Peer-reviewed publications:
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, blad003, 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​, 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

* - equal contribution