Peer-reviewed publications:
Slavenko, A., Babineau, M., van Rooyen, A.R., Congdon, B., Umina, P.A., Ward, S. (in press) Modelling aphid movement in Australian canola fields. Annals of Applied Biology, in press. Slavenko, A., Richards, S.J., Donnellan, S.C., Allison, A. & Oliver, P.M. (2024) Gold in the mountains: Striking new species of Papuascincus (Sphenomorphini: Scincidae) from New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology, 74, 133-149, https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.74.e112782. Ward, S.E., Hoffmann, A.A., Van Helden, M., Slavenko, A., Umina, P.A. (2024) The effects of insecticide seed treatments on the parasitism and predation of Myzus persicae (Homoptera: Aphididae) in canola. Journal of Economic Entomology, 117, 102-117, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad236. Raz, T., Allison, A., Avila, L.J., ... Slavenko, A., ... Roll, U. & Meiri, S. (2024) Diversity gradients of terrestrial vertebrates - substantial variations about a common theme. Journal of Zoology, 322, 126-140, https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13130. Chapple, D.G., Slavenko, A., Tingley, R., Farquhar, J.E., Camaiti, M., Roll, U. & Meiri, S. (2023) Built for success: Distribution, morphology, ecology and life history of the world's skinks. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e10791, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10791. Oliver, P.M., Hugall, A.F., Prasteya, A., Slavenko, A. & Zahirovic, S. (2023) Oligo-Miocene colonisation and radiation within South-West Pacific arc terranes underpinned repeated upstream continental colonisations in pigeons (Columbiformes). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138, 437-452, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad003. Slavenko, A., Allison, A., Austin, C.C., Bauer, A.M., Brown, R.M., Fisher, R.N., Ineich, I., Iova, B., Karin, B.R., Kraus, F., O'Shea, M., Mecke, S., Meiri, S., Morrison, C., Oliver, P.M., Richmond, J.Q., Shea, G.M., Tallowin, O.J.S. & Chapple, D.G. (2023) Skinks of Oceania, New Guinea, and Eastern Wallacea: an underexplored biodiversity hotspot. Pacific Conservation Biology, 29, 526-543, https://doi.org/10.1071/PC22034. Camaiti, M., Evans, A.R., Hipsley, C.A., Hutchinson, M.N., Meiri, S., Anderson, R.O., Slavenko, A. & Chapple, D.G. (2022) Macroecological and biogeographical patterns of limb reduction in the world’s skinks. Journal of Biogeography, 50, 428-440, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14547. Camaiti, M., Evans, A.R., Hipsley, C.A., Hutchinson, M.N., Meiri, S., Anderson, R.O., Slavenko, A. & Chapple, D.G. (2022) A database of morphology, ecology and literature of the world’s limb-reduced skinks. Journal of Biogeography, 49, 1397-1406, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14392. Slavenko, A., Dror, L., Camaiti, M., Farquhar, J., Shea, G.M, Chapple, D.G, Meiri, S. (2022) Evolution of diel activity patterns in skinks (Squamata: Scincidae), the world’s second-largest family of terrestrial vertebrates. Evolution, 76, 1195-1208, https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14482. Slavenko, A., Tamar, K., Tallowin, O.J.S., Kraus, F., Allison, A., Carranza, S. & Meiri, S. (2022) Revision of the montane New Guinean skink genus Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae), with the description of four new genera and nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195, 220-278, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab052. Kiat, Y., Slavenko, A. & Sapir, N. (2021) Body mass and geographic distribution determined the evolution of flight feather molt strategy in the Neornithes lineage. Scientific Reports, 11, 21573, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00964-6. Slavenko, A., Maza, E. & Itescu, Y. (2021) Results of the first herpetological survey of Israel's Mediterranean coastal islets. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 28, 231-236, https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2021-28-4-231-236. Itescu, Y., Foufopoulos, J., Schwarz, R. Lymberakis, P., Slavenko, A., Gavriilidi, I.-A., Meiri, S. & Pafilis, P. (2021) The island of extremes: giants and dwarfs on a small remote island. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 28, 225-230, https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2021-28-4-225-230. Chapple, D.G., Roll, U., Böhm, M., ... Slavenko, A., ... Tingley, R. & Meiri, S. (2021) Conservation status of the world’s skinks (Scincidae): taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk. Biological Conservation, 257, 109101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109101. Slavenko, A., Allison, A. & Meiri, S. (2021) Elevation is a stronger predictor of morphological trait divergence than competition in a radiation of tropical lizards. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90, 917-930, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13420. Jamison, S., Maza, E., Sinaiko, G., Tamar, K., Slavenko*, A. & Meiri*, S. (2020) To be or not to be tchernovi: a taxonomic revision of the snake genus Micrelaps (Squamata: Serpentes), in Israel. Zootaxa, 4881, 290-306, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4881.2.4. Meiri, S., Avila, L., Bauer, A.M., Chapple, D., Das, I., Doan, T.M., Doughty, P., Ellis, R., Grismer, L.L., Kraus, F., Morado, M., Oliver, P.M., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Ribeiro-Junior, M.-A., Shea, G., Torres-Carjaval, O., Slavenko*, A. & Roll*, U. (2020) The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26, 1515-1530, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13124. Uetz, P., Slavenko, A., Meiri, S. & Heinicke, M. (2020) Gecko diversity: a history of global discovery. Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution, 66, 117-125, https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-bja10003. Slavenko, A., Tamar, K., Tallowin, O.J.S., Allison, A., Kraus, F., Carranza, S. & Meiri, S. (2020) Cryptic diversity and non-adaptive radiation of montane New Guinea skinks (Papuascincus; Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 146, 106749, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106749. Slavenko, A., Feldman, A., Allison, A., Bauer, A.M., Böhm, M, Chirio, L., Colli, G.R., Das, I., Doan, T.M., LeBreton, M., Martins, M., Meirte, D., Nagy, Z.D., Nogueira, C. de C., Pauwels, S.G., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Roll, U., Wagner, P., Wang, Z. & Meiri, S. (2019) Global patterns of body size evolution in squamate reptiles are not driven by climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28, 471-483, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12868. Itescu, I., Schwarz, R., Donihue, C., Slavenko, A., Roussos, S., Sagonas, K., Valakos, E., Foufopoulos, J., Pafilis, P. & Meiri, S. (2018) Inconsistent patterns of body size evolution in co-occurring island reptiles. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, 538-550, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12716. Jamison, S., Tamar, K., Slavenko, A. & Meiri, S. (2017) Tarentola annularis: a new invasive species in Israel. Salamandra, 53, 299-303, https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2020-27-3-175-178. Itescu, Y., Jamison, S., Slavenko, A., Tamar, K., Roussos, S.A., Foufopoulos, J., Meiri, S. & Pafilis, P. (2017) The herpetofauna of Folegandros Island (Cyclades, Greece). Herpetozoa, 29, 183-190. Slavenko, A.*, Tallowin, O.*, Itescu, Y., Raia, P. & Meiri, S. (2016) Late Quaternary reptile extinctions: size matters, insularity dominates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25, 1308-1320, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12491. Itescu, Y., Slavenko, A., Schwarz, R., Meiri, S. & Pafilis, P. (2016) A new island record for Chalcides ocellatus (FORSKÅL, 1775) from Kythnos, Greece. Herpetozoa, 29, 98-100. Slavenko, A., Itescu, Y., Ihlow, F. & Meiri, S. (2016) Home is where the shell is: predicting turtle home range sizes. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85, 106-114, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12446. Slavenko, A. & Meiri, S. (2015) Mean body sizes of amphibian species are poorly predicted by climate. Journal of Biogeography, 42, 1246-1254, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12516. Slavenko, A., Itsecu, Y., Foufopoulos, J., Pafilis, P. & Meiri, S. (2015) Clutch size variability in an ostensibly fix-clutched lizard: effects of insularity on a Mediterranean gecko. Evolutionary Biology, 42, 129-136, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-015-9304-0. Roll, U., Tallowin, O., Berkowic, D., Maza, E., Ostrometzky, Y., Slavenko, A., Shacham, B., Tamar, K. & Meiri, S. (2013) Rueppel’s Snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus rueppellii (Gray, 1839)(Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae): Distribution extension and geographic range in Israel. Check List, 9, 458-464, https://doi.org/10.15560/9.2.458. Other publications: Hughes, E.C. & Slavenko, A. (2022) Smaller birds with warmer temperatures. Nature Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01897-7. Slavenko, A., Tallowin, O.J.S. & Maza, E. (2018) Chalcides ocellatus (Ocellated skink). DIET. Note in Herpetological Review, 49, 535-536. Itescu, Y., Lewin, A., Slavenko, A. & Meiri, S. (2017) Podarcis erhardii (Erhard’s wall lizard). EXTREME MORPHOLOGY. Note in Herpetological Review, 48, 199-200. Itescu, Y., Savyon, G. & Slavenko, A. (2015) Eryx jaculus (Sand Boa). ALBINISM. Note in Herpetological Review, 46, 103-104. Industry reports: Slavenko, A., Mata, L. (2023) Rapid real-time simulation of wind-assisted long-ranged dispersal of fall armyworm in Australia. Prepared for Plant Health Australia Ltd. Slavenko, A., Mata, L., Taylor, M., Palma, E., Hahs, A. (2023) The Melbourne 2022 Biodiversity Blitz: trends, engagement and emerging stories. Prepared for Greater Dandenong City Council, Kingston City Council, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Yarra Ranges Council. * - equal contribution |