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Prof Richard Brown

School of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Science

Degrees

University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, DSc
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, PhD

Academic appointments

Professor of Animal Evolution, Liverpool John Moores University, 2009 - present

Highlighted publications

Brown RP, Jin Y, Thomas J, Meloro C. 2023. Life on a beach leads to phenotypic divergence despite gene flow for an island lizard. Communications Biology, 6 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Jin Y, Tong H, Shao G, Li J, Lv Y, Wo Y, Brown RP, Fu C. 2020. Dorsal Pigmentation and Its Association with Functional Variation in MC1R in a Lizard from Different Elevations on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Genome Biology and Evolution, 12 :2303-2313 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Jin Y, Brown RP. 2018. Partition Number, Rate Priors and Unreliable Divergence Times in Bayesian phylogenetic dating Cladistics, 34 :568-573 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Jin Y, Liu N, Brown RP. 2017. The geography and timing of genetic divergence in the lizard Phrynocephalus theobaldi on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Sci Rep, 7 :2281-2281 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Brown RP, Paterson S, Risse J. 2016. Genomic Signatures of Historical Allopatry and Ecological Divergence in an Island Lizard Genome Biology and Evolution, 8 :3618-3626 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Suarez NM, Pestano J, Brown RP. 2014. Ecological divergence combined with ancient allopatry in lizard populations from a small volcanic island MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 23 :4799-4812 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Rodríguez V, Brown RP, Terrasa B, Pérez-Mellado V, Castro JA, Picornell A, Ramon MM. 2013. Multilocus genetic diversity and historical biogeography of the endemic wall lizard from Ibiza and Formentera, Podarcis pityusensis (Squamata: Lacertidae) Molecular Ecology, 22 :4829-4841 DOI

Brown RP, Yang Z. 2011. Rate variation and estimation of divergence times using strict and relaxed clocks. BMC Evol Biol, 11 :271 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Cox SC, Carranza S, Brown RP. 2010. Divergence times and colonization of the Canary Islands by Gallotia lizards. Mol Phylogenet Evol, 56 :747-757 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Yang Z. 2010. Bayesian Dating of Shallow Phylogenies with a Relaxed Clock SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY, 59 :119-131 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

preprint

Brown R, Bianco L, Fontana P, Shum P, Vasconcelos R, Jin Y. 2024. Delimitation of evolutionary significant units under introgression Authorea, Inc. DOI Publisher Url

Brown R, Jin Y, Thomas J, Meloro C. 2022. Life on a beach for island lizards: phenotypic divergence in the face of gene flow Authorea, Inc. DOI Publisher Url

Journal article

Serio C, Brown RP, Clauss M, Meloro C. 2024. Morphological disparity of mammalian limb bones throughout the Cenozoic: the role of biotic and abiotic factors Palaeontology, 67 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Serio C, Brown RP, Clauss M, Meloro C. 2024. Three-dimensional geometric morphometric analyses of humerus ecomorphology: New perspectives for paleohabitat reconstruction in carnivorans and ungulates The Anatomical Record, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Charters D, Brown RP, Abrams G, Di Modica K, Pirson S, De Groote I, Ghiraldi L, Meloro C. 2024. Mandibular ecomorphology in the genus ursus (Ursidae, Carnivora): relevance for the palaeoecological adaptations of cave bears (U. spelaeus) from Scladina cave Historical Biology, :1-15 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Traill LW, Wanger TC, Twine W, van Houdt S, Brown RP. 2024. A global survey of the societal benefits of trophy hunting in Africa Biological Conservation, 296 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Galvez-Bravo L, Perdices A, De Miguel RJ, Lambea-Camblor Á, Penney C, Meloro C, Martinez-Cruz B, Brown RP. 2023. Hybridization and invasive species in a threatened freshwater fish community under environmental pressures: Morphometric and molecular evidence Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Brown RP, Sun H, Jin Y, Meloro C. 2023. Habitat-associated genomic variation in a wall lizard from an oceanic island Betancourt A. Genome Biology and Evolution, 15 :evad193 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bonnin N, Piel AK, Brown RP, Li Y, Connell AJ, Avitto AN, Boubli JP, Chitayat A, Giles J, Gundlapally MS, Lipende I, Lonsdorf EV, Mjungu D, Mwacha D, Pintea L, Pusey AE, Raphael J, Wich SA, Wilson ML, Wroblewski EE, Hahn BH, Stewart FA. 2023. Barriers to chimpanzee gene flow at the south-east edge of their distribution. Molecular ecology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Brown RP, Jin Y, Thomas J, Meloro C. 2023. Life on a beach leads to phenotypic divergence despite gene flow for an island lizard. Communications Biology, 6 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Vicari D, McGowen MR, Lambert O, Brown RP, Bianucci G, Sabin RC, Meloro C. 2023. Ecomorphology of toothed whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti) as revealed by 3D skull geometry Journal of Mammalian Evolution, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Yang K, Wo Y, Shao G, Liao P, Tong H, Brown RP, Jin Y. 2022. Phylogenetic Relationships among Chinese Rice Frogs within the Fejervarya limnocharis Species Complex (Amphibia: Dicroglossidae) Asian Herpetological Research, 13 :232-241 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Vicari D, Lorenzen ED, Skovrind M, Szpak P, Louis M, Olsen MT, Brown RP, Lambert O, Bianucci G, Sabin RC, Meloro C. 2022. Skull ecomorphological variation of narwhals (Monodon monoceros, Linnaeus 1758) and belugas (Delphinapterus leucas, Pallas 1776) reveals phenotype of their hybrids PLoS ONE, 17 :e0273122 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Vicari D, Sabin RC, Brown RP, Lambert O, Bianucci G, Meloro C. 2022. Skull morphological variation in a British stranded population of false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens, Owen 1846): a 3D geometric morphometric approach Canadian Journal of Zoology, 100 :119-132 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Charters D, Brown RP, Abrams G, Bonjean D, De Groote I, Meloro C. 2021. Morphological evolution of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) mandibular molars: coordinated size and shape changes through the Scladina Cave chronostratigraphy Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 587 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bassitta M, Brown RP, Pérez-Cembranos A, Pérez-Mellado V, Castro JA, Picornell A, Ramon C. 2021. Genomic signatures of drift and selection driven by predation and human pressure in an insular lizard Scientific Reports, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Houdt S, Brown RP, Wanger TC, Twine W, Fynn R, Uiseb K, Cooney R, Traill LW. 2021. Divergent views on trophy hunting in Africa, and what this may mean for research and policy Conservation Letters, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Giacomini G, Herrel A, Chaverri G, Brown RP, Russo D, Scaravelli D, Meloro C. 2021. Functional correlates of skull shape in Chiroptera: feeding and echolocation adaptations. Integrated Zoology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

van Houdt S, Brown RP, Traill LW. 2021. Stakeholder attitudes toward the incentives used to mitigate human-elephant conflict in southern Africa; a news media content analysis Journal for Nature Conservation, 61 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Zecherle LJ, Nichols HJ, Bar-David S, Brown RP, Hipperson H, Horsburgh GJ, Templeton AR. 2021. Subspecies hybridization as a potential conservation tool in species reintroductions Evolutionary Applications, 14 :1216-1224 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Jin Y, Tong H, Shao G, Li J, Lv Y, Wo Y, Brown RP, Fu C. 2020. Dorsal Pigmentation and Its Association with Functional Variation in MC1R in a Lizard from Different Elevations on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Genome Biology and Evolution, 12 :2303-2313 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Zecherle LJ, Bar-David S, Nichols HJ, Templeton AR, Hipperson H, Horsburgh GJ, Brown RP. 2020. Landscape resistance affects individual habitat selection but not genetic relatedness in a reintroduced desert ungulate Biological Conservation, 252 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Perez-Cembranos A, Perez-Mellado V, Alemany I, Bassitta M, Terrasa B, Picornell A, Castro JA, Brown RP, Ramon C. 2020. Morphological and genetic diversity of the Balearic lizard,Podarcis lilfordi(Gunther, 1874): Is it relevant to its conservation? Diversity and Distributions: a journal of conservation biogeography, 26 :1122-1141 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bassitta M, Buades JM, Perez-Cembranos A, Perez-Mellado V, Terrasa B, Brown RP, Navarro P, Lluch J, Ortega J, Castro JA, Picornell A, Ramon C. 2020. Multilocus and morphological analysis of south-eastern Iberian Wall lizards (Squamata,Podarcis) ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, 49 :668-683 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Pounder KC, Mukhida F, Brown RP, Carter D, Daltry JC, Fleming T, Goetz M, Halsey LG, Hughes G, Questel K, Saccheri IJ, Williams R, Soanes LM. 2020. Testing for hybridisation of the Critically Endangered Iguana delicatissima on Anguilla to inform conservation efforts Conservation Genetics, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Jin Y, Brown RP. 2019. Morphological species and discordant mtDNA: A genomic analysis of Phrynocephalus lizard lineages on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 139 :106523-106523 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Giacomini G, Scaravelli D, Herrel A, Veneziano A, Russo D, Brown RP, Meloro C. 2019. 3D Photogrammetry of Bat Skulls: Perspectives for Macro-evolutionary Analyses Evolutionary Biology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Hambrecht L, Brown RP, Piel AK, Wich SA. 2019. Detecting ‘poachers’ with drones: Factors influencing the probability of detection with TIR and RGB imaging in miombo woodlands, Tanzania Biological Conservation, 233 :109-117 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Jin Y, Brown RP. 2018. Partition number, rate priors and unreliable divergence times in Bayesian phylogenetic dating. Cladistics : the international journal of the Willi Hennig Society, 34 :568-573 DOI

Jin Y, Brown RP. 2018. Partition Number, Rate Priors and Unreliable Divergence Times in Bayesian phylogenetic dating Cladistics, 34 :568-573 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Tamagnini D, Stephenson J, Brown RP, Meloro C. 2018. Geometric morphometric analyses of sexual dimorphism and allometry in two sympatric snakes: Natrix helvetica (Natricidae) and Vipera berus (Viperidae) Zoology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Jin Y, Wo Y, Tong H, Song S, Zhang L, Brown RP. 2018. Evolutionary analysis of mitochondrially encoded proteins of toad-headed lizards, Phrynocephalus, along an altitudinal gradient. BMC Genomics, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Brown RP, Woods M, Thorpe RS. 2017. Historical volcanism and within-island genetic divergence in the Tenerife skink (Squamata: Scincidae) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 122 :166-175 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Jin Y, Liu N, Brown RP. 2017. The geography and timing of genetic divergence in the lizard Phrynocephalus theobaldi on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Sci Rep, 7 :2281-2281 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Rodríguez V, Buades JM, Brown RP, Terrasa B, Pérez-Mellado V, Corti C, Delaugerre M, Castro JA, Picornell A, Ramon MM. 2017. Evolutionary history of Podarcis tiliguerta on Corsica and Sardinia. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Brown RP, Perez-Mellado V, Ramon MM. 2017. The legacy of translocations among populations of the Ibizan Wall Lizard, Podarcis pityusensis (Squamata: Lacertidae) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 121 :82-94 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Meloro C, Hunter J, Tomsett L, Portela Miguez R, Prevosti FJ, Brown RP. 2017. Evolutionary ecomorphology of the Falkland Islands wolf Dusicyon australis Russo D. Mammal Review, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Brown RP, Paterson S, Risse J. 2016. Genomic Signatures of Historical Allopatry and Ecological Divergence in an Island Lizard Genome Biology and Evolution, 8 :3618-3626 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Suarez NM, Pestano J, Brown RP. 2014. Ecological divergence combined with ancient allopatry in lizard populations from a small volcanic island MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 23 :4799-4812 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Rodriguez V, Brown RP, Terrasa B, Perez-Mellado V, Picornell A, Castro JA, Ramon C. 2014. Genetic diversity and historical biogeography of the Maltese wall lizard, Podarcis filfolensis (Squamata: Lacertidae) CONSERVATION GENETICS, 15 :295-304 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Jin Y, Yang Z, Brown RP, Liao P, Liu N. 2014. Intraspecific lineages of the lizard Phrynocephalus putjatia from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Impact of physical events on divergence and discordance between morphology and molecular markers Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 71 :288-297 DOI

Rodríguez V, Brown RP, Terrasa B, Pérez-Mellado V, Castro JA, Picornell A, Ramon MM. 2013. Multilocus genetic diversity and historical biogeography of the endemic wall lizard from Ibiza and Formentera, Podarcis pityusensis (Squamata: Lacertidae) Molecular Ecology, 22 :4829-4841 DOI

Duminil J, Brown RP, Ewédjè EEB, Mardulyn P, Doucet JL, Hardy OJ. 2013. Large-scale pattern of genetic differentiation within African rainforest trees: Insights on the roles of ecological gradients and past climate changes on the evolution of Erythrophleum spp (Fabaceae) BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Jin YT, Brown RP. 2013. Species history and divergence times of viviparous and oviparous Chinese toad-headed sand lizards (Phrynocephalus) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 68 :259-268 DOI

Buades JM, Rodríguez V, Terrasa B, Pérez-Mellado V, Brown RP, Castro JA, Picornell A, Ramon MM. 2013. Variability of the mc1r Gene in Melanic and Non-Melanic Podarcis lilfordi and Podarcis pityusensis from the Balearic Archipelago PLoS ONE, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Jin Y-T, Brown RP. 2013. Species history and divergence times of viviparous and oviparous Chinese toad-headed sand lizards (Phrynocephalus) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Rodríguez V, Terrasa B, Castro JA, Picornell A, Ramon MM, Brown RP, Pérez-Mellado V. 2013. Multilocus genetic diversity and historical biogeography of the endemic wall lizard from Ibiza and Formentera, Podarcis pityusensis (Squamata: Lacertidae) Molecular Ecology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Jin Y, Liao P, Yang Z, Brown RP, Liu N. 2013. Intraspecific lineages of the lizard Phrynocephalus putjatia from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Impact of physical events on divergence and discordance between morphology and molecular markers Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Tejangkura T, El Mouden EH, Ait Baamrane MA, Znari M. 2012. Species delimitation and digit number in a North African skink. Ecol Evol, 2 :2962-2973 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Yang Z. 2011. Rate variation and estimation of divergence times using strict and relaxed clocks BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11 DOI

Brown RP, Yang Z. 2011. Rate variation and estimation of divergence times using strict and relaxed clocks. BMC Evol Biol, 11 :271 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bloor P, Brown RP. 2011. Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Balearic Island Lizard Podarcis lilfordi (Squamata: Lacertidae) Conservation Genetics Resources, 3 :323-325 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Andree K, Axtner J, Bagley MJ, Barlow EJ, Beebee TJC, Bennetzen JL, Bermingham E, Boisselier-Dubayle MC, Bozarth CA, Brooks CP, Brown RP, Catanese G, Cavers S, Ceron-Souza I, Chak STC, Chan MN, Charles-Dominique P, Chen CY, Chen JD, Chinchilla L, Da Silva D, Dafreville S, Daunt F, Delatte H, Dorge T, Duncan N, Durand JD, Duvernell D, Estep M, Fan S, Fattahi R, Villela OF, Fong Y, Freville H, Funes V, Gallardo-Escarate C, Ganeshaiah KN, Ghaffari MR, Girod C, Gomez-Moliner BJ, Gonzalez-Porter GP, Gosa A, Govers F, Guerin F, Guindo D, Hailer F, Haye PA, Hoelmer KA, Hofmann S, Hong Y, Hu C, Huang SW, Humeau L, Infante C, Jackson SA, Jacobsen E, Jowkar A, Kafi M, Kermani MJ, Kim H, Kim KS, Kim M-Y, Knibb W, Koita OA, Korpelainen H, Lambourdiere J, Lasso E, Leblois R, Lee H, Lee S-W, Leung FCC, Leung KMY, Li C, Li Y, Lieckfeldt D, Lizana M, Loughry WJ, Luo P, Madeira MJ, Mahmoodi P, Maldonado JE, Mardi M, Mendes O, Miehe G, Muth P, Nacci D, Kumar LN, Ng W-C, Pailler T, Parzies HK, Perez L, Pfunder M, Pietilaeinen M, Pirseyedi SM, Porta D, Porta J, Porta JM, Quilici S, Rakotoarivelo FP, Ramesha BT, Ravikanth G, Riera B, Risterucci AM, Roberts DA, Samadi S, Sarasola-Puente V, Sarrazin E, Sarthou C, Schmidt A, Segovia NI, Shen KN, Simiand C, Bin Sman MH, Solhoy T, Sommer S, Sumangala RC, Taubert R, Tejangkura T, Telford A, Testa A, Tollon-Cordet C, Tzeng WN, Shaanker RU, van der Lee TAJ, Van Mourik TA, Vasudeva R, Wai TC, Wang RL, Welch ME, Weltzien E, Whitehead A, Woodard A, Xia J, Zeinolabedini M, Zhang L. 2010. Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April 2010-31 May 2010 MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, 10 :1098-1105 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Cox SC, Carranza S, Brown RP. 2010. Divergence times and colonization of the Canary Islands by Gallotia lizards (vol 56, pg 747, 2010) MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 56 :1136-1136 DOI Author Url

Cox SC, Carranza S, Brown RP. 2010. Erratum to Divergence times and colonization of the Canary Islands by Gallotia lizards [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 56, (2010), 747-757] Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56 :1136 DOI Publisher Url

Cox SC, Carranza S, Brown RP. 2010. Divergence times and colonization of the Canary Islands by Gallotia lizards. Mol Phylogenet Evol, 56 :747-757 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Yang Z. 2010. Bayesian Dating of Shallow Phylogenies with a Relaxed Clock SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY, 59 :119-131 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Au T. 2009. The influence of metabolic heat production on body temperature of a small lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol, 153 :181-184 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Terrasa B, Perez-Mellado V, Brown RP, Picornell A, Castro JA, Ramon MM. 2009. Foundations for conservation of intraspecific genetic diversity revealed by analysis of phylogeographical structure in the endangered endemic lizard Podarcis lilfordi DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, 15 :207-221 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Terrasa B, Pérez-Mellado V, Castro JA, Hoskisson PA, Picornell A, Ramon MM. 2008. Bayesian estimation of post-Messinian divergence times in Balearic Island lizards. Mol Phylogenet Evol, 48 :350-358 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Suarez NM, Bloor P, Brown RP, Pestano J. 2008. Highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Gran Canarian skink (Chalcides sexlineatus) and their applicability in other Canarian Chalcides MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, 8 :666-668 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP. 2008. Evidence of another living 'giant' lizard from the Canary Islands ORYX, 42 :171-172 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Jin Y-T, Brown RP, Liu N-F. 2008. Cladogenesis and phylogeography of the lizard Phrynocephalus vlangalii (Agamidae) on the Tibetan plateau MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 17 :1971-1982 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Bloor P, Kemp SJ, Brown RP. 2008. Recent volcanism and mitochondrial DNA structuring in the lizard Gallotia atlantica from the island of Lanzarote. Mol Ecol, 17 :854-866 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Salvador A, Diaz JA, Veiga JP, Bloor P, Brown RP. 2008. Correlates of reproductive success in male lizards of the alpine species Iberolacerta cyreni BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, 19 :169-176 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Roberts N. 2008. Feeding state and selected body temperatures in the slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 18 :59-62 Author Url

Pérez-Mellado V, Hernández-Estévez JA, García-Díez T, Terrassa B, Ramón MM, Castro J, Picornell A, Martín-Vallejo J, Brown R. 2008. Population density in Podarcis lilfordi (Squamata, Lacertidae), a lizard species endemic to small islets in the Balearic Islands (Spain) Amphibia-Reptilia, 29 :49-90 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Perera A, Vasconcelos R, Harris DJ, Brown RP, Angel Carretero M, Perez-Mellado V. 2007. Complex patterns of morphological and mtDNA variation in Lacerta perspicillata (Reptilia; Lacertidae) BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 90 :479-490 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Hoskisson PA, Welton J-H, Báez M. 2006. Geological history and within-island diversity: a debris avalanche and the Tenerife lizard Gallotia galloti. Mol Ecol, 15 :3631-3640 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Bloor P, Brown RP. 2005. Morphological variation in Gallotia atlantica from the volcanic island of Lanzarote: subspecies designations and recent lava flow BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 85 :395-406 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP. 2005. Large subunit mitochondrial rRNA secondary structures and site-specific rate variation in two lizard lineages. J Mol Evol, 60 :45-56 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Griffin S. 2005. Lower selected body temperatures after food deprivation in the lizard Anolis carolinensis JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY, 30 :79-83 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Delgado JV, Sarah-Rey S, Brown RP, Cabello A, Pestano J, Martinez A, Acosta JM. 2005. Caracterización genética de la cabra majorera de Fuerteventura con microsatélites Archivos de zootecnia, 54 :261-266

Pestano J, Brown RP, Suarez NM, Baez M. 2003. Diversification of sympatric Sapromyza (Diptera : Lauxaniidae) from Madeira: six morphological species but only four mtDNA lineages MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 27 :422-428 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Pestano J, Brown RP, Suarez NM, Benzal J, Fajardo S. 2003. Intraspecific evolution of Canary Island Plecotine bats, based on mtDNA sequences HEREDITY, 90 :302-307 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Pestano J, Brown RP, Suarez NM, Fajardo S. 2003. Phylogeography of pipistrelle-like bats within the Canary Islands, based on mtDNA sequences MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 26 :56-63 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Molina O, Brown RP, Suarez NM, Pestano JJ. 2003. The origin of the Osorian shrew (Crocidura osorio) from Gran Canaria resolved using mtDNA ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 70 :179-181 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Suárez NM, Pestano J. 2002. The Atlas mountains as a biogeographical divide in North-West Africa: evidence from mtDNA evolution in the Agamid lizard Agama impalearis. Mol Phylogenet Evol, 24 :324-332 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Suarez NM, Smith A, Pestano J. 2001. Short communication phylogeography of Cape Verde Island skinks (Mabuya) Molecular Ecology, 10 :1593-1597 DOI

Brown RP, Suarez NM, Smith A, Pestano J. 2001. Phylogeography of Cape Verde Island skinks (Mabuya). Mol Ecol, 10 :1593-1597 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Pestano J, Brown RP, Rodriguez F, Moreno A. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA control region diversity in the endangered blue chaffinch, Fringilla teydea MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 9 :1421-1425 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Campos-Delgado R, Pestano J. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA evolution and population history of the Tenerife skink Chalcides viridanus. Mol Ecol, 9 :1061-1067 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

El Mouden E, Znari M, Brown RP. 1999. Skeletochronology and mark-recapture assessments of growth in the North African agamid lizard (Agama impalearis) JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 249 :455-461 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Znari M, El Mouden E, Harris P. 1999. Estimating asymptotic body size and testing geographic variation in Agama impalearis ECOGRAPHY, 22 :277-283 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Pestano J, Brown RP. 1999. Geographical structuring of mitochondrial DNA in Chalcides sexlineatus within the island of Gran Canaria PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 266 :805-812 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Znari M. 1998. Geographic variation in Agama impalearis from Morocco: evidence for historical population vicariance and current climatic effects ECOGRAPHY, 21 :605-612 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP, Pestano J. 1998. Phylogeography of skinks (Chalcides) in the Canary Islands inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Mol Ecol, 7 :1183-1191 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP. 1997. Testing for heterogeneity among phenotypic correlations: a comparison of methods using Monte Carlo simulations. Genetica, 101 :67-74 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Baez M, Brown RP. 1997. Testing multivariate patterns of within-island differentiation in Podarcis dugesii from Madeira JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 10 :575-587 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown RP. 1996. Thermal biology of the gecko Tarentola boettgeri: Comparisons among populations from different elevations within Gran Canaria HERPETOLOGICA, 52 :396-405 Author Url

BROWN RP. 1995. COMPARING ENERGY-EXPENDITURE BETWEEN GROUPS OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT BODY MASSES BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 74 :277-279 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

BROWN RP, PEREZMELLADO V. 1994. ECOLOGICAL ENERGETICS AND FOOD ACQUISITION IN DENSE MENORCAN ISLET POPULATIONS OF THE LIZARD PODARCIS-LILFORDI FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 8 :427-434 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

BROWN RP, THORPE RS, BAEZ M. 1993. PATTERNS AND CAUSES OF MORPHOLOGICAL POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION IN THE TENERIFE SKINK, CHALCIDES-VIRIDANUS BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 50 :313-328 DOI Publisher Url

BROWN RP, PEREZMELLADO V. 1993. POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION IN SCALATION OF THE IBERIAN ROCK LIZARD (LACERTA-MONTICOLA) JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 230 :451-458 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

BROWN RP, PEREZMELLADO V, DIEGORASILLA J, GARCIA JA, NARANJO A, SPEAKMAN JR. 1992. INDIVIDUAL AND POPULATION ENERGETICS OF A LIZARD ON A MEDITERRANEAN ISLET OECOLOGIA, 91 :500-504 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

BROWN RP, THORPE RS, SPEAKMAN JR. 1992. COMPARISONS OF BODY SIZE, FIELD ENERGETICS, AND WATER FLUX AMONG POPULATIONS OF THE SKINK CHALCIDES-SEXLINEATUS CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE ZOOLOGIE, 70 :1001-1006 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

BROWN RP, THORPE RS. 1991. WITHIN-ISLAND MICROGEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN BODY DIMENSIONS AND SCALATION OF THE SKINK CHALCIDES-SEXLINEATUS, WITH TESTING OF CAUSAL HYPOTHESES BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 44 :47-64 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

BROWN RP, THORPE RS, BAEZ M. 1991. PARALLEL WITHIN-ISLAND MICROEVOLUTION OF LIZARDS ON NEIGHBORING ISLANDS NATURE, 352 :60-62 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

THORPE RS, BROWN RP. 1991. MICROGEOGRAPHIC CLINES IN THE SIZE OF MATURE MALE GALLOTIA-GALLOTI (SQUAMATA, LACERTIDAE) ON TENERIFE - CAUSAL HYPOTHESES HERPETOLOGICA, 47 :28-37 Author Url

THORPE RS, BROWN RP, MALHOTRA A, WUSTER W. 1991. GEOGRAPHIC-VARIATION AND POPULATION SYSTEMATICS - DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN ECOGENETICS AND PHYLOGENETICS BOLLETTINO DI ZOOLOGIA, 58 :329-335 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

BROWN RP, THORPE RS. 1991. WITHIN-ISLAND MICROGEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THE COLOR PATTERN OF THE SKINK, CHALCIDES-SEXLINEATUS - PATTERN AND CAUSE JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 4 :557-574 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

THORPE RS, BROWN RP. 1989. MICROGEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THE COLOR PATTERN OF THE LIZARD GALLOTIA-GALLOTI WITHIN THE ISLAND OF TENERIFE - DISTRIBUTION, PATTERN AND HYPOTHESIS-TESTING BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 38 :303-322 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

THORPE RS, BROWN RP. 1989. TESTING HYPOTHESIZED CAUSES OF WITHIN-ISLAND GEOGRAPHIC-VARIATION IN THE COLOR OF LIZARDS EXPERIENTIA, 45 :397-400 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Conference publication

Ilardo B, Brown RP, Nichols H, Micheletti D, Gandolfi A. 2019. Conservation Genomics of Endangered Alpine Ichthyofauna TIBE 2019: BIODIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION IN MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS, Vairao, Portugal Public Url

Giacomini G, Herrel A, Chaverri G, Brown RP, Russo D, Scaravelli D, Meloro C. 2019. Evolutionary Constraints On Bat Skull Morphology: Does Echolocation Matter? JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY, 280 :S60-S60 Author Url

Vicari D, McGowen MR, Lambert O, Sabin RC, Brown RP, Meloro C. 2019. Cranial Ecomorphology of Odontocetes: a 3D-Evolutionary Approach JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY, 280 :S235-S235 Author Url

Giacomini G, Scaravelli D, Herrel A, Russo D, Brown R, Meloro C. 2018. Morfología de cráneo y mandíbula en los murciélagos: ¿Compensación entre ecolocación y fuerza de mordida? COLAM Il Congreso Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Murciélagos Publisher Url

Giacomini G, Scaravelli D, Herrell A, Brown R, Meloro C. 2017. Echo from the skulls: is there a trade-off between echolocation and feeding function in bats 14th European Bat Research Symposium - EBRS 2017 Abstract book, 14th European Bat Research Symposium :98-98

Terrasa B, Rodriguez V, Perez-Mellado V, Picornell A, Brown RP, Castro JA, Misericordia Ramon M. 2009. Use of NCPA to understanding genetic sub-structuring of Podarcis lilfordi from the Balearic archipelago AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA, 6th International Symposium on the Lacertids of the Mediterranean Basin 30 :505-514 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brown R, Jin Y, Thomas J, Meloro C. Divergence of beach populations of the Madeiran Wall Lizard International Conference on Herpetological Biodiversity and Conservation in EurAsian Countries

Meloro C, Thomas J, Charters D, Brown R. Ecological drivers of head morphology in the Madeiran wall lizard (Teira dugesii) Ecology Across Borders 2021: Annual Meeting of British Ecological Society and the French Society for Ecology and Evolution

Chapters

Thorpe RS, Brown RP, Day M, Malhotra A, McGregor DP, Wuster W. 1994. Testing ecological and phylogenetic hypotheses in microevolutionary studies Eggleton P, Vane-Wright RI, London LSO. Phylogenetics and ecology :189-206 Academic Press 9780122329906

Research Grants Awarded:

NERC-NEOF, Genomics of divergence with gene flow in an island lizard, Peter Shum, Grant value (£): 14821, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2023

British Ecological Society, Ecological divergence of coastal populations of Madeiran lizards, Grant value (£): 5000, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2019

British Ecological Society, Ecological divergence of coastal populations of Madeiran lizards, Carlo Meloro (named as collaborator), Grant value (£): 4838, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2019

Conference presentation:

Morfología de cráneo y mandíbula en los murciélagos: ¿Compensación entre ecolocación y fuerza de mordida?, , 2nd Congreso Latinoamericano y del caribe de murciélagos, San Salvador, El Salvador, Poster presentation. 2017

Echo from the skulls: is there a trade-off between echolocation and feeding function in bats?, 14th European Bat Research Symposium, Donostia, The Basque Country, Poster presentation. 2017

Fellowships:

Leverhulme Research Fellowship, Leverhulme trust. 2015

Award:

NERC genomics pilot scheme, NERC. 2014

Genetics and ecology of evolutionary change in Lacertid lizards from the Mediterranean, Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia (Spain). 2012

DSc, University of Aberdeen. 2009

Editorial boards:

Herpetological Journal, Associate Editor. 2002

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