SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Brito JC, del Barrio G, Stellmes M, Pleguezuelos JM, Saarinen J (2021). Drivers of change and conservation needs for vertebrates in drylands: an assessment from global scale to Sahara-Sahel wetlands. European Zoological Journal, 88: 1103-1129

Rocha JL, Godinho R, Brito JC, Nielsen R (2021). Life in Deserts: The genetic basis of mammalian desert adaptation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36: 637-650

Brito JC, Tarroso P, Vale C.G., Martínez-Freiría F, Boratyński Z, Campos JC, Ferreira S, Godinho R, Gonçalves DV, Leite JV, Lima VO, Pereira P, Santos X, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Silva TL, Velo-Antón G, Veríssimo J, Crochet P-A, Pleguezuelos JM, Carvalho SB (2016). Conservation Biogeography of the Sahara-Sahel: additional protected areas are needed to secure unique biodiversity. Diversity and Distributions, 22: 371-384

Brito JC, Godinho R, Martínez-Freiría F, Pleguezuelos JM, Rebelo H, Santos X, Vale CG, Velo-Antón G, Boratyński Z, Carvalho SB, Ferreira S, Gonçalves DV, Silva TL, Tarroso P, Campos JC, Leite JV, Nogueira J, Álvares F, Sillero N, Sow AS, Fahd S, Crochet P.-A., Carranza S (2014). Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara-Sahel. Biological Reviews, 89: 215-231

Murali R, Adabaeva A, Angulo S, Arispe R, Baumann M, Ghoddousi A, Hamidi A. K, Jansen M, Khalatbari L, Khorozyan I, Maillard O, Müller D, Romero-Mũnoz A, Rosen T, Rumiz D, Soshin A, Yusefi GH, Kümmerle T (2025). Understanding multiple pathways of the impacts of socio-economic shocks on large carnivores. People and Nature, 7: 3104–3125

Chergui B, Fahd S, Santos X, Pausas JC (2024). Moroccan cannabis farms threaten biodiversity. Science, 385: 941

Gonçalves DV, Hermoso V (2022). Global goals overlook freshwater conservation. Science, 377: 380

Liz AV, Gonçalves DV, Velo-Antón G, Brito JC, Crochet P-A, Rödder D (2022). Adapt biodiversity targets to climate change. Science, 376: 589-590

Khalatbari L, O’Neil H, Ostrowski S, Yusefi GH, Ghoddousi A, Abolghasemi H, Breitenmoser-Würsten C, Breitenmoser U, Brito JC, Durant SM (2021). Risks to conservation of species in the wild from promoting ex situ management: Response to Farhadinia et al. 2020. Conservation Biology, 35: 1327-1330

Naia M, Tarroso P, Sow AS, Liz AV, Gonçalves DV, Martínez-Freiría F, Santarém F, Yusefi GH, Velo-Antón G, Avella I, Hanson JO, Khalatbari L, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Camacho-Sanchez M, Boratyński Z, Carvalho SB, Brito JC (2021). Potential negative effects of the Green Wall on Sahel’s biodiversity. Conservation Biology, 36: 1966-1968

Brito JC, Naia M (2020). Coping with sea-level rise in African protected areas: priorities for action and adaptation measures. BioScience, 70: 924-932

Giakoumi S, Hermoso V, Carvalho SB, Markantonatou V, Dagys M, Iwamura T, Probst WN, Smith RJ, Yates,KL, Almpanidou V, Novak T, Ben-Moshe N, Katsanevakis S, Claudet J, Coll M, Deidun A, Essl F, Garcia-Charton JA, Jimenez C, Kark S, Mandic M, Mazaris AD, Rabitsch W, Stelzenmuller V, Tricarico E, Vogiatzakis IN (2019). Conserving European biodiversity across realms. Conservation Letters. 12: e12586

Durant SM, Brito JC, Canney S, Carvalho SB, Rebelo H, Abáigar T, Algadafi W, Besenyei L, Young CH, Berbash A, Comizzoli P, Crochet P-A, Fahd S, Garba HHM, Mallon D, Nagy A, Newby J, Olson D, Pettorelli N, Pleguezuelos JM, Qninba A, Samna A, Soultan A, Sow AS (2019). Protect environment from armed conflicts. Nature, 571: 478

Khalatbari L, Brito JC, Ghoddousi A, Abolghasemi H, Breitenmoser U, Breitenmoser-Würsten Ch, Yusefi GH, Ostrowski S, Durant SM (2018). Sanctioning to extinction in Iran. Science, 362(6420): 1255

Brito JC, Durant SN, Pettorelli N, Newby J, Canney S, Algadafi W, Rabeil T, Crochet P-A, Pleguezuelos JM, Wacher T, de Smet K, Gonçalves DV, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Martínez-Freiría F, Abáigar T, Campos JC, Comizzoli P, Fahd S, Fellous A, Malam Garba HH, Hamidou D, Harouna A, Hatcha MS, Nagy A, Silva TL, Sow AS, Vale CG, Boratyński Z, Rebelo H, Carvalho SB (2018). Armed conflicts and wildlife decline: challenges and recommendations for effective conservation policy in the Sahara-Sahel. Conservation Letters, 11: e12446

Dinerstein E, Olson D, Joshi A, Vynne C, Burgess ND, Wikramanayake E, Hahn N, Palminteri S, Hedao P, Noss R, Hansen M, Locke H, Ellis EC, Jones B, Barber CV, Hayes R, Kormos C, Martin V, Crist E, Sechrest W, Price L, Baillie JEM, Weeden D, Suckling K, Davis C, Sizer N, Moore R, Thau D, Birch T, Potapov P, Turubanova S, Tyukavina A, de Souza N, Pintea L, Brito JC, Llewellyn OA, Miller AG, Patzelt A, Ghazanfar SA, Timberlake J, Klöser H, Shennan-Farpon Y, Kindt R, Lillesø J-PB, van Breugel P, Graudal L, Voge M, Al-Shammari KF, Saleem M (2017). An ecoregion-based approach to protecting half the terrestrial realm. BioScience, 67(6): 534-545

Pope LC, Liggins L, Keyse J, Carvalho SB, Riginos, C (2015). Not the time or the place: the missing spatio-temporal link in publicly available genetic data. Molecular Ecology, 24: 3802-3809

Campos JC, Liz AV, Patkó L, Abdulkarem A, Van Essen L, El-Bana M, Al-Ansari A, Al-Attas O, Brito JC (2025). An optimised land-use land-cover classification approach for general application in deserts and arid regions. Science of Remote Sensing, 12: 100334

Garcia N, Campos JC, Alírio J, Duarte LB, Arenas-Castro S, Pôças I. et al. (2025). Assessing spatial and temporal trends over time in potential species richness using satellite time-series and ecological niche models. Biodiversity and Conservation, 34: 429-446

Leite JV, Campos JC, Gangkofner U, Vale CG, Brito JC (2019). Remote Sensing indicators and vertebrate biodiversity distribution in global drylands: An assessment with ESA Diversity II products. Journal of Arid Environments, 166: 51-59

Campos JC, Brito JC (2018). Mapping underrepresented land cover heterogeneity in arid regions: the Sahara-Sahel example. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 146: 211-220

Campos JC, Sillero N, Brito JC (2012). Normalized Difference Water Indexes have dissimilar performances in detecting seasonal and permanent water in the Sahara-Sahel transition zone. Journal of Hydrology, 464-465: 438-446

Stephens PR, Farrell MJ, Davies TJ, Gittleman JL, Meiri S, Moreira MO, Roll U, Wiens JJ (2025). Global diversity patterns are explained by diversification rates and dispersal at ancient, not shallow, timescales. Systematic Biology, 74: 818-833

Dornelas M, Antão LH, …, Ferreira DF, ..., Fryxell J (2025). BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and improving a database of biodiversity time series. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34: e70003

Heuertz M, Carvalho SB, Galindo J, Rinkevich B, Robakowski P, Aavik T, Altinok I, Barth JMI, Cotrim H, Goessen R, González-Martínez SC, Grebenc T, Hoban S, Kopatz A, McMahon BJ, Porth I, Raeymaekers JAM, Trager S, Valdecantos A, Vella A, Vernesi C, Garnier-Géré P (2023). The application gap: Genomics for biodiversity and ecosystem service management. Biological Conservation, 278: 109883

Nielsen ES, Hanson JO, Carvalho SB, Beger M, Henriques R, Kershaw F, von der Heyden S (2023). Molecular ecology meets systematic conservation planning. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38: 143-155

Hermoso V, Carvalho SB, Giakoumi S, Goldsborough D, Katsanevakis S, Leontiou S, Markantonatou V, Rumes B, Vogiatzakis IN, Yates KL (2022). The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery. Environmental Science & Policy, 127: 263-271

Soofi M, Qashqaei AT, Trei J-N, Shokri S, Selyari J, Ghasemi B, Sepahvand P, Egli L, Nezami B, Zamani N, Yusefi GH, Kiabi BH, Balkenhol N, Royle A, Pavey CR, Redpath SM, Waltert M (2022). A novel application of hierarchical modelling to decouple sampling artifacts from socio-ecological effects on poaching intensity. Biological Conservation, 267: 109488

Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Tarroso P, Carranza S, Rabosky DL (2022). Desert lizard diversity worldwide: Effects of environment, time, and evolutionary rate. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31: 776-790

Watts M, Klein CJ, Tulloch VJD, Carvalho SB, Possingham HP (2021). Software for prioritizing conservation actions based on probabilistic information. Conservation Biology, 58: 644-654

Hermoso V, Vasconcelos RP, Henriques S, Filipe AF, Carvalho SB (2021). Conservation planning across realms: Enhancing connectivity for multi-realm species. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58: 644-654

Hanson JO, Veríssimo A, Velo-Antón G, Marques A, Camacho-Sanchez M, Martínez-Solano Í, Gonçalves H, Sequeira F, Possingham HP, Carvalho SB (2021). Evaluating surrogates of genetic diversity for conservation planning. Conservation Biology, 35: 634–642

Naia M, Hermoso V, Carvalho SB, Brito JC (2021). Promoting connectivity between priority freshwater sites for conservation in intermittent hydrological systems. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31:1886-1900

Carvalho SB, Torres J, Tarroso P, Velo‐Antón G (2019). Genes on the edge: a framework to detect genetic diversity imperiled by climate change. Global Change Biology, 25: 4034-4047

Tarroso P, Carvalho SB, Velo‐Antón G (2019). Phylin 2.0: Extending the phylogeographic interpolation method to include uncertainty and user‐defined distance metrics. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19: 1081-1094

Santarém F, Pereira P, Saarinen J, Brito JC (2019). New method to identify and map flagship fleets for promoting conservation and ecotourism. Biological Conservation, 229: 113-124

Egeter B, Peixoto S, Brito JC, Jarman S, Puppo P, Velo-Antón G (2018). Challenges for assessing vertebrate diversity in turbid Saharan water-bodies using environmental DNA. Genome, 61: 807-814

Tucker CM, Cadotte MW, Carvalho SB, Davies TJ, Ferrier S, Fritz SA, Greyner R, Helmuth MR, Jin LS, Mooers AO, Pavoine S, Purschke O, Redding DW, Rosauer DF, Winter M, Mazel F (2017). A guide to phylogenetic metrics for conservation, community ecology and macroecology. Biological Reviews, 92: 698–715

Carvalho SB, Velo-Antón G, Tarroso P, Portela AP, Barata M, Carranza S, Moritz C, Possingham HP (2017). Spatial conservation prioritization of biodiversity spanning the evolutionary continuum. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1: 151. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0151

Martínez-Freiría F, Tarroso P, Rebelo H, Brito JC (2016). Contemporary niche contraction affects climate change predictions for elephants and giraffes. Diversity and Distributions, 22: 432-444

Carvalho SB, Gonçalves J, Guisan A, Honrado JP (2016). Systematic site selection for multispecies monitoring networks. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53: 1305-1316

Romero D, Olivero J, Brito JC, Real R (2016). Comparison of approaches to combine Species Distribution Models based on different sets of predictors. Ecography, 39: 561-571

Tarroso P, Velo-Antón G, Carvalho SB (2015). PHYLIN: an R package for phylogeographic interpolation. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15: 349-357

Ponce-Reyes R, Clegg SM, Carvalho SB, McDonald-Madden E, Possingham HP (2014). Geographical surrogates of genetic variation for selecting island populations for conservation. Diversity and Distributions, 20: 640-651

Vale CG, Tarroso P, Brito JC (2014). Predicting species distribution at range margins: testing the effects of study area extent and resolution, and threshold selection in the Sahara-Sahel transition zone. Diversity and Distributions, 20: 20-33

Tarroso P, Carvalho S, Brito JC (2012). SIMAPSE – Simulation Maps for Ecological Niche Modelling. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3: 787-791

Wintle BA, Bekessy SA, Keith DA, vanWilgen BW, Cabeza M, Schröder B, Carvalho SB, Falcucci A, Maiorano L, Regan TJ, Rondinini C, Boitani L, Possingham HP (2011). Ecological-economic optimization of biodiversity conservation under climate change. Nature Climate Change, 1: 355-359

Carvalho SB, Brito JC, Crespo EG, Watts M, Possingham HP (2011). Conservation planning under climate change: toward accounting for uncertainty in predicted species distributions to increase confidence in conservation investments in space and time. Biological Conservation, 144: 2020-2030

Carvalho SB, Brito JC, Crespo EG, Possingham HP (2011). Incorporating evolutionary processes into conservation planning using species distribution data: a case study with the Western Mediterranean herpetofauna. Diversity and Distributions, 17: 408-421

Carvalho S, Brito JC, Pressey RL, Crespo EG, Possingham HP (2010). Simulating the effects of using different types of species distribution data in reserve selection. Biological Conservation, 143: 426-438

Carvalho SB, Brito JC, Crespo EG, Possingham HP (2010). From climate change predictions to actions – conserving vulnerable animal groups in hotspots at a regional scale. Global Change Biology, 16: 3257-3270

Lakušić V, Černý L, Kopr D, Panisi M, Simone Y, Stanisavljević M, Patkó L, Abdulkarem A, Lee BPYH, El-Bana M, Al-Ansari A, Al-Attas O, Brito JC (2025). Diversity and distribution of blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae) from north-western Saudi Arabia: new observations and first description of a male Mylabris desertica Bologna, 2007. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13: e174504

Alves P, Ferreira DF, Brito JC, El-Bana M, Al-Ansari A, Al-Attas O, Vila-Viçosa C (2025). New record of Sarga purpureosericea (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Spangler (Poaceae) for the flora of Saudi Arabia and second-step lectotypification of the name. Webbia - Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography, 80: 301–307

Liz AV, Licata F, Santos B, Gonçalves DV, Lakušić M, Roumelioti M, Serén N, Tarroso P, Abdulkareem A, Patko L, Brito JC (2025). Biogeographic implications of biodiversity shortfalls in a mid-altitude desert ecotone of the Arabian Peninsula. Diversity and Distributions, 31: e70016

Burriel-Carranza B, Tarroso P, Els J, Gardner A, Soorae P, Mohammed AA, Tubati SRK, Eltayeb MM, Shah JN, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Simó-Riudalbas M, Pleguezuelos JM, Fernández-Guiberteau D, Šmíd J, Carranza S (2019). An integrative assessment of the diversity, phylogeny, distribution, and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles (Sauropsida, Squamata) of the United Arab Emirates. PLoS ONE, 14: e0216273

Carranza S, Xipell M, Tarroso P, Gardner A, Arnold EN, Robinson MD, Simó-Riudalbas M, Vasconcelos R, de Pous P, Amat F, Šmíd J, Sindaco R, Metallinou M, Els J, Pleguezuelos JM, Machado L, Donaire D, Martínez G, Garcia-Porta J, Mazuch T, Wilms T, Gebhart J, Aznar J, Gallego J, Zwanzig B-M, Fernández-Guiberteau D, Papenfuss T, Al Saadi S, Alghafri A, Khalifa S, Al Farqani H, Bilal SB, Alazri IS, Al Adhoobi AS, Al Omairi ZS, Al Shariani M, Al Kiyumi A, Al Sariri T, Al Shukaili AS, Al Akhzami SN (2018). Diversity, distribution and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles of Oman (Sauropsida, Squamata). PLoS ONE, 13(2): e0190389

Vasconcelos R, Montero-Mendieta S, Simó-Riudalbas M, Sindaco R, Santos X, Fasola M, Llorente G,Razzetti E, Carranza S (2016). Unexpectedly high levels of cryptic diversity uncovered by a complete DNA Barcoding of reptiles of the Socotra Archipelago. PLoS ONE, 11(3): e0149985

Burriel-Carranza B, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Carné A, Mochales-Riaño G, Talavera A, Al Saadi S, Els J, Šmíd J, Tamar K, Tarroso P, Carranza S (2025). Integrating genomics and biogeography to unravel the origin of a mountain biota: the case of a reptile endemicity hotspot in Arabia. Systematic Biology, 74: 230-249 

Licata F, Pola L, Šmíd J, Ibrahim AA, Liz AV, Santos B, Patkó L, Abdulkareem A, Gonçalves DV, AlShammari AM, Busais S, Egan DM, Ramalho RMO, Smithson J, Brito JC (2024). The missing piece of the puzzle: A new and widespread species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Arabian Peninsula. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 100: 691-704

Šmíd J, Sindaco R, Shobrak M, Busais S, Tamar K, Aghová T, Simó- Riudalbas M, Tarroso P, Geniez P, Crochet P-A, Els J, Burriel-Carranza B, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Carranza S (2021). Diversity patterns and evolutionary history of Arabian squamates. Journal of Biogeography, 48: 1183-1199

Tamar K, Els J, Kornilios P, Soorae P, Tarroso P, Thanou E, Pereira J, Shah JN, Elhassan EEM, Aguhob JC, Badaam SF, Eltayeb MM, Pusey R, Papenfuss TJ, Macey JR, Carranza S (2021). The demise of a wonder: Evolutionary history and conservation assessments of the Wonder gecko Teratoscincus keyserlingii (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae) in Arabia. PLoS ONE, 16(1): e0244150

Tamar K, Simó-Riudalbas M, Garcia-Porta J, Santos X, Llorente G, Vasconcelos R, Carranza S (2019). An integrative study of island diversification: Insights from the endemic Haemodracon geckos of the Socotra Archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 133: 166-175

Simó-Riudalbas M, Tarroso P, Papenfuss T, Al-Sariri T, Carranza S (2017). Systematics, biogeography and evolution of Asaccus gallagheri (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) with the description of a new endemic species from Oman. Systematics and Biodiversity, 2017: 1–17

Tarroso P, Simó-Riudalbas M, Carranza S (2017). The complete mitochondrial genome of Pristurus rupestris rupestris. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 2: 802-803

Sancho V, Vasconcelos R, Llorente G, Santos X (2017). Morphological differentiation of the complex Pristurus sokotranus (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Socotra (Yemen). Zootaxa, 4324(1): 63-84

Martín N, Martínez S, Pujol-Buxó E, Viñolas A, Llorente GA, Sanpera C, Vasconcelos R, Carranza S, Santos X (2017). Stable isotopes and diet uncover trophic-niche divergence and ecological diversification processes of endemic reptiles on Socotra Island. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 267: 69-81

Bussière EMS, Montauban C, Pélissier C, Pizzigalli C (2025). Roost disturbance and predation: Agama lizard (Agama sp.) preying on Slit-faced bats (Nycteris sp.) in Zakouma National Park, Chad. Ecology and Evolution 15: e72246

Marques J, Santarém F, Brito JC (2023). Stellarangia namibensis (Teloschistaceae) out of the Namib Desert. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 80: e137

Santos-Silva S, Santos N, Boratyński Z, Mesquita JR, Barradas PF (2023). Diversity of Rickettsia spp. in ticks from wild mammals of Morocco and Mauritania. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 14: 102235

Bryja J, Meheretu Y, Boratyński Z, Zeynu A, Denys C, Mulualem G, Welegerima K, Bryjová A, Kasso M, Kostin DS, Martynov AA, Lavrenchenko LA (2022). Rodents of the Afar Triangle (Ethiopia): geographical isolation causes high level of endemism. Biodiversity and Conservation, 31: 629-650

Velo-Antón G, Henrique M, Liz AV, Martínez-Freiría F, Pleguezuelos JM, Geniez P, Crochet P-A, Brito JC (2022). DNA barcode reference library for the West Sahara-Sahel reptiles. Scientific Data, 9: 459

Brito JC, Sow AS, Vale CG, Pizzigalli C, Hamidou D, Gonçalves DV, Martínez-Freiría F, Santarém F, Rebelo H, Campos JC, Pleguezuelos JM, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Naia M, Tarroso P, Godinho R, Silva TL, Macedo T, Boratyński Z, Sidatt ZEA, Álvares F (2022). Diversity, distribution and conservation of land mammals in Mauritania, North-West Africa. PLoS One, 17: e0269870

Naia M, Santarém F, Álvares F, Pleguezuelos JM, Feriche M, Boratyński Z, Brito JC (2022). New records of bird species in Mauritania. Malimbus, 44: 1-12

Calatayud-Mascarell A, Alonso-Alonso P, Boratyński Z, Dippenaar-Schoeman A, Pabijan M, Salgado-Irazabal X (2022). Hidden among the prickles: new records and updated distribution of Tmarus longicaudatus Millot, 1942 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Arachnology, 19:1-6

Pizzigalli C, Diop AT, Sow AS, Dieng H, Razgour O, Giachello S, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Brito JC (2022). Updates on the Guinea baboon populations from the remote and arid areas of Southern Mauritania. African Primates, 16: 45-58

Sampaio M, Velo-Antón G, Martínez-Freiría F, Sánchez-Vialas A, Pleguezuelos JM, Geniez P, Crochet P-A, Brito JC (2021). Beyond the comfort zone: amphibian diversity and distribution in the West Sahara-Sahel using mtDNA and nuDNA barcoding and spatial modelling. Conservation Genetics, 22: 233-248

Naia M, Sow AS, Campos J, Sidatt ZEA, Brito JC (2021). Distribution, ecology, and conservation of Philochortus zolii in Mauritania: implications for the long-term persistence of an endangered lizard. African Journal of Herpetology, 70: 166-176

Naia M, Santarém F, Feriche M, Pleguezuelos JM, Brito JC (2021). First record of Blue-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata in Mauritania. Malimbus, 43: 34-37

Salgado-Irazabal X, Alonso-Alonso P, Melcore I, Boratyński Z (2020). Mammals and birds from Oued Draa and Oued Chebeika, Morocco. A field survey report. Go-South Bulletin, 17, 65-74

Alonso-Alonso P, Salgado-Irazabal X, Pabijan M, Hacen MLM, Qninba A, Bousadik H, Boratyński Z (2020). Bird records in the Diawling National Park and surrounding areas, Mauritania. Go-South Bulletin, 17: 75-86

Argaz H, Brito JC, Fahd S, Martínez-Freiría F, Boudajbir C, Geniez P (2020). Atlas des amphibiens et reptiles endémiques du Maroc: répartition et état de conservation. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France, 176: 61-94

Barros MI, Brito JC, Campos JC, Mappes T, Qninba A, Sousa FV, Boratyński Z (2018). The effect of rainfall on population dynamics in Sahara-Sahel rodents. Mammal Research, 63: 485-492

Santarém F, Brito JC, Pleguezuelos JM, Marques J, Sousa FV, Peyre O, Geniez P, Crochet P-A (2018). Birds in northern Mauritania, including range extensions and breeding evidence. Malimbus, 40: 37-46

Silva TL, Vale CG, Godinho R, Fellous A, Hingrat Y, Alves PC, Abáigar T, Brito JC (2017). Ecotypes and evolutionary significant units in endangered North African gazelles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 122: 286-300

Martínez-Freiría F, Crochet P-A, Fahd S, Geniez P, Brito JC, Velo-Antón G (2017). Integrative phylogeographic and ecological analyses reveal multiple Pleistocene refugia for Mediterranean Daboia vipers in North-West Africa. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 122: 366-384

Sow AS, Gonçalves DV, Sousa FV, Martínez-Freiría F, Santarém F, Velo-Antón G, Dieng H, Campos JC, Diagne SK, Boratyński Z, Brito JC (2017). Atlas of the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the Diawling National Park, Mauritania. Basic and Applied Herpetology, 31: 101-116

Vale CG, Campos JC, Silva TL, Gonçalves DV, Sow AS, Martínez-Freiría F, Boratyński Z, Brito JC (2016). Biogeography and conservation of mammals from the West Sahara-Sahel: an application of ecological niche-based models and GIS. Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 27(1): doi:10.4404/hystrix-27.1-11659

Guerreiro R, Boratyński Z, Cunha J, Maaloum H, Mappes T, El Agbani MA, Qninba A (2016). Diversity of mammals in the Lower Drâa valley. A preliminary survey. Go‐South Bulletin, 13: 68‐71

Vale CG, Pimm SL, Brito JC (2015). Overlooked mountain rock pools in deserts are critical local hotspots of biodiversity. PLoS ONE, 10(2): e0118367

Mediani M, Fahd S, Chevalier F, Brito JC (2015). Another record of Lytorhynchus diadema (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) from Moroccan Atlantic Sahara. Herpetozoa, 37: 197-200

Vale CG, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Campos JC, Torres J, Brito JC (2015). Applying species distribution modelling to the conservation of an ecologically plastic species (Papio papio) across biogeographic regions in West Africa. Journal for Nature Conservation, 27: 26-36

Moutinho F, Qninba A, Harrington A, Forbes K, Mediani M, Séren N, Mappes T, Boratyński Z (2015). Winter breeding of the Lesser Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Southern Morocco. Go-South Bulletin, 12: 24-27

Rosado D, Brito JC, Harris DJ (2015). Molecular screening of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) infections in Python sebae from West Africa using 18S rRNA gene sequences. Herpetology Notes, 8: 461-463

Sow AS, Martínez-Freiría F, Dieng H, Fahd S, Brito JC (2014). Biogeographical analysis of the Atlantic Sahara reptiles: environmental correlates of species distribution and vulnerability to climate change. Journal of Arid Environments, 109: 65-73

Mediani M, Boudot J-P, Chevalier F, Qninba A, Campos JC (2014). Nouvelles données sur les Odonates dans le Grand Sud marocain, avec Ischnura saharensis, Anax parthenope, Crocothemis erythraea et Trithemis annulata nouveaux pour le Sahara Atlantique (Odonata : Coenagrionidae, Aeshnidae, Libellulidae). Martinia, 30: 11-22

Sow AS, Martínez-Freiría F, Crochet P-A, Geniez P, Ineich I, Dieng H, Fahd S, Brito JC (2014). Atlas of the distribution of reptiles in the Parc National du Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania. Basic and Applied Herpetology, 28: 99-111

Boratyński Z, Campos JC, Gonçalves DV, Granjon L, Martínez-Freiría F, Sow AS, Velo-Antón G, Brito JC (2013). The Sudano-Sahelian Dalton's Mouse, Praomys daltoni, in Mauritania, Eastern Assaba mountains. Go-South Bulletin, 10: 17-20

Argaz H, Fahd S, Brito JC (2013). Venomous snakes in Morocco: biogeography and envenomation. ScienceLib Editions Mersenne, 5 (130509): 1-14

Gonçalves DV, Álvares F, Brito JC (2013). Data on the distribution of herpetofauna of southern Niger with comments on Termit & Tin Toumma National Nature Reserve. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española, 24(1): 74-79

Vale CG, Álvares F, Brito JC (2012). Distribution, suitable areas and conservation status of the Felou gundi (Felovia vae Lataste 1886). Mammalia, 76: 201-207

Vale CG, Tarroso P, Campos JC, Gonçalves DV, Brito JC (2012). Distribution, suitable areas and conservation status of the Boulenger’ agama (Agama boulengeri, Lataste 1886). Amphibia-Reptilia, 33: 526-532

Brito JC, Fahd S, Geniez P, Martínez-Freiría F, Pleguezuelos JM, Trape J-F (2011). Biogeography and conservation of viperids from North-West Africa: an application of ecological niche-based models and GIS. Journal of Arid Environments, 75: 1029-1037

Ferreira S, Boudot J-P, Tarroso P, Brito JC (2011). Overview of Odonata known from Mauritania. Odonatologica, 40: 277-285

Barata M, Perera A, Harris DJ, van der Meijden A, Carranza S, Ceacero F, García-Muñoz E, Gonçalves D, Henriques S, Jorge F, Marshall JC, Pedrajas L, Sousa P (2011). New observations of amphibians and reptiles in Morocco, with a special emphasis on the eastern region. Herpetological Bulletin 116: 4-14

Brito JC, Álvares F, Martínez-Freiría F, Sierra P, Sillero N, Tarroso P (2010). Data on the distribution of mammals from Mauritania, West Africa. Mammalia, 74: 449-455

Brito JC, Acosta AL, Álvares F, Cuzin F (2009). Biogeography and conservation of taxa from remote regions: An application of ecological-niche based models and GIS to North-African canids. Biological Conservation, 142: 3020-3029

Vasconcelos R, Rocha S, Brito JC, Carranza S, Harris DJ (2009). First report of introduced African Rainbow Lizard Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Cape Verde Islands. Herpetozoa, 21: 183-186

Kaliontzopoulou A, Brito JC, Carretero MA, Larbes S, Harris DJ (2008). Modelling the partially unknown distribution of wall lizards (Podarcis) in North Africa: ecological affinities, potential areas of occurrence, and methodological constraints. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 86: 992-1001

Brito JC, Feriche M, Herrera T, Kaliontzopoulou A, Martínez-Freiría F, Nesbitt D, Omolo D, Ontiveros D, Quiñoz L, Pleguezuelos JM, Santos X, Sillero N (2008). En los límites de su distribución: anfibios y reptiles paleárticos en el noroeste de Túnez. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española, 19: 75-82

Brito JC, Rebelo H, Crochet P-A, Geniez P (2008). Data on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles from North and West Africa, with emphasis on Acanthodactylus lizards and the Sahara Desert. Herpetological Bulletin, 105: 19-27

Harris DJ, Carretero MA, Brito JC, Kaliontzopoulou A, Pinho C, Perera A, Vasconcelos R, Barata M, Barbosa D, Carvalho S, Fonseca MM, Pérez-Lanuza G, Rato C (2008). Data on the distribution of the terrestrial herpetofauna of Morocco: records from 2001-2006. Herpetological Bulletin, 103: 19-28

Rebelo H, Brito JC (2007). Bat guild structure and habitat use in the Sahara desert. African Journal of Ecology, 45: 228-230

Brito JC, Rebelo H, Weldon C, Soares C (2005). Skin ulcers in Bufo xeros from the Central Sahara. Froglog, 71 (Oct. 2005): 3-4

Brito JC (2003). Observations of amphibians and reptiles from North and West Africa – Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española, 14: 2-6

Pavlíčková B, Tarroso P, Boratyński Z, Bryjová A, Bryja J (2026). Life at the edge (of the Sahara): Evolutionary history of two understudied genera of African Gerbils. Journal of Biogeography, 53: e70144

Jowers MJ, Guouman Ferreyra F, Caut S, Brito JC, Vasconcelos R (2025). First preliminary molecular assessment of ants from Cabo Verde. Genes, 16: 725

Tyers AM, Bilancioni M, Pavlíčková B, Boratyński Z (2025). Bioenergetics of behavioural strategies in desert income and capital breeders. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 74: 25042.1-10

Bastos B, Sarfert M, Nowick K, Boratyński Z (2025). Molecular variation in thermoregulatory adaptation in rodents. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology, 98: 281–301

Pizzigalli C, Silva TL, Abáigar T, Bertorelle G, Cassinello J, Brito JC (2024). Assessment of population structure and genetic diversity of wild and captive populations of Ammotragus lervia provide insights for conservation management. Conservation Genetics, 25: 59-73

Doniol-Valcroze P, Rancilhac L, Brito JC, Miralles A, Geniez P, Benoit L, Loiseau A, Leblois R, Dufresnes C, Crochet P-A (2024). Combining RADseq and contact zone analysis to decipher cryptic diversification in reptiles: Insights from the Spiny-footed Lizard (Reptilia, Lacertidae). Zoologica Scripta, 53: 1-15

Mochales-Riaño G, Burriel-Carranza B, Barros MI, Velo-Antón G, Talavera A, Spilani L, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Crochet P-A, Piris A, García-Cardenete L, Busais S, Els J, Shobrak S, Brito JC, Šmíd J, Carranza S, Martínez-Freiría F (2024). Hidden in the sand: phylogenomics unravel an unexpected evolutionary history on the desert-adapted vipers of the genus Cerastes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 191: 107979

Liz AV, Mochales-Riaño G, Velo-Antón G, García-Cardenete L, Brito JC, Carranza S, Martínez-Freiría F (2024). Historical biogeography of the Saharan horned viper enlightens past dynamics of hyperarid desert habitats. Journal of Arid Environments, 222: 105171

Lövy M, Boratyński Z, Okrouhlík J, Svačinová L, Meheretu Y, Šumbera R (2023). Alternative highland adaptations: organ masses and fur insulation in Afroalpine rodents. Journal of Zoology, 319: 119-130

Liz AV, Rödder D, Gonçalves DV, Velo-Antón G, Tarroso P, Geniez P, Crochet P-A, Carvalho S, Brito JC (2022). Overlooked species diversity in the hyper-arid Sahara Desert unveiled by dryland-adapted lizards, Acanthodactylus scutellatus group. Journal of Biogeography, 50: 101-115

Rocha JL, Silva P, Santos N, Nakamura M, Afonso S, Qninba A, Boratynski Z, Sudmant PH, Brito JC, Nielsen R, Godinho R (2023). North-African fox genomes show signatures of repeated introgression and adaptation to life in deserts. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7: 1267-1286

Piwczyńskia M, Granjon L, Trzeciak P, Brito JC, Popa MO, Dinka MD, Johnston NP, Boratyński Z (2023). Unraveling phylogenetic relationships and species boundaries in the arid adapted Gerbillus rodents (Muridae: Gerbillinae) by RAD-seq data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 109: 107913

Rancilhac L, Miralles A, Geniez P, Mendez-Aranda D, Beddek M, Brito JC, Leblois R, Crochet P-A (2023). Phylogeographic breaks and how to find them: An empirical attempt at separating vicariance from isolation by distance in a lizard with restricted dispersal. Peer Community Journal, 3: e74

Gyhrs C, Macedo T, Bastos B, Salgado-Irazabal X, Hammadi M, Bouarakia O, Boratyński Z (2022). High level of daily heterothermy in desert gerbils. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 38: 451-453

Macedo T, Campos JC, Nokelainen O, Scott-Samuel NE, Boratyński Z (2022). The effect of spatial and temporal scale on camouflage in North African rodents. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 137: 523-533

Gray A, Brito JC, Edwards CW, Figueiró HV, Koepfli K-P (2022). First complete mitochondrial genome of the Saharan striped polecat (Ictonyx libycus) and its phylogenetic relationships within Mustelidae. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 7: 1957-1960

Machado L, Salvi D, Harris DJ, Brito JC, Crochet P-A, Geniez P, Ahmadzadeh F, Carranza S (2020). Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Saharo-Arabian naked-toed geckos genus Tropiocolotes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 55: 106969

Rocha JL, Brito JC, Nielsen R, Godinho R (2021). Convergent evolution of increased urine concentrating ability in desert mammals. Mammal Review, 51: 482-491

Pizzigalli C, Crochet P-A, Geniez P, Martínez-Freiría F, Velo-Antón G, Brito JC (2021). Phylogeographic diversification of the Mesalina olivieri species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) with the description of a new species and a new subspecies endemic from North West Africa. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59: 2321-2349

Liz AV, Rödder D, Gonçalves DV, Velo-Antón G, Fonseca MM, Geniez P, Crochet P-A, Brito JC (2021). The role of Sahara highlands in the diversification and desert colonisation of the Bosc's fringe-toed lizard. Journal of Biogeography, 48: 2891-2906

Gonçalves DV, Brito JC (2020). Second Sahelian amphibian endemism suggested by phylogeography of Groove-crowned Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus occipitalis) in western Sahel, and hints of polyploid species formation. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 58: 262-274

Dilytė J, Sabatino S, Godinho R, Brito JC (2020). Diversification and gene flow of tilapia species driven by ecological changes in lowland and mountain areas of southern Mauritania. Evolutionary Ecology, 34: 133-146

Miralles A, Geniez P, Beddek M, Aranda DM, Brito JC, Leblois R, Crochet P-A (2020). Morphology and multilocus phylogeny of the Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus) complex reveal two new mountain species from the Moroccan Atlas. Zootaxa, 4747: 302-326

Eddine A, Rocha RG, Mostefai N, Karssene Y, De Smet K, Brito JC, Klees D, Nowak C, Cocchiararo B, Lopes S, van der Leer P, Godinho R (2020). Demographic expansion of an African opportunistic carnivore during the Neolithic revolution. Biology Letters, 16: 20190560

Nokelainen O, Brito JC, Scott-Samuel N, Valkonen J, Boratyński Z (2020). Camouflage accuracy in Sahara-Sahel desert rodents. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89: 1658-1669

Moutinho AF, Serén N, Paupério J, Silva TL, Martínez-Freiría F, Sotelo G, Faria R, Mappes T, Alves PC, Brito JC, Boratyński Z (2020). Evolutionary history of two cryptic species of northern African jerboas. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20: 26

Nokelainen O, Sreelatha LB, Brito JC, Campos, JC, Scott-Samuel NE, Valkonen JK, Boratyński Z (2020). Camouflage in arid environments: the case of Sahara-Sahel desert rodents. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69: 20007

Mikula O, Nicolas V, Boratyński Z, Denys C, Dobigny G, Fichet-Calvet E, Gagaré S, Hutterer R, Nimo-Paintsil SC, Olayemi A, Bryja J (2020). Commensalism outweighs phylogeographical structure in its effect on phenotype of a Sudanian savanna rodent. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 129:931-949

Velo-Antón G, Boratyński Z, Ferreira CM, Lima VO, Alves PC, Brito JC (2019). Intra-specific genetic diversity and distribution of North African hedgehogs (Mammalia: Erinaceidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 127: 156-163

Lado S, Alves PC, Islam MZ, Brito JC, Melo-Ferreira J (2019). The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography. Heredity, 123: 634-646

Howard-Mccombe J, Banfield L, Kitchener AC, Al Qahtani H, Toosy A, Qarqas M, Craig M, Abramov A, Veron G, Brito JC, Azizi S, Breton B, Silwa A, Witzenberger K, Hochkirch A, Senn H (2019). A mitochondrial phylogeny of the sand cat (Felis margarita Loche, 1858). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 27: 525-534

Gonçalves DV, Martínez-Freiría F, Crochet P-A, Geniez P, Carranza S, Brito JC (2018). The role of climatic cycles and trans-Saharan migration corridors in species diversification: biogeography of Psammophis schokari group in North Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 118: 64-74

Velo-Antón G, Martínez-Freiría F, Pereira P, Crochet P-A, Brito JC (2018). Living on the edge: ecological and genetic connectivity of the Spiny-footed lizard, Acanthodactylus aureus, confirms the Atlantic Sahara desert as biogeographic corridor and centre of lineage diversification. Journal of Biogeography, 45: 1031-1042

Gonçalves DV, Pereira P, Velo-Antón G, Harris DJ, Carranza S, Brito JC (2018). Assessing the role of aridity-induced vicariance and ecological divergence in species diversification in North-West Africa using Agama lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 124: 363-380

Vasconcelos R, Rocha S, Santos X (2017). Sharing refuges on arid islands: ecological and social influence on aggregation behaviour of wall geckos. Peer J, 5: e2802; DOI 10.7717/peerj.2802

Tamar K, Geniez P, Brito JC, Crochet P-A (2017). Systematic revision of Acanthodactylus busacki (Squamata: Lacertidae) with a description of a new species from Morocco. Zootaxa, 4276(3): 357-386

Boratyński Z, Brito JC, Campos JC, Cunha JL, Granjon L, Mappes T, Ndiaye A, Rzebik-Kowalska B, Serén N (2017). Repeated evolution of camouflage in speciose desert rodents. Scientific Reports, 7: 3522

Kide NG, Dunz A, Agnèse J-F, Dilyte J, Pariselle A, Carneiro C, Correira E, Saoud Y, Yarba LO, Kone Y, Brito JC, Schliewen UK, Durand J-D (2016). Cichlids of the Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania - Insight into the diversity of the Copotodon genus. Journal of Fish Biology, 88: 1369-1393

Ferreira S, Boudot J-P, El Haissoufi M, Alves PC, Thompson DJ, Brito JC, Watts PC (2016). Genetic distinctiveness of the damselfly Coenagrion puella in North Africa: an overlooked and endangered taxon. Conservation Genetics, 17: 985-991

Gonçalves DV, Pereira P, Godinho R, Lopes S, Velo-Antón G, Brito JC (2016). Development of 23 microsatellite loci for Boulenger’s agama (Agama boulengeri) with partial cross-amplification in other Agama species. Amphibia-Reptilia, 37: 246-252

Veríssimo J, Znari M, Stuckas H, Fritz U, Pereira P, Teixeira J, Arculeo M, Marrone F, Sacco F, Naimi M, Kehlmaier C, Velo-Antón G (2016). Pleistocene diversification in Morocco and recent demographic expansion in the Mediterranean pond turtle Mauremys leprosa. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119: 943-959

Kapli P, Lymberakis P, Crochet P-A, Geniez P, Brito JC, Almutairi M, Ahmadzadeh F, Schmitz A, Wilms T, Pouyani NR, Poulakakis N (2015). Historical biogeography of the lacertid lizard Mesalina in North Africa and the Middle East. Journal of Biogeography, 42: 267-279

Silva TL, Godinho R, Castro D, Abáigar T, Brito JC, Alves PC (2015). Genetic identification of endangered North African ungulates using noninvasive sampling. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15, 652–661

Metallinou M, Červenka J, Crochet P.-A., Kratochvíl L, Wilms T, Geniez P, Shobrak MY, Brito JC, Carranza S (2015). Species on the rocks: Systematics and biogeography of the rock-dwelling Ptyodactylus geckos (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in North Africa and Arabia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 85: 208-220

Rato C, Harris DJ, Perera A, Carvalho SB, Carretero MA, Rödder D (2015). A combination of divergence and conservatism in the niche evolution of the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae). PLoS ONE, 10(5): e0127980

Koepfli K-P, Pollinger J, Godinho R, Robinson J, Lea A, Hendricks S, Schweizer RM, Thalmann O, Silva P, Fan Z, Yurchenko AA, Dobrynin P, Makunin A, Cahill JA, Shapiro B, Álvares F, Brito JC, Geffen E, Leonard JA, Helgen KM, Johnson WE, O’Brien SJ, Van Valkenburgh B, Wayne RK (2015). Genome-wide evidence reveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals are distinct species. Current Biology, 25: 2158-2165

Leite JV, Álvares F, Velo-Antón G, Brito JC, Godinho R (2015). Differentiation of North African foxes and population genetic dynamics in the desert - insights into the evolutionary history of two sister taxa, Vulpes rueppellii and V. vulpes. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 15: 731-745

Lopes SC, Velo-Antón G, Pereira P, Lopes S, Godinho R, Crochet P-A, Brito JC (2015). Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for spiny-footed lizards, Acanthodactylus scutellatus group (Reptilia, Lacertidae) from arid regions. BMC Research Notes, 8: 794

Froufe E, Ferreira S, Boudot J-P, Alves PC, Harris DJ (2014). Molecular phylogeny of the Western Palaearctic Cordulegaster taxa (Odonata: Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 111: 49-57

Tomé B, Maia JPMC, Salvi D, Brito JC, Carretero MA, Perera A, Meimberg H, Harris DJ (2014). Patterns of genetic diversity in Hepatozoon spp. from snakes of North Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. Systematic Parasitology, 87: 249-258

Maia J, Álvares F, Boratyński Z, Brito JC, Leite JV, Harris DJ (2014). Molecular assessment of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) infections in wild canids and rodents from North Africa, with implications for transmission dynamics across taxonomic groups. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 50: 837-848

Boratyński Z, Brito JC, Campos JC, Karala M, Koskela E, Mappes T (2014). Large spatial scale of the phenotype-environment color matching in two cryptic species of African desert jerboas (Dipodidae: Jaculus). PLoS ONE, 9(4): e94342

Ferreira S, Olalla Lorenzo-Carballa M, Torres-Cambas Y, Cordero-Rivera A, Thompson DJ, Watts PC (2014). New EPIC nuclear DNA sequence markers to improve the resolution of phylogeographic studies of Coenagrionids and other odonates. International Journal of Odonatology, 17: 135-147

Froufe E, Gonçalves DV, Brito JC, Harris DJ (2013). Nuclear and mitochondrial markers reveal the existence of several geographically concordant lineages within a Sahelian gecko species, Ptyodactylus ragazzii. Amphibia-Reptilia, 34: 85-93

Barata M, Perera A, Martínez-Freiría F, Harris DJ (2012). Cryptic diversity within the Moroccan endemic day geckos Quedenfeldtia (Squamata: Gekkonidae): a multidisciplinary approach using genetic, morphological and ecological data. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 106: 828–850

Ben Faleh A, Granjon L, Tatard C, Boratyński Z, Cosson J-F, Said K (2012). Phylogeography of two cryptic species of African desert jerboas (Dipodidae: Jaculus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 107: 27-38

Boratyński Z, Brito JC, Mappes T (2012). The origin of two cryptic species of African desert jerboas (Dipodidae: Jaculus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 105: 435-445

Gonçalves DV, Brito JC, Crochet P-A, Geniez P, Padial JM, Harris DJ (2012). Phylogeny of North African Agama lizards (Reptilia: Agamidae) and the role of the Sahara desert in vertebrate speciation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 64: 582–591

Metallinou M, Arnold EN, Crochet P-A, Geniez P, Brito JC, Lymberakis P, Baha El Din S, Sindaco R, Robinson M, Carranza S (2012). Conquering the Sahara and Arabian deserts: Systematics and biogeography of Stenodactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12: 258

Carretero MA, Fonseca MM, García-Muñoz E, Brito JC, Harris DJ (2011). Adding Acanthodactylus beershebensis to the mtDNA phylogeny of the Acanthodactylus pardalis group. North-Western Journal of Zoology, 7: 138-142

Vasconcelos R, Froufe E, Brito JC, Carranza S, Harris DJ (2010). Phylogeography of Amietophrynus regularis based on mitochondrial DNA sequences: inferences regarding the Cape Verde population and biogeographical patterns. African Zoology, 45: 291-298

Fonseca MM, Brito JC, Paulo OS, Carretero MA, Harris DJ (2009). Systematic and phylogeographical assessment of the Acanthodactylus erythrurus group (Reptilia: Lacertidae) based on phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 51: 131-142

Froufe E, Brito JC, Harris DJ (2009). Phylogeography of North African Amietophrynus xeros estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences. African Zoology, 44: 208-215

Lima A, Pinho C, Larbes S, Carretero MA, Brito JC, Harris DJ (2009). Relationships of Podarcis wall lizards from Algeria based on mtDNA data. Amphibia-Reptilia, 30: 483-492

Fonseca MM, Brito JC, Rebelo H, Kalboussi M, Larbes S, Carretero MA, Harris DJ (2008). Genetic variation among spiny-footed lizards in the Acanthodactylus pardalis group from North Africa. African Zoology, 43: 8-15

Harris DJ, Vasconcelos R, Brito JC (2007). Genetic variation within African spiny-tailed lizards (Agamidae: Uromastyx) estimated using mitochondrial DNA sequences. Amphibia-Reptilia, 28: 1-6

Rato C, Brito JC, Carretero MA, Larbes S, Shacham B, Harris DJ (2007). Phylogeography and genetic diversity of Psammophis schokari (Serpentes) in North Africa based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. African Zoology, 42: 112-117

de Moll ESA, Gonçalves DV, Liz AV (2026). Saharan vertebrate flagships are good ecosystem-wide climate response surrogates. Biological Conservation, 313: 111580

Licata F, Thiaw M, Ndiaye PI, Andreone F, Ficetola GF (2025). Negative responses of two dry-adapted amphibians to tree planting density in the Great Green Wall in Senegal. Restoration Ecology, e14389

Taheri A, Elmahroussi M, Reyes-López J-L, Bennas N, Brito JC (2020). Ants invading deserts: Non-native species in arid Moroccan oases. Journal of Arid Environments, 184: 104122

Santarém F, Saarinen J, Brito JC (2021). Assessment and prioritization of cultural ecosystem services in the Sahara-Sahelian region. Science of Total Environment, 777: 146053

Santarém F, Saarinen J, Brito JC (2020). Mapping and analysing cultural ecosystem services in conflict areas. Ecological Indicators, 110: 105943

Pleguezuelos JM, Feriche M, Brito JC, Fahd S (2017). Snake charming and the exploitation of snakes in Morocco. Oryx, 52: 374-381

Santarém F, Campos JC, Pereira P, Hamidou D, Saarinen J, Brito JC (2018). Using multivariate statistics to assess ecotourism potential of water-bodies: a case-study in Mauritania. Tourism Management, 67: 34-46

Pleguezuelos JM, García-Cardenete L, Caro J, Feriche M, Pérez-García MT, Santos X, Sicilia M, Fahd S (2017). Barriers for conservation: mitigating the impact on amphibians and reptiles by water cisterns in arid environments. Amphibia-Reptilia, 38: 113-118

Ferreira S, Martínez-Freiría F, Boudot J-P, El Haissoufi M, Bennas N, Alves PC, Watts PC, Thompson DJ, Brito JC (2015). Local extinctions and range contraction of the endangered Coenagrion mercuriale in North Africa. International Journal of Odonatology, 18: 137-152

Vale CG, Brito JC (2015). Desert-adapted species are vulnerable to climate change: insights from the warmest region on Earth. Global Ecology and Conservation, 4: 369-379

Santarém F, Paiva F (2015). Conserving desert biodiversity through ecotourism. Tourism Management Perspectives, 16: 176-178

García-Cardenete L, Pleguezuelos JM, Brito JC, Jiménez-Cazalla F, Pérez-García MT, Santos X (2014). Water cisterns as death traps for amphibians and reptiles in arid environments. Environmental Conservation, 41: 341-349

Senn H, Banfield L, Wacher T, Newby JE, Rabeil T, Kaden J, Kitchener AC, Abáigar T, Silva TL, Maunder M, Ogden R (2014). Splitting or lumping? A conservation dilemma exemplified by the Critically Endangered Dama Gazelle (Nanger dama). PLoS ONE, 9(6): e98693

Ferreira S, Velo-Antón G, Brochard C, Vieira C, Alves PC, Thompson DJ, Watts PC, Brito JC (2014). A Critically Endangered new dragonfly species from Morocco: Onychogomphus boudoti sp. nov. (Odonata: Gomphidae). Zootaxa, 3856: 349-365

Vasconcelos R, Brito JC, Carranza S, Harris DJ (2013). Review of the distribution and conservation status of the reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands. Oryx, 47: 77-87

Martínez-Freiría F, Argaz H, Fahd S, Brito JC (2013). Climate change is predicted to negatively influence Moroccan endemic reptile richness. Implications for conservation in protected areas. Naturwissenschaften, 100: 877-889

Padial JM, Crochet P-A, Geniez P, Brito JC (2013). Amphibian conservation in Mauritania. Chapter 24 in Part 2. Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Israel in Vol. 11. Conservation and Decline of Amphibians: Eastern Hemisphere of the series Amphibian Biology. Basic and Applied Herpetology, 27: 11-22

Vasconcelos R, Brito JC, Carvalho S, Carranza S, Harris DJ (2012). Identifying priority areas for island endemics using genetic or specific diversity – The case of the terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands. Biological Conservation, 153: 276-286

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Pleguezuelos JM, Brito JC, Fahd S, Feriche M, Mateo JA, Moreno-Rueda G, Reques R, Santos X (2010). Setting conservation priorities for the Moroccan herpetofauna: the utility of Regional Red Listing. Oryx, 44: 501-508

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