016). Complete genome sequence of virulent pigeon Paramyxovirus in Laughing Doves (Streptopelia senegalensis) in Kenya. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 53, 599-608.
John C. Murphy, Michael. J. Jowers, C. Richard M. Lehtinen, , Stevland P. Charles, Guarino R. Colli, Ayrton K. Peres JR., Catriona R. Henry, R. Alexander Pyron (2016). Cryptic, sympatric diversity in Tegu lizards of the Tupinamnis teguixin group (Squamata, Sauria, Teiidae) and the description of three new species. PlosOne 0158542
Amor F, Villalta I, Doums C, Angulo E, Caut S, Castro S, Jowers MJ, Cerda X, Boulay R. (2016) Nutritional versus genetic correlates of caste differentiation in a desert ant. Ecological Entomology 14(6) 660-667.
2015
Caut, S, M. J. Jowers (2015).Is the Martinique ground snake Erythrolamprus cursor extinct? Oryx 50, 545-548.
Jowers, M. J. ✉, Taheri, A., JL. Reyes-Lopez (2015). The ant Anochetus ghilianii, not a Tertiary relic but an Iberian introduction from North Africa: Evidence from mtDNA analyses. Systematics and Biodiversity 41, 660-667.
Jowers, M. J. ✉, Lethinen, R. M., Downie, J. R., Georgialis A.P., J. C. Murphy (2015). Molecular phylogenetics of the glass frog Hyalinobatrachium orientale (Anura: Centrolenidae): Evidence for Pliocene connections between mainland Venezuela and the oceanic island of Tobago. Mitochondrial DNA 26, 613-618.
2014
Jowers, M. J., Amor, F., Ortega, P., Lenoir, A., Boulay, R. R., Cerda, X., A Galarza (2014). Recent speciation and secondary contact in endemic ants. Molecular Ecology 23 (10), 2529-2542
Otiende M. Y., Kivata, M. W., Jowers, M. J., Makumi, N., Runo, S., Obanda V., Gakuya, F., Kariuki, L., S. Alasaad (2014). New Theileria bicornis sp. novel haplotypes affecting black and white rhinoceros in Kenya. Transboundery and Emerging Diseases 63 (1), e144-e150
2013
Murphy, J. C., M. J. Jowers (2013). Tree runners, cryptic lizards of the Plica plica group (Squamata, Sauria, Tropiduridae) in Northern South America. ZooKeys 355, 49-77.
Jowers, M. J. ✉, Leniaud, L., Cerda, X., Alasaad, S., Caut, S., Amor, F., Aron, S., R. R Boulay (2013). Social and population structure in the ant Cataglyphis emmae: Adaptive mating strategies and dispersal. PlosOne, 8(9), e72941.
Caut, S., Holden, M., Jowers, M. J., Boistel, R., I. Ineich (2013). Is Bocourt’s Terrific Skink Really So Terrific? Trophic Myth and Reality? Plos One, 8(10): e78638.
Jowers M. J. ✉, Caut, S., Garcia-Mudarra, J. L., Alaasad S., I. Ineich (2013). Molecular phylogenetics of the possibly extinct Martinique ground snake. Herpetologica 69(2), 227-236
Caut, S., Jowers, M. J., Arnan, X., Pearce-Duvet, J., Rodrigo, A., Cerda, X., R. R. Boulay (2013). Fire effects on ant trophic position and sex allocation.
Ecology and Evolution 4(1), 35-49.
Caut S, Jowers, M. J., Michel, L., G. Lepoint (2013). Diet- and tissue-specific isotopic incorporation in sharks: applications in a North Sea mesopredator. Marine Ecology Progress Series 492, 185-198.
Caut S., Jowers, M. J., Cerda X., R. R. Boulay (2013). Questioning the mutual benefits of myrmecochory: Stable isotope based experimental approach. Ecological Entomology 38(4), 390-399
Borges, A., Jowers, M. J., Bónoli, S., L. De Sousa. (2013) Scorpions from the primeval subgenus Archaeotityus produce homologs of Tityus serrulatus toxins active on voltage-gated sodium channels. The journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 18, 432-440.
Alasaad, S., Jowers, M. J., Garrido-Garcia, J. A., Wandeler, P., Sanchez, A., R.C. Soriguer (2013). Non-invasive owl pellet-based molecular and morphological evidences of a new population of the critically threatened snow vole in Southern Spain: Molecular comparison with other European populations. Mitochondrial DNA 24, 596-601.
2012
Alasaad, S., Sanchez, A., Garcia-Mudarra, J. L., Jowers, M. J., Perez, J. M., Marchal, J. A., Romero, I., Garrido-Garcia J. A., R. C. Soriguer (2012). Single-tube HotSHOT technique for the collection, preservation and PCR-ready DNA preparation of faecal samples: the threatened Cabrera´s vole as a model. European Journal of Wildlife Research 58, 345-350.
2011
Alasaad, S., Pascucci, I., Jowers M. J., Soriguer, R. C., Zhu X. Q., L. Rossi (2011). Phylogenetic study of Setaria cervi based on mitochondrial Cox1 gene sequences. Parasitology Research 110, 281-285.
Alasaad, S., Schuster, R. K., Gakuya, F., Theneyan, M., Jowers, M. J., Maione, S., Min, A. M., Soriguer, R. C., L. Rossi (2011). Applicability of molecular markers to determine parasitic infection origins in the anima trade: A case study from Sarcoptes mites in wildebeest. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology 8, 280-283
Alasaad, S., Soriguer, R. C., Abu-Madi, M., El Behairy, A., Jowers, M., Baños, P. D., Píriz, A., Fickels J., X-Q. Zhu, (2011). A TaqMan real-time PCR-based assay for the identification of Fasciola spp. Veterinary Parasitology 179, 266-271.
Alasaad, S., Soriguer, R. C., Sánchez, A., Jowers, M. J., P. Wandeler (2011). Cross-species microsatellite amplification in the threatened Cabrera's vole. Molecular Ecology Resources 11, 586-589.
Amor, F., Ortega, P., Jowers, M. J., Cerda, X., Billen, J., Lenoir, A., R. R. Boulay (2011). The evolution of worker-queen polymorphism in Cataglyphis ants: Interplay between natural and kin selection. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 65, 1473-1482.
Jowers, M. J. ✉, Martínez-Solano, I., Cohen, B. L., Manzanilla, J., J. R. Downie (2011) Genetic differentiation in the Trinidad endemic Mannophryne trinitatis (Anura: Aromobatidae): Miocene vicariance, in situ diversification and lack of geographical structuring across the island. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49, 133-140.
2010
Ponssa, M. L., Jowers M. J., R. De Sa (2010). Osteology, natural history notes, and phylogenetic relationships of the poorly known Caribbean frog Leptodactylus nesiotus (Anura, Leptodactylidae). Zootaxa 2646, 1-25.
Alasaad, S., Soriguer, R. C., Jowers, M. J., Marchal, J. A., Romero, I., A. Sánchez (2010). Applicability of mitochondrial DNA for the identification of Arvicolid species from faecal samples: a case study from the threatened Cabrera’s vole. Molecular Ecology Resources 11, 409-414.
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Jowers, M. J. ✉ , Downie, J. R., B. L. Cohen (2008). The Golden Tree Frog of Trinidad (Anura: Hylinae: Phyllodytes auratus): Phylogenetic and Conservation Status. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 43, 181-188.
Jowers, M. J. ✉, Cohen, B. L., J. R. Downie (2008). The Cyprinodont fish Rivulus (Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae) in Trinidad and Tobago: molecular evidence for marine dispersal, genetic isolation and local differentiation. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 46, 48-55.
Jowers, M. J. ✉, Campbell-Palmer, R., Walsh, P. T., J. R. Downie (2006). Intraspecific variation in the avoidance response of stream frog (Mannophryne trinitatis) tadpoles to fish and prawn predators. The Herpetological Journal 16, 337-346.
Manzanilla, J., La Marca, E., Jowers M. J., Sanchez, D., M. Garcia París (2006). Un nuevo Mannophryne (Anura: Dendrobatidae) para el Macizo del Tunimiquire. Estado Anzoatequi, Venezuela. Herpetotropicos 2, 57-64.
Manzanilla J, Jowers, M. J., La Marca E., M. Garcia-París (2006). Taxonomic reassessment of Mannophryne trinitatis (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with the description of a new species from Venezuela. The Herpetological Journal 17, 31-42.
Borges, A., Garcia, C. C., Lugo, E., Alfonzo, M. J., Jowers, M. J., H. J. Op den Camp (2006). Diversity of long-chain toxins in Tityus zulianus and Tityus discrepans venoms (Scorpiones, Buthidae): Molecular, immunological, and mass spectral analyses. Comparative Biochemistry and physiology. Part C. Toxicology and Pharmacology 142, 240-252.
Jowers M. J. ✉, J. R. Downie, (2005). Tadpole deposition behaviour in male stream frogs Mannophryne trinitatis (Anura: Dendrobatidae). Journal of Natural History 39, 3013-3027.
Jowers, M. J. ✉, J. R. Downie (2004). Distribution of Mannophryne trinitatis in the Central mountain range of Trinidad. Living world, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists Club 2004, 17-19
Church, S., Jowers, M. J., J. Allen (1997). Does prey dispersion affect frequency-dependant predation by wild birds? Oecologia 111, 292-296.