Publications
All data and associated code for published works from the Muñoz Lab will be posted to the lab Github page in an effort to maintain scientific transparency​
 *Muñoz Lab graduate student  |  **Muñoz Lab undergraduate student  |  ‡ Muñoz Lab postdoctoral researcher​
2021
‡Burress EB and Muñoz MM. (2021). Ecological Opportunity from Innovation, not Islands, Drove the Anole Lizard Adaptive Radiation. Systematic Biology. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syab031
2020
*Bodensteiner BL, Agudelo-Cantero GA, Arietta AZA, Gunderson AR, Muñoz MM, Refsnider JM, Gangloff EJ. (2020). Thermal adaptation revisited: how conserved are thermal traits of reptiles and amphibians? Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A - Ecological and Integrative Physiology. doi: 10.1002/jez.2403
Dominguez-Guerrero SF, *Bodensteiner BL, Pardo-Ramirez A, Aguillon-Gutierrez DR, Mendez-de la Cruz FR, Muñoz MM. (2020). Thermal physiology responds to interannual temperature shifts in a montane horned lizard, Phrynosoma orbiculare. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A - Ecological and Integrative Physiology ​
*Camarillo H, Muñoz, MM. (2020). Weak relationships between swimming morphology and water depth in wrasses and parrotfish belie multiple selective demands on form-function evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology
Farallo, VR, Muñoz, MM, Uyeda, JC, and Miles, DB. (2020). Scaling between macro‐to microscale climatic data reveals strong phylogenetic inertia in niche evolution in plethodontid salamanders. Evolution, 74(5), 979-991.​
2019
Muñoz, MM, and Price, SA. (2019). The future is bright for evolutionary morphology and biomechanics in the era of big data. Integrative and comparative biology, 59(3), 599-603. 
Muñoz MM. (2019). The evolutionary dynamics of mechanically complex systems. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 59:705-715.
 **Salazar JC, Castañeda MR, Londoño GA, *Bodensteiner BL, Muñoz MM. (2019). Physiological evolution during adaptive radiation: A test of the island effect in Anolis lizards. Evolution. 73:1241-1252. Cover Image
        Featured at: EurekAlert!, Phys.org, ScienceDaily
Kuo C-Y, Muñoz MM, Irschick DJ. (2019). Lizard foraging: A perspective integrating sensory ecology and life histories. pp. 87-106 in Behavior of Lizards: Evolutionary and Mechanistic Perspectives (V Bels & A Russell, Eds.) Taylor and Francis Publishing; Abingdon, UK.
Muñoz MM, *Bodensteiner BL. (2019). Janzen's Hypothesis meets the Bogert Effect: Connecting climate variation, thermoregulatory behavior, and rates of physiological evolution. Integrative Organismal Biology. 1:1-12. (Invited Contribution for Inaugural Issue)
Domínguez–Guerrero SF, Muñoz MM, Pasten–Téllez DJ, Arenas-Moreno DM, Rodríguez-Miranda LA, Manríquez–Morán NI, Méndez–de la Cruz FR. (2019). Interactions between thermoregulatory behavior and physiological acclimatization in a wild lizard population. Journal of Thermal Biology. 79:135-143.
2018
Muñoz MM, Hu Y, Anderson PSL, Patek SN. (2018). Strong biomechanical relationships bias the tempo and mode of morphological evolution. eLife 7:e37621.
Boronow KE, Shields IH, Muñoz MM. (2018). Parallel behavioral divergence with microhabitat in Anolis (Squamata: Dactyloidae) lizards from the Dominican Republic. Breviora. 561:1-17.
Muñoz MM, Losos JB. (2018). Thermoregulation simultaneously promotes and forestalls evolution in a tropical lizard. American Naturalist. 191: E15-E26
2017
Muñoz MM, Anderson PSL, Patek SN. (2017). Mechanical sensitivity and the dynamics of evolutionary rate shifts in biomechanical systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 284:20162325.
2016
Muñoz MM, Langham GM, Brandley MC, Rosauer D, Williams SE, Moritz C. (2016). Basking behavior predicts the evolution of heat tolerance in Australian rainforest lizards. Evolution. 70:2537-2549.    
       Featured at Outside JEB
Phillips BL, Muñoz MM, Hatcher A, Macdonald S, Llewelyn J, Lucy V, Moritz C. (2016).  Heat hardening in a tropical lizard: Geographic variation explained by the predictability and variance in environmental temperatures. Functional Ecology. 30:1161–1168.
2015 
Conover AE, Cook EG, Boronow KE, Muñoz MM. (2015). Effects of ectoparasitism on behavioral thermoregulation in the tropical lizards, Anolis cybotes (Squamata: Dactyloidae) and A. armouri (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Breviora. 545:1—13.
Muñoz MM, Crandell KE, Campbell-Staton S, Fenstermacher K, Kim-Frank H, Van Middlesworth P, Sasa M, Losos  JB, Herrel A. (2015). Multiple paths to aquatic specialization in four species of Central American Anolis lizards.  Journal of Natural History. 49:1717—1730.
Muñoz MM. (2015). The London Baedeker for the Darwin enthusiast. Evolution: Education and Outreach. 8:1 
Earlier Work
Muñoz MM, Wegener JE, Algar AC. (2014). Untangling intra- and interspecific effects on body size clines reveals divergent processes structuring convergent patterns in Anolis lizards. American Naturalist. 184:636—646.
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Muñoz MM, Stimola MA, Algar AC, Conover A, Rodriguez A, Landestoy MA, Bakken GS, Losos JB. (2014). Evolutionary stasis and lability in thermal physiology in a group of tropical lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 281:20132433. 
Muñoz MM, Crawford NG, McGreevy TJ, Messana NJ, Tarvin RD, Revell LJ, Zandvliet RM, Hopwood JM, Mock E, Schneider AL, Schneider CJ. (2013). Divergence in coloration and ecological speciation in the Anoles marmoratus species complex. Molecular Ecology. 22:2668—2682.
Muñoz MM, Hewlett J. (2011). Ecological consequences of continual volcanic activity on the lizard, Anolis lividus, from Montserrat. Herpetological Review. 42:160—165. 
Yamaguchi A, Muñoz MM, Bose TO, Oberlander JG, Smith, S. (2010). Sexually distinct development of vocal pathways in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Neurobiology. 70:862—874. 
Crandall ED, Jones EM, Muñoz MM, Akinronbi B, Erdmann MV, Barber PH. (2008). Comparative phylogeography of two seastars and their ectosymbionts within the Coral Triangle. Molecular Ecology. 17:5276—5290. 
Reitzel AM, Sullivan JC, Brown BK, Chin, DW, Cira EK, Edquist SK, Genco BM, Joseph OC, Kaufman CA, Kovitvongsa K, Muñoz MM, Negri TL, Taffel JR, Zuehike RT, Finnerty JR. (2007). Ecological and developmental dynamics of a host-parasite system involving a sea anemone and two ctenophores. Journal of Parasitology. 93:1392—1402.