Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Universidad de Alcalá

H-index: 14

Europe-Spain

About Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Rodrigo Megía-Palma, With an exceptional h-index of 14 and a recent h-index of 13 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universidad de Alcalá, specializes in the field of evolutionary ecology, parasitology, herpetology, climate change, sexual selection.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Environmental factors influence cross-talk between a heat shock protein and an oxidative stress protein modification in the lizard Gallotia galloti

Seasonal changes in color patches and parasite load of male torquate lizards (Sceloporus torquatus)

Natural parasites in conjunction with behavioral and color traits explain male agonistic behaviors in a lizard

Lizard host abundances and climatic factors explain phylogenetic diversity and prevalence of blood parasites on an oceanic island

Color morphs of the fire salamander are discriminated at night by conspecifics and predators

Genetic diversity, phylogenetic position, and co-phylogenetic relationships of Karyolysus, a common blood parasite of lizards in the western Mediterranean

Differential recovery ability from infections by two blood parasite genera in males of a Mediterranean lacertid lizard after an experimental translocation

Functional responses in a lizard along a 3.5‐km altitudinal gradient

Rodrigo Megía-Palma Information

University

Position

Biomecidine and Biotechnology Area of Parasitology

Citations(all)

642

Citations(since 2020)

458

Cited By

322

hIndex(all)

14

hIndex(since 2020)

13

i10Index(all)

21

i10Index(since 2020)

21

Email

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Universidad de Alcalá

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Rodrigo Megía-Palma Skills & Research Interests

evolutionary ecology

parasitology

herpetology

climate change

sexual selection

Top articles of Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Environmental factors influence cross-talk between a heat shock protein and an oxidative stress protein modification in the lizard Gallotia galloti

Plos one

Edward Gilbert

Anamarija Žagar

Marta López-Darias

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Karen A Lister

...

2024/3/12

Seasonal changes in color patches and parasite load of male torquate lizards (Sceloporus torquatus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Jimena Rivera-Rea

Juan Carlos González-Morales

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Elizabeth Bastiaans

Erendira Quintana

...

2024/2

Natural parasites in conjunction with behavioral and color traits explain male agonistic behaviors in a lizard

Current Zoology

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Dhanashree Paranjpe

Robert D Cooper

Pauline Blaimont

Barry Sinervo

2024/2/1

Lizard host abundances and climatic factors explain phylogenetic diversity and prevalence of blood parasites on an oceanic island

Molecular ecology

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Gemma Palomar

Javier Martínez

Bernardo Antunes

Katarzyna Dudek

...

2024/1/19

Color morphs of the fire salamander are discriminated at night by conspecifics and predators

Journal of Zoology

P Aguilar

G Pérez i de Lanuza

H Martínez‐Gil

U Dajčman

T Simčič

...

2024/2

Genetic diversity, phylogenetic position, and co-phylogenetic relationships of Karyolysus, a common blood parasite of lizards in the western Mediterranean

International Journal for Parasitology

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Javier Martínez

Patrick S Fitze

José J Cuervo

Josabel Belliure

...

2023/4/1

Differential recovery ability from infections by two blood parasite genera in males of a Mediterranean lacertid lizard after an experimental translocation

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology

R Megía‐Palma

L Redondo

S Blázquez‐Castro

R Barrientos

2023/11

Functional responses in a lizard along a 3.5‐km altitudinal gradient

Journal of Biogeography

Nina Serén

Rodrigo Megía‐Palma

Tatjana Simčič

Miha Krofel

Fabio Maria Guarino

...

2023/12

Unusual double erythrocyte infection by heterogeneric parasites in the lacertid lizard Psammodromus algirus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Herpetology Notes

Sara Blázquez-Castro

Rafael Barrientos

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

2023/9/10

First helminthological data on the Iberian adder, Vipera seoanei

Parasitology Research

Vicente Roca

Fernando Gómez-Ramírez

Ismael Espasandín

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Anna Perera

...

2023/7

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites and ectoparasites as biomarkers of heat stress close to roads in a Mediterranean lizard

Science of the Total Environment

R Megía-Palma

I Barja

R Barrientos

2022/1/1

Phenological variation in parasite load and inflammatory response in a lizard with an asynchronous reproductive cycle

The Science of Nature

Jimena Rivera-Rea

J Carlos González-Morales

Víctor Fajardo

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Elizabeth Bastiaans

...

2022/8

Parasitemia and elevation as predictors of hemoglobin concentration and antioxidant capacity in two sympatric lizards

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Anamarija Žagar

Tatjana Simčič

Urban Dajčman

Rodrigo Megia-Palma

2022/8/1

Longitudinal effects of habitat quality, body condition, and parasites on colour patches of a multiornamented lizard

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Santiago Merino

Rafael Barrientos

2022/6

Thermoregulatory function and sexual dimorphism of the throat sack in Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) across Africa

Avian Research

Johann H Van Niekerk

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Giovanni Forcina

2022/1/1

Associated costs of mitigation-driven translocation in small lizards

Amphibia-Reptilia

Rafael Barrientos

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

2021/4/6

Call variation of Crested Francolin (Dendroperdix sephaena) across Africa defies the effects of spatial gradients

Ibis

Johann H Van Niekerk

Rodrigo Megía‐Palma

Giovanni Forcina

2021/2

Brighter is darker: the Hamilton–Zuk hypothesis revisited in lizards

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Rafael Barrientos

Manuela Gallardo

Javier Martínez

Santiago Merino

2021/10/1

Shared haemogregarine infections in competing lacertids

Parasitology

Urban Dajčman

Miguel A Carretero

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

Ana Perera

Anamarija Žagar

2021/9

Phenological and intrinsic predictors of mite and haemacoccidian infection dynamics in a Mediterranean community of lizards

Parasitology

Robby M Drechsler

Josabel Belliure

Rodrigo Megía-Palma

2021/9

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Co-Authors

H-index: 72
Barry Sinervo

Barry Sinervo

University of California, Santa Cruz

H-index: 32
Gregorio Moreno-Rueda

Gregorio Moreno-Rueda

Universidad de Granada

H-index: 25
Rafael Barrientos

Rafael Barrientos

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

H-index: 20
Josabel Belliure

Josabel Belliure

Universidad de Alcalá

H-index: 12
Robert Cooper

Robert Cooper

University of California, Los Angeles

H-index: 9
Octavio Jiménez Robles

Octavio Jiménez Robles

Australian National University

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