De Jesús Villanueva, C., G.P. Massanet Prado, S. Van Belleghem, W. Gould, and J.J. Kolbe. 2024. Experimental evidence of negative agricultural impacts and effectiveness of mitigation strategies of invasive green iguanas (Iguana iguana) in Puerto Rico. NeoBiota 96:49-66. de_jesus_villanueva_et_al._2024.pdf
Lapiedra, O., N. Morales, L.H. Yang, D. Fernández-Bellon, S.N. Michaelides, S.T. Giery, J. Piovia-Scott, T.W. Schoener, J.J. Kolbe, and J.B. Losos. 2024. Predator-driven behavioral shifts in a common lizard shape resource-flow from marine to terrestrial ecosystems. Ecology Letters 27:e14335. [PDF]
Pita-Aquino, J.N., D.G. Bock, S. Baeckens, J.B. Losos, and J.J. Kolbe. 2023. Stronger evidence for genetic ancestry than environmental conditions in shaping the evolution of a complex signaling trait during biological invasion. Molecular Ecology 32:5558-5574. [PDF]
Bock, D.G., S. Baeckens, J.J. Kolbe, and J.B. Losos. 2023. When adaptation is slowed down: Genomic analysis of evolutionary statsis in thermal tolerance during biological invasion in a novel climate. Molecular Ecology [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., S.T. Giery, O. Lapiedra, K.P. Lyberger, J.N. Pita-Aquino, H.A. Moniz, M. Leal, D.A. Spiller, J.B. Losos, T.W. Schoener, and J. Piovia-Scott. 2023. Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120:e2221691120. [PDF] [Supplemental Information]
DeVos, T.B., D.G. Bock, and J.J. Kolbe. 2023. Rapid introgression of non-native alleles following hybridization between a native Anolis lizard species and a cryptic invader across an urban landscape. Molecular Ecology 32:2930-2944. [PDF]
DiPaolo, E.C.C. and J.J. Kolbe. 2023. Blowing in the wind: experimental assessment of clinging performance and behavior in Anolis lizards during hurricane-force winds. Functional Ecology 37:638-647. [PDF]
Thurman, T.J., T.M. Palmer, J.J. Kolbe, A.M. Askary, K.M. Gotanda, O. Lapiedra, T.R. Kartzinel, N. Man in't Veld, L.J. Revell, J.E. Wegener, T.W. Schoener, D.A. Spiller, J.B. Losos, R.M. Pringle, and R.D.H. Barrett. 2023. The difficulty of predicting evolutionary change in response to novel ecological interactions: a field experiment with Anolis lizards. American Naturalist 201:537-556. [PDF] [Supplement]
Baeckens, S., J.B. Losos, D.J. Irschick, J.J. Kolbe, and D.G. Bock. 2023. Introduction history and hybridization determine the hydric balance of an invasive lizard facing a recent climate niche shift. Evolution 77:123-137. [PDF]
Simon, M.N., P.S. Rothier, C.M. Donihue, A. Herrel, and J.J. Kolbe. 2023. Can extreme climatic events induce shifts in adaptive potential? A conceptual framework and empirical test with Anolis lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36:195-208. [PDF]
McGlothlin, J.W., M.E. Kobiela, H.V. Wright, J.J. Kolbe, J.B. Losos, and E.D. Brodie III. 2022. Conservation and convergence of genetic architecture in the adaptive radiation of Anolis lizards. American Naturalist 200: E207-E220. [PDF]
Geneva, A.J., S. Park, D.G. Bock, P.L.H. de Mello, F. Sarigol, M. Tollis, C.M. Donihue, R.G. Reynolds, N. Feiner, A.M. Rasys, J.D. Lauderdale, S.G. Minchey, A.J. Alcala, C.R. Infante, J.J. Kolbe, D. Schluter, D.B. Menke, and J.B. Losos. 2022. Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), an emerging model species. Communications Biology 5:1126. [PDF]
Chejanovski, Z.A., S.T. Giery, and J.J. Kolbe. 2022. Effects of urbanization on the trophic niche of the brown anole, a widespread invasive lizard. Food Webs 33:e00257. [PDF]
De Jesus Villanueva, C.N., G.P. Massanet Prado, W. Gould, C. Garcia-Quijano, and J.J. Kolbe. 2022. Interviews with farmers suggest negative direct and indirect effects of the invasive green iguana (Iguana iguana) on agriculture in Puerto Rico. Management of Biological Invasions 13:781-797. [PDF]
Bock, D.G., S. Baeckens, J.N. Pita-Aquino, Z.A. Chejanovski, S.N. Michaelides, P. Muralidhar, O. Lapiedra, S. Park, D.B. Menke, A.J. Geneva, J.B. Losos, and J.J. Kolbe. 2021. Changes in selection pressure can facilitate hybridization during biological invasion in a Cuban lizard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118:e2108638118. [PDF]
Morris, D.G., K. Morris, C.J. Thawley, J.J. Kolbe, and S.N. Michaelides. 2021. Origin and establishment of the introduced Cuban Blue Anole, Anolis allisoni, in Florida. Caribbean Herpetology 78:1-7. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., N. Gilbert, J.T. Stroud, and Z.A. Chejanovski. 2021. An experimental analysis of perch diameter and substrate preferences of Anolis lizards from natural forest and urban habitats. Journal of Herpetology 55:215-221. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., H.A. Moniz, O. Lapiedra, and C.J. Thawley. 2021. Bright lights, big city: an experimental assessment of short-term behavioral and performance effects of artificial light at night on Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems 24:1035-1045. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials 1] [Supplementary Materials 2]
DeVos, T.B., T.W. Schoener, J.B. Losos, and J.J. Kolbe. 2020. Natural History Notes: Anolis sagrei. Polydactyly. Herpetological Review 51:846. [PDF]
Donihue, C.M., A.M. Kowaleski, J.B. Losos, A.C. Algar, S. Baeckens, R.W. Buchkowski, A.-C. Fabre, H.K. Frank, A.J. Geneva, R.G. Reynolds, J.T. Stroud, J.A. Velasco, J.J. Kolbe, D.L. Mahler, and A. Herrel. 2020. Hurricane effects on Neotropical lizards span geographic and phylogenetic scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117:10429-10434. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials] [Huey & Grant Commentary]
Reynolds, R.G., J.J. Kolbe, R.E. Glor, M. Lopez-Darias, C.V. Gomez Pourroy, A.S. Harrison, K. de Queiroz, L.J. Revell, and J.B. Losos. 2020. Phylogeographic and phenotypic outcomes of brown anole colonization across the Caribbean provide insight into the beginning stages of an adaptive radiation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33:468-494. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials 1] [Supplementary Materials 2]
Thawley, C.J., and J.J. Kolbe. 2020. Artificial light at night increases growth and reproductive output in Anolis lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:20191682. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Wegener, J.E., K.P. Mulder, R.M. Pringle, J. B. Losos, and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Head size of male and female lizards increases with population density across populations in the Bahamas. Breviora 566:1-9. [PDF]
Chejanovski, Z.A. and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Close encounters of the urban kind: predators influence prey body size variation in an urban landscape. Evolutionary Ecology 33:791-809. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Giery, S.T., J.N. Pita-Aquino, J.J. Kolbe, and J. Piovia-Scott. 2019. Mourning geckos (Lepidodactylus lugubris) established on Abaco Island, The Bahamas. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 26:161-162. [PDF]
Buchanan, S.W., J.J. Kolbe, J.E. Wegener, J. Atutubo, and N.E. Karraker. 2019. A comparison of population genetic structure and diversity between a common (Chrysemys p. picta) and endangered (Clemmys guttata) freshwater turtle. Diversity 11:99. [PDF]
Pringle, R.M., T.R. Kartzinel, T.M. Palmer, T.J. Thurman, K. Fox-Dobbs, C.C.Y. Xu, M.C. Hutchinson, T.C. Coverdale, J.H. Daskin, D.A. Evangelista, K.M. Gotanda, N.A. Man in ’t Veld, J.E. Wegener, J.J. Kolbe, T.W. Schoener, D.A. Spiller, J.B. Losos and R.D.H. Barrett. 2019. Predator-induced collapse of niche structure and species coexistence. Nature 570:58-64. [PDF]
Michaelides, S.N., N. Gilbert, B.E. Smith, G.L. White, A. Hailey, and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Genetic reconstruction of the invasion history of Anolis wattsi in Trinidad with a comment on the importance of ecological similarity to invasion success. Herpetological Journal 29:131-137. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Aviles-Rodriguez, K.A. and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Escape in the city: urbanization alters the escape behavior of Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems 22:733-742. [PDF]
Battles, A.C., D.J. Irschick, and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Do structural habitat modifications associated with urbanization influence locomotor performance and limb kinematics in Anolis lizards? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127:100-112. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Wegener, J.E., J.N. Pita-Aquino, J. Atutubo, A. Moreno, and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Hybridization and rapid differentiation after secondary contact between the native green anole (Anolis carolinensis) and the introduced green anole (Anolis porcatus). Ecology and Evolution 9:4138-4148. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Thawley, C.J., H.A. Moniz, A.J. Merritt, A.C. Battles, S.N. Michaelides, and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Urbanization affects body size and parasitism but not thermal preferences in Anolis lizards. Journal of Urban Ecology 5:1-9. [PDF]
Battles, A.C. and J.J. Kolbe. 2018. Miami heat: urban heat islands influence the thermal suitability of habitats for ectotherms. Global Change Biology 25:562-576. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Battles, A.C., M. Moniz, and J.J. Kolbe. 2018. Living in the big city: preference for broad substrates results in niche expansion for urban Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems 21:1087-1095. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
McGlothlin, J.W., M.E. Kobiela, H.V. Wright, D.L. Mahler, J.J. Kolbe, J.B. Losos, and E.D. Brodie III. 2018. Adaptive radiation along a deeply conserved genetic line of least resistance in Anolis lizards. Evolution Letters 2-4:310-322. [PDF] [Supporting Information]
Donihue, C.M., A. Herrel, A.-C. Fabre, A. Kamath, A.J. Geneva, T.W. Schoener, J.J. Kolbe, and J.B. Losos. 2018. Hurricane-induced selection on the morphology of an island lizard. Nature 560:88-91. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Lapiedra, O., T.W. Schoener, M. Leal, J.B. Losos, and J.J. Kolbe. 2018. Predator-driven natural selection on risk-taking behavior in anole lizards. Science 360:1017-1020. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials] [Travis & Reznick Commentary]
Michaelides, S.N., R.M. Goodman, R.I. Crombie, and J.J. Kolbe. 2018. Independent introductions and sequential founder events shape genetic differentiation and diversity of the invasive green anole (Anolis carolinensis) on Pacific Islands. Diversity and Distributions 24:666-679. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials 1] [Supplementary Materials 2]
Reynolds, R.G., T.R. Strickland, J.J. Kolbe, B.G. Falk, G. Perry, L.J. Revell and J.B. Losos. 2017. Archipelagic genetics in a widespread Caribbean anole. Journal of Biogeography 44:2631-2647. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Schoener, T.W., J.J. Kolbe, M. Leal, J.B. Losos and D.A. Spiller. 2017. A multigenerational field experiment on eco-evolutionary dynamics of the influential lizard Anolis sagrei: a mid-term report. Copeia 105:543-549. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., J.E. Wegener, Y.E. Stuart, U. Milstead, K.E. Boronow, A.S. Harrison and J.B. Losos. 2017. An incipient invasion of brown anole lizards (Anolis sagrei) into their own native range in the Cayman Islands: a case of cryptic back-invasion. Biological Invasions 19:1989-1998. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Thawley, C.J., A.C. Battles, S.N. Michaelides and J.J. Kolbe. 2017. Natural History Notes: Anolis equestris. Prey. Herpetological Review 48:183-184. [PDF]
Tiatragul, S., A. Kurniawan, J.J. Kolbe and D.A. Warner. 2017. Embryos of non-native anoles are robust to urban thermal environments. Journal of Thermal Biology 65:119-124. [PDF]
Ober, G.T., C. Thornber, J. Grear and J.J. Kolbe. 2017. Ecological differences influence the thermal sensitivity of swimming performance in two co-occurring mysid shrimp species with climate change implications. Journal of Thermal Biology 64:26-34. [PDF]
Chejanovski, Z.A., K.J. Aviles-Rodriguez, O. Lapiedra, E.L. Preisser and J.J. Kolbe. 2017. An experimental evaluation of foraging decisions in urban and natural forest populations of Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems 20:1011-1018. [PDF]
Lapiedra, O., Z. Chejanovski, and J.J. Kolbe. 2017. Urbanization and biological invasion shape animal personalities. Global Change Biology 23:592-603. [PDF] [Supporting Materials]
Helmus, M.R., J.E. Behm, W.A.M. Jesse, J.J. Kolbe, J. Ellers and J.B. Losos. 2016. Exotics exhibit more evolutionary history than natives: a comparison of the ecology and evolution of exotic and native anole lizards. In S.C.H. Barrett, R. Colautti, K. Dlugosch, and L. Rieseberg (eds), Invasion Genetics: The Baker and Stebbins Legacy, Wiley Press. [Link]
Burgos-Rodriguez, J.A., K.J. Aviles-Rodriguez, and J.J. Kolbe. 2016. Effects of invasive Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) on seed germination and seed dispersal potential in southeastern Puerto Rico. Biological Invasions 18:2775-2782. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Kolbe, J.J., P. VanMiddlesworth, A.C. Battles, J.T. Stroud, B. Buffum, R.T.T. Forman, and J.B. Losos. 2016. Determinants of spread in an urban landscape by an introduced lizard. Landscape Ecology 31:1795-1813. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials 1] [Supplementary Materials 2]
Kolbe, J.J., A.C. Battles, and K.J. Aviles-Rodriguez. 2016. City slickers: poor performance does not deter Anolis lizards from using artificial substrates in human-modified habitats. Functional Ecology 30:1418-1429. [PDF] [Lay Summary]
Drakeley, M., O. Lapiedra, and J.J. Kolbe. 2015. Predation risk perception, food density and conspecific cues shape foraging decisions in a tropical lizard. PLOS ONE 10:e0138016. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Kolbe, J.J. 2015. Effects of hind-limb length and perch diameter on clinging performance in Anolis lizards from the British Virgin Islands. Journal of Herpetology 49:284-290. [PDF]
Steinberg, D.S., J.B. Losos, T.W. Schoener, D.A. Spiller, J.J. Kolbe and M. Leal. 2014. Predation-associated modulation of movement-based signals by a Bahamian lizard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111:9187-9192. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., J.C. Ehrenberger, H.A. Moniz and M.J. Angilletta. 2014. Physiological variation among invasive populations of the Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87:92-104. [PDF]
Shaner, P.-J., Y.-R. Chen, J.-W. Lin, J.J. Kolbe and S.-M. Lin. 2013. Sex-specific correlations of individual heterozygosity, parasite load, and scalation asymmetry in a sexually dichromatic lizard. PLOS ONE 8:e56720. [PDF]
Campbell-Staton, S.C., R.M. Goodman, N. Backström, S.V. Edwards, J. B. Losos and J.J. Kolbe. 2012. Out of Florida: mtDNA reveals Pleistocene migration and post-glacial range expansion of the Green Anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Ecology and Evolution 2:2274-2284. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Kolbe, J.J., B. Lavin, R. L. Burke, L. Rugiero, M. Capula, and L. Luiselli. 2012. The desire for variety: Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus) populations introduced to the United States via the pet trade are derived from multiple native-range sources. Biological Invasions 15:775-783. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., P.S. VanMiddlesworth, N. Losin, N. Dappen, and J.B. Losos. 2012. Climatic niche shift predicts thermal trait response in one but not both introductions of the Puerto Rican lizard Anolis cristatellus to Miami, Florida, USA. Ecology and Evolution 2:1503-1516. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., M. Leal, T.W. Schoener, D.A. Spiller, and J.B. Losos. 2012. Founder effects persist despite adaptive differentiation: a field experiment with lizards. Science 335:1086-1089. [PDF] [Supporting Materials]
Warner, D.A., M.A. Moody, R.S. Telemeco, and J.J. Kolbe. 2012. Egg environments have large effects on embryonic development, but have minimal consequences for hatchling phenotypes in an invasive lizard. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105:25-41. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., L.J. Revell, B. Szekely, E.D. Brodie III, and J.B. Losos. 2011. Convergent evolution of phenotypic integration and its alignment with morphological diversification in Caribbean Anolis ecomorphs. Evolution 65: 3608-3624. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., M. Kearney, and R. Shine. 2010. Modeling the consequences of thermal trait variation for the cane toad invasion of Australia. Ecological Applications 20:2273-2285. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Kolbe, J.J. 2010. Hardy-Weinberg: Evaluating Disequilibrium Forces. In S. Braude and B.S. Low (eds), An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, Princeton University Press. [Link]
Kolbe, J.J., A. Larson, J.B. Losos, and K. de Queiroz. 2008. Admixture determines genetic diversity and population differentiation in the biological invasion of a lizard species. Biology Letters 4:434-437. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Kolbe, J.J., P.L. Colbert, and B.E. Smith. 2008. Niche relationships and interspecific interactions in Antiguan lizard communities. Copeia 2008:261-272. [PDF]
Finkler, M.S. and J.J. Kolbe. 2008. Physiology and ecology of hatchling snapping turtles. In A.C. Steyermark, M.S. Finkler, and R.J. Brooks (eds), Biology of the Snapping Turtle, Johns Hopkins Press. [Link]
Kolbe, J.J., R.E. Glor, L. Rodriguez-Schettino, A. Chamizo-Lara, A. Larson, and J.B. Losos. 2007. Multiple sources, admixture, and genetic variation in introduced Anolis lizard populations. Conservation Biology 21:1612-1625. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Revell, L.J., M.A. Johnson, J.A. Schulte, II, J.J. Kolbe, and J.B. Losos. 2007. A phylogenetic test for adaptive convergence in rock-dwelling lizards. Evolution 61:2898-2912. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Revell, L.J., L.J. Harmon, R.B. Langerhans, and J.J. Kolbe. 2007. A phylogenetic approach to determining the importance of constraint on phenotypic evolution in the neotropical lizard Anolis cristatellus. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9:261-282. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., A. Larson, and J.B. Losos. 2007. Differential admixture shapes morphological variation among invasive populations of the lizard Anolis sagrei. Molecular Ecology 16:1579-1591. [PDF]
Knouft, J.H., J.B. Losos, R.E. Glor, and J.J. Kolbe. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of the niche and of species associations in lizards of the Anolis sagrei group. Ecology 87:S29-S38. [PDF]
Losos, J.B., R.E. Glor, J.J. Kolbe, and K. Nicholson. 2006. Adaptation, speciation, and convergence: a hierarchical analysis of adaptive radiation in Caribbean Anolis lizards. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 93:24-33. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. and J.B. Losos. 2005. Hindlimb length plasticity in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Journal of Herpetology 39:674-678. [PDF]
Harmon, L.J., J.J. Kolbe, J.M. Cheverud, and J.B. Losos. 2005. Convergence and the multidimensional niche. Evolution 59:409-421. [PDF]
Nicholson, K.E., R.E. Glor, J.J. Kolbe, A. Larson, S.B. Hedges and J.B. Losos. 2005. Mainland colonization by island lizards. Journal of Biogeography 32:929-938. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., R.E. Glor, L. Rodriguez-Schettino, A. Chamizo-Lara, A. Larson, and J.B. Losos. 2004. Genetic variation increases during biological invasion by a Cuban lizard. Nature 431:177-181. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Warner, D.A. and J.J. Kolbe. 2003. Natural History Notes: Porthidium nasutum. Diet. Herpetological Review 34:377. [PDF]
Glor, R.E., J.J. Kolbe, R. Powell, A. Larson, and J.B. Losos. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of ecological and morphological diversification in Hispaniolan trunk-ground anoles (Anolis cybotes Group). Evolution 57:2383-2397. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. and F.J. Janzen. 2002. Spatial and temporal dynamics of turtle nest predation: edge effects. Oikos 99:538-544. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., B.E. Smith, and D.M. Browning. 2002. Burrow use by tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) at a black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) town in southwestern South Dakota. Herpetological Review 33:95-99. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. and F.J. Janzen. 2002. Impact of nest-site selection on nest success and nest temperature in natural and disturbed habitats. Ecology 83:269-281. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. and F.J. Janzen. 2002. Experimental analysis of an early life history stage: water loss and migrating hatchling turtles. Copeia 2002:220-226. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. and F.J. Janzen. 2001. The influence of egg size and maternal nest-site selection on survival and behaviour of neonate turtles. Functional Ecology 15:772-781. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. 1999. Size and demographic structure of a threatened western hognose snake, Heterodon nasicus, population. Bulletin Chicago Herpetological Society 34:149-152. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., L.J. Harmon, and D.A. Warner. 1999. New state record lengths and associated natural history notes for some Illinois snakes. Transactions Illinois State Academy Sciences 92:133-135. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. 1998. Natural History Notes: Terrapene ornata ornata. Diet. Herpetological Review 29:235. [PDF]
Lapiedra, O., N. Morales, L.H. Yang, D. Fernández-Bellon, S.N. Michaelides, S.T. Giery, J. Piovia-Scott, T.W. Schoener, J.J. Kolbe, and J.B. Losos. 2024. Predator-driven behavioral shifts in a common lizard shape resource-flow from marine to terrestrial ecosystems. Ecology Letters 27:e14335. [PDF]
Pita-Aquino, J.N., D.G. Bock, S. Baeckens, J.B. Losos, and J.J. Kolbe. 2023. Stronger evidence for genetic ancestry than environmental conditions in shaping the evolution of a complex signaling trait during biological invasion. Molecular Ecology 32:5558-5574. [PDF]
Bock, D.G., S. Baeckens, J.J. Kolbe, and J.B. Losos. 2023. When adaptation is slowed down: Genomic analysis of evolutionary statsis in thermal tolerance during biological invasion in a novel climate. Molecular Ecology [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., S.T. Giery, O. Lapiedra, K.P. Lyberger, J.N. Pita-Aquino, H.A. Moniz, M. Leal, D.A. Spiller, J.B. Losos, T.W. Schoener, and J. Piovia-Scott. 2023. Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120:e2221691120. [PDF] [Supplemental Information]
DeVos, T.B., D.G. Bock, and J.J. Kolbe. 2023. Rapid introgression of non-native alleles following hybridization between a native Anolis lizard species and a cryptic invader across an urban landscape. Molecular Ecology 32:2930-2944. [PDF]
DiPaolo, E.C.C. and J.J. Kolbe. 2023. Blowing in the wind: experimental assessment of clinging performance and behavior in Anolis lizards during hurricane-force winds. Functional Ecology 37:638-647. [PDF]
Thurman, T.J., T.M. Palmer, J.J. Kolbe, A.M. Askary, K.M. Gotanda, O. Lapiedra, T.R. Kartzinel, N. Man in't Veld, L.J. Revell, J.E. Wegener, T.W. Schoener, D.A. Spiller, J.B. Losos, R.M. Pringle, and R.D.H. Barrett. 2023. The difficulty of predicting evolutionary change in response to novel ecological interactions: a field experiment with Anolis lizards. American Naturalist 201:537-556. [PDF] [Supplement]
Baeckens, S., J.B. Losos, D.J. Irschick, J.J. Kolbe, and D.G. Bock. 2023. Introduction history and hybridization determine the hydric balance of an invasive lizard facing a recent climate niche shift. Evolution 77:123-137. [PDF]
Simon, M.N., P.S. Rothier, C.M. Donihue, A. Herrel, and J.J. Kolbe. 2023. Can extreme climatic events induce shifts in adaptive potential? A conceptual framework and empirical test with Anolis lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36:195-208. [PDF]
McGlothlin, J.W., M.E. Kobiela, H.V. Wright, J.J. Kolbe, J.B. Losos, and E.D. Brodie III. 2022. Conservation and convergence of genetic architecture in the adaptive radiation of Anolis lizards. American Naturalist 200: E207-E220. [PDF]
Geneva, A.J., S. Park, D.G. Bock, P.L.H. de Mello, F. Sarigol, M. Tollis, C.M. Donihue, R.G. Reynolds, N. Feiner, A.M. Rasys, J.D. Lauderdale, S.G. Minchey, A.J. Alcala, C.R. Infante, J.J. Kolbe, D. Schluter, D.B. Menke, and J.B. Losos. 2022. Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), an emerging model species. Communications Biology 5:1126. [PDF]
Chejanovski, Z.A., S.T. Giery, and J.J. Kolbe. 2022. Effects of urbanization on the trophic niche of the brown anole, a widespread invasive lizard. Food Webs 33:e00257. [PDF]
De Jesus Villanueva, C.N., G.P. Massanet Prado, W. Gould, C. Garcia-Quijano, and J.J. Kolbe. 2022. Interviews with farmers suggest negative direct and indirect effects of the invasive green iguana (Iguana iguana) on agriculture in Puerto Rico. Management of Biological Invasions 13:781-797. [PDF]
Bock, D.G., S. Baeckens, J.N. Pita-Aquino, Z.A. Chejanovski, S.N. Michaelides, P. Muralidhar, O. Lapiedra, S. Park, D.B. Menke, A.J. Geneva, J.B. Losos, and J.J. Kolbe. 2021. Changes in selection pressure can facilitate hybridization during biological invasion in a Cuban lizard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118:e2108638118. [PDF]
Morris, D.G., K. Morris, C.J. Thawley, J.J. Kolbe, and S.N. Michaelides. 2021. Origin and establishment of the introduced Cuban Blue Anole, Anolis allisoni, in Florida. Caribbean Herpetology 78:1-7. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., N. Gilbert, J.T. Stroud, and Z.A. Chejanovski. 2021. An experimental analysis of perch diameter and substrate preferences of Anolis lizards from natural forest and urban habitats. Journal of Herpetology 55:215-221. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., H.A. Moniz, O. Lapiedra, and C.J. Thawley. 2021. Bright lights, big city: an experimental assessment of short-term behavioral and performance effects of artificial light at night on Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems 24:1035-1045. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials 1] [Supplementary Materials 2]
DeVos, T.B., T.W. Schoener, J.B. Losos, and J.J. Kolbe. 2020. Natural History Notes: Anolis sagrei. Polydactyly. Herpetological Review 51:846. [PDF]
Donihue, C.M., A.M. Kowaleski, J.B. Losos, A.C. Algar, S. Baeckens, R.W. Buchkowski, A.-C. Fabre, H.K. Frank, A.J. Geneva, R.G. Reynolds, J.T. Stroud, J.A. Velasco, J.J. Kolbe, D.L. Mahler, and A. Herrel. 2020. Hurricane effects on Neotropical lizards span geographic and phylogenetic scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117:10429-10434. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials] [Huey & Grant Commentary]
Reynolds, R.G., J.J. Kolbe, R.E. Glor, M. Lopez-Darias, C.V. Gomez Pourroy, A.S. Harrison, K. de Queiroz, L.J. Revell, and J.B. Losos. 2020. Phylogeographic and phenotypic outcomes of brown anole colonization across the Caribbean provide insight into the beginning stages of an adaptive radiation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33:468-494. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials 1] [Supplementary Materials 2]
Thawley, C.J., and J.J. Kolbe. 2020. Artificial light at night increases growth and reproductive output in Anolis lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:20191682. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Wegener, J.E., K.P. Mulder, R.M. Pringle, J. B. Losos, and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Head size of male and female lizards increases with population density across populations in the Bahamas. Breviora 566:1-9. [PDF]
Chejanovski, Z.A. and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Close encounters of the urban kind: predators influence prey body size variation in an urban landscape. Evolutionary Ecology 33:791-809. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Giery, S.T., J.N. Pita-Aquino, J.J. Kolbe, and J. Piovia-Scott. 2019. Mourning geckos (Lepidodactylus lugubris) established on Abaco Island, The Bahamas. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 26:161-162. [PDF]
Buchanan, S.W., J.J. Kolbe, J.E. Wegener, J. Atutubo, and N.E. Karraker. 2019. A comparison of population genetic structure and diversity between a common (Chrysemys p. picta) and endangered (Clemmys guttata) freshwater turtle. Diversity 11:99. [PDF]
Pringle, R.M., T.R. Kartzinel, T.M. Palmer, T.J. Thurman, K. Fox-Dobbs, C.C.Y. Xu, M.C. Hutchinson, T.C. Coverdale, J.H. Daskin, D.A. Evangelista, K.M. Gotanda, N.A. Man in ’t Veld, J.E. Wegener, J.J. Kolbe, T.W. Schoener, D.A. Spiller, J.B. Losos and R.D.H. Barrett. 2019. Predator-induced collapse of niche structure and species coexistence. Nature 570:58-64. [PDF]
Michaelides, S.N., N. Gilbert, B.E. Smith, G.L. White, A. Hailey, and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Genetic reconstruction of the invasion history of Anolis wattsi in Trinidad with a comment on the importance of ecological similarity to invasion success. Herpetological Journal 29:131-137. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Aviles-Rodriguez, K.A. and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Escape in the city: urbanization alters the escape behavior of Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems 22:733-742. [PDF]
Battles, A.C., D.J. Irschick, and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Do structural habitat modifications associated with urbanization influence locomotor performance and limb kinematics in Anolis lizards? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127:100-112. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Wegener, J.E., J.N. Pita-Aquino, J. Atutubo, A. Moreno, and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Hybridization and rapid differentiation after secondary contact between the native green anole (Anolis carolinensis) and the introduced green anole (Anolis porcatus). Ecology and Evolution 9:4138-4148. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Thawley, C.J., H.A. Moniz, A.J. Merritt, A.C. Battles, S.N. Michaelides, and J.J. Kolbe. 2019. Urbanization affects body size and parasitism but not thermal preferences in Anolis lizards. Journal of Urban Ecology 5:1-9. [PDF]
Battles, A.C. and J.J. Kolbe. 2018. Miami heat: urban heat islands influence the thermal suitability of habitats for ectotherms. Global Change Biology 25:562-576. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Battles, A.C., M. Moniz, and J.J. Kolbe. 2018. Living in the big city: preference for broad substrates results in niche expansion for urban Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems 21:1087-1095. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
McGlothlin, J.W., M.E. Kobiela, H.V. Wright, D.L. Mahler, J.J. Kolbe, J.B. Losos, and E.D. Brodie III. 2018. Adaptive radiation along a deeply conserved genetic line of least resistance in Anolis lizards. Evolution Letters 2-4:310-322. [PDF] [Supporting Information]
Donihue, C.M., A. Herrel, A.-C. Fabre, A. Kamath, A.J. Geneva, T.W. Schoener, J.J. Kolbe, and J.B. Losos. 2018. Hurricane-induced selection on the morphology of an island lizard. Nature 560:88-91. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Lapiedra, O., T.W. Schoener, M. Leal, J.B. Losos, and J.J. Kolbe. 2018. Predator-driven natural selection on risk-taking behavior in anole lizards. Science 360:1017-1020. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials] [Travis & Reznick Commentary]
Michaelides, S.N., R.M. Goodman, R.I. Crombie, and J.J. Kolbe. 2018. Independent introductions and sequential founder events shape genetic differentiation and diversity of the invasive green anole (Anolis carolinensis) on Pacific Islands. Diversity and Distributions 24:666-679. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials 1] [Supplementary Materials 2]
Reynolds, R.G., T.R. Strickland, J.J. Kolbe, B.G. Falk, G. Perry, L.J. Revell and J.B. Losos. 2017. Archipelagic genetics in a widespread Caribbean anole. Journal of Biogeography 44:2631-2647. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Schoener, T.W., J.J. Kolbe, M. Leal, J.B. Losos and D.A. Spiller. 2017. A multigenerational field experiment on eco-evolutionary dynamics of the influential lizard Anolis sagrei: a mid-term report. Copeia 105:543-549. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., J.E. Wegener, Y.E. Stuart, U. Milstead, K.E. Boronow, A.S. Harrison and J.B. Losos. 2017. An incipient invasion of brown anole lizards (Anolis sagrei) into their own native range in the Cayman Islands: a case of cryptic back-invasion. Biological Invasions 19:1989-1998. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Thawley, C.J., A.C. Battles, S.N. Michaelides and J.J. Kolbe. 2017. Natural History Notes: Anolis equestris. Prey. Herpetological Review 48:183-184. [PDF]
Tiatragul, S., A. Kurniawan, J.J. Kolbe and D.A. Warner. 2017. Embryos of non-native anoles are robust to urban thermal environments. Journal of Thermal Biology 65:119-124. [PDF]
Ober, G.T., C. Thornber, J. Grear and J.J. Kolbe. 2017. Ecological differences influence the thermal sensitivity of swimming performance in two co-occurring mysid shrimp species with climate change implications. Journal of Thermal Biology 64:26-34. [PDF]
Chejanovski, Z.A., K.J. Aviles-Rodriguez, O. Lapiedra, E.L. Preisser and J.J. Kolbe. 2017. An experimental evaluation of foraging decisions in urban and natural forest populations of Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems 20:1011-1018. [PDF]
Lapiedra, O., Z. Chejanovski, and J.J. Kolbe. 2017. Urbanization and biological invasion shape animal personalities. Global Change Biology 23:592-603. [PDF] [Supporting Materials]
Helmus, M.R., J.E. Behm, W.A.M. Jesse, J.J. Kolbe, J. Ellers and J.B. Losos. 2016. Exotics exhibit more evolutionary history than natives: a comparison of the ecology and evolution of exotic and native anole lizards. In S.C.H. Barrett, R. Colautti, K. Dlugosch, and L. Rieseberg (eds), Invasion Genetics: The Baker and Stebbins Legacy, Wiley Press. [Link]
Burgos-Rodriguez, J.A., K.J. Aviles-Rodriguez, and J.J. Kolbe. 2016. Effects of invasive Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) on seed germination and seed dispersal potential in southeastern Puerto Rico. Biological Invasions 18:2775-2782. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Kolbe, J.J., P. VanMiddlesworth, A.C. Battles, J.T. Stroud, B. Buffum, R.T.T. Forman, and J.B. Losos. 2016. Determinants of spread in an urban landscape by an introduced lizard. Landscape Ecology 31:1795-1813. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials 1] [Supplementary Materials 2]
Kolbe, J.J., A.C. Battles, and K.J. Aviles-Rodriguez. 2016. City slickers: poor performance does not deter Anolis lizards from using artificial substrates in human-modified habitats. Functional Ecology 30:1418-1429. [PDF] [Lay Summary]
Drakeley, M., O. Lapiedra, and J.J. Kolbe. 2015. Predation risk perception, food density and conspecific cues shape foraging decisions in a tropical lizard. PLOS ONE 10:e0138016. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Kolbe, J.J. 2015. Effects of hind-limb length and perch diameter on clinging performance in Anolis lizards from the British Virgin Islands. Journal of Herpetology 49:284-290. [PDF]
Steinberg, D.S., J.B. Losos, T.W. Schoener, D.A. Spiller, J.J. Kolbe and M. Leal. 2014. Predation-associated modulation of movement-based signals by a Bahamian lizard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111:9187-9192. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., J.C. Ehrenberger, H.A. Moniz and M.J. Angilletta. 2014. Physiological variation among invasive populations of the Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87:92-104. [PDF]
Shaner, P.-J., Y.-R. Chen, J.-W. Lin, J.J. Kolbe and S.-M. Lin. 2013. Sex-specific correlations of individual heterozygosity, parasite load, and scalation asymmetry in a sexually dichromatic lizard. PLOS ONE 8:e56720. [PDF]
Campbell-Staton, S.C., R.M. Goodman, N. Backström, S.V. Edwards, J. B. Losos and J.J. Kolbe. 2012. Out of Florida: mtDNA reveals Pleistocene migration and post-glacial range expansion of the Green Anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Ecology and Evolution 2:2274-2284. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Kolbe, J.J., B. Lavin, R. L. Burke, L. Rugiero, M. Capula, and L. Luiselli. 2012. The desire for variety: Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus) populations introduced to the United States via the pet trade are derived from multiple native-range sources. Biological Invasions 15:775-783. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., P.S. VanMiddlesworth, N. Losin, N. Dappen, and J.B. Losos. 2012. Climatic niche shift predicts thermal trait response in one but not both introductions of the Puerto Rican lizard Anolis cristatellus to Miami, Florida, USA. Ecology and Evolution 2:1503-1516. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., M. Leal, T.W. Schoener, D.A. Spiller, and J.B. Losos. 2012. Founder effects persist despite adaptive differentiation: a field experiment with lizards. Science 335:1086-1089. [PDF] [Supporting Materials]
Warner, D.A., M.A. Moody, R.S. Telemeco, and J.J. Kolbe. 2012. Egg environments have large effects on embryonic development, but have minimal consequences for hatchling phenotypes in an invasive lizard. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105:25-41. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., L.J. Revell, B. Szekely, E.D. Brodie III, and J.B. Losos. 2011. Convergent evolution of phenotypic integration and its alignment with morphological diversification in Caribbean Anolis ecomorphs. Evolution 65: 3608-3624. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., M. Kearney, and R. Shine. 2010. Modeling the consequences of thermal trait variation for the cane toad invasion of Australia. Ecological Applications 20:2273-2285. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Kolbe, J.J. 2010. Hardy-Weinberg: Evaluating Disequilibrium Forces. In S. Braude and B.S. Low (eds), An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, Princeton University Press. [Link]
Kolbe, J.J., A. Larson, J.B. Losos, and K. de Queiroz. 2008. Admixture determines genetic diversity and population differentiation in the biological invasion of a lizard species. Biology Letters 4:434-437. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Kolbe, J.J., P.L. Colbert, and B.E. Smith. 2008. Niche relationships and interspecific interactions in Antiguan lizard communities. Copeia 2008:261-272. [PDF]
Finkler, M.S. and J.J. Kolbe. 2008. Physiology and ecology of hatchling snapping turtles. In A.C. Steyermark, M.S. Finkler, and R.J. Brooks (eds), Biology of the Snapping Turtle, Johns Hopkins Press. [Link]
Kolbe, J.J., R.E. Glor, L. Rodriguez-Schettino, A. Chamizo-Lara, A. Larson, and J.B. Losos. 2007. Multiple sources, admixture, and genetic variation in introduced Anolis lizard populations. Conservation Biology 21:1612-1625. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Revell, L.J., M.A. Johnson, J.A. Schulte, II, J.J. Kolbe, and J.B. Losos. 2007. A phylogenetic test for adaptive convergence in rock-dwelling lizards. Evolution 61:2898-2912. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Revell, L.J., L.J. Harmon, R.B. Langerhans, and J.J. Kolbe. 2007. A phylogenetic approach to determining the importance of constraint on phenotypic evolution in the neotropical lizard Anolis cristatellus. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9:261-282. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., A. Larson, and J.B. Losos. 2007. Differential admixture shapes morphological variation among invasive populations of the lizard Anolis sagrei. Molecular Ecology 16:1579-1591. [PDF]
Knouft, J.H., J.B. Losos, R.E. Glor, and J.J. Kolbe. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of the niche and of species associations in lizards of the Anolis sagrei group. Ecology 87:S29-S38. [PDF]
Losos, J.B., R.E. Glor, J.J. Kolbe, and K. Nicholson. 2006. Adaptation, speciation, and convergence: a hierarchical analysis of adaptive radiation in Caribbean Anolis lizards. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 93:24-33. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. and J.B. Losos. 2005. Hindlimb length plasticity in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Journal of Herpetology 39:674-678. [PDF]
Harmon, L.J., J.J. Kolbe, J.M. Cheverud, and J.B. Losos. 2005. Convergence and the multidimensional niche. Evolution 59:409-421. [PDF]
Nicholson, K.E., R.E. Glor, J.J. Kolbe, A. Larson, S.B. Hedges and J.B. Losos. 2005. Mainland colonization by island lizards. Journal of Biogeography 32:929-938. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., R.E. Glor, L. Rodriguez-Schettino, A. Chamizo-Lara, A. Larson, and J.B. Losos. 2004. Genetic variation increases during biological invasion by a Cuban lizard. Nature 431:177-181. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
Warner, D.A. and J.J. Kolbe. 2003. Natural History Notes: Porthidium nasutum. Diet. Herpetological Review 34:377. [PDF]
Glor, R.E., J.J. Kolbe, R. Powell, A. Larson, and J.B. Losos. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of ecological and morphological diversification in Hispaniolan trunk-ground anoles (Anolis cybotes Group). Evolution 57:2383-2397. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. and F.J. Janzen. 2002. Spatial and temporal dynamics of turtle nest predation: edge effects. Oikos 99:538-544. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., B.E. Smith, and D.M. Browning. 2002. Burrow use by tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) at a black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) town in southwestern South Dakota. Herpetological Review 33:95-99. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. and F.J. Janzen. 2002. Impact of nest-site selection on nest success and nest temperature in natural and disturbed habitats. Ecology 83:269-281. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. and F.J. Janzen. 2002. Experimental analysis of an early life history stage: water loss and migrating hatchling turtles. Copeia 2002:220-226. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. and F.J. Janzen. 2001. The influence of egg size and maternal nest-site selection on survival and behaviour of neonate turtles. Functional Ecology 15:772-781. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. 1999. Size and demographic structure of a threatened western hognose snake, Heterodon nasicus, population. Bulletin Chicago Herpetological Society 34:149-152. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J., L.J. Harmon, and D.A. Warner. 1999. New state record lengths and associated natural history notes for some Illinois snakes. Transactions Illinois State Academy Sciences 92:133-135. [PDF]
Kolbe, J.J. 1998. Natural History Notes: Terrapene ornata ornata. Diet. Herpetological Review 29:235. [PDF]