Publications of Javier Lazaro

Farkova, L.; Lazaro, J.; Krystufek, B.; Vohralík, V.: Geographical patterns in mandible variation of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 142 (1), pp. 113 - 120 (2024)

Nováková, L.; Lazaro, J.; Muturi, M.; Dullin, C.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Winter conditions, not resource availability alone, may drive reversible seasonal skull size changes in moles. Royal Society Open Science 9 (9), 220652 (2022)

Taylor, J. R. E.; Muturi, M.; Lazaro, J.; Zub, K.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Fifty years of data show the effects of climate on overall skull size and the extent of seasonal reversible skull size changes (Dehnel's phenomenon) in the common shrew. Ecology and Evolution 12 (10), e9447 (2022)

Krystufek, B.; Al-Sheikhly, O. F.; Lazaro, J.; Haba, M. K.; Hutterer, R.; Mousavi, S. B.; Ivajnsic, D.: A forgotten rodent from the Garden of Eden: what really happened to the long-tailed nesokia rat in the Mesopotamian marshes? Mammalia 85 (2), pp. 103 - 108 (2021)

Lazaro, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Dehnel’s phenomenon. Current Biology 31 (10), pp. 463 - 465 (2021)

Lazaro, J.; Nováková, L.; Hertel, M.; Taylor, J. R. E.; Muturi, M.; Zub, K.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Geographic patterns in seasonal changes of body mass, skull, and brain size of common shrews. Ecology and Evolution 11 (6), pp. 2431 - 2448 (2021)

Schaeffer, P. J.; O'Mara, M. T.; Breiholz, J.; Keicher, L.; Lazaro, J.; Muturi, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Metabolic rate in common shrews is unaffected by temperature, leading to lower energetic costs through seasonal size reduction. Royal Society Open Science 7 (4), 191989 (2020)

Lazaro, J.; Hertel, M.; Muturi, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Seasonal reversible size changes in the braincase and mass of common shrews are flexibly modified by environmental conditions. Scientific Reports 9, 2489 (2019)

Lazaro, J.; Hertel, M.; LaPoint, S. D.; Wikelski, M.; Stiehler, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Cognitive skills of common shrews (Sorex araneus) vary with seasonal changes in skull size and brain mass. The Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (2), jeb166595 (2018)

Lazaro, J.; Hertel, M.; Sherwood, C. C.; Muturi, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Profound seasonal changes in brain size and architecture in the common shrew. Brain Structure & Function 223 (6), pp. 2823 - 2840 (2018)

Lazaro, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; LaPoint, S. D.; Wikelski, M.; Hertel, M.: Profound reversible seasonal changes of individual skull size in a mammal. Current Biology 27 (20), pp. R1106 - R1107 (2017)

Wieczorek, M.; Szafranska, P. A.; Labecka, A. M.; Lazaro, J.; Konarzewski, M.: Effect of the abrasive properties of sedges on the intestinal absorptive surface and resting metabolic rate of root voles. The Journal of Experimental Biology 218 (2), pp. 309 - 315 (2015)

Lazaro, J.; Nováková, L.; Hertel, M.; Taylor, J. R. E.; Muturi, M.; Zub, K.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Geographic patterns in seasonal changes of body mass, skull, and brain size of common shrews. Ecology and Evolution 11 (6), pp. 2431 - 2448 (2021)