Published

[22] Villar, D. A., Thomsen, B., Knight, D. W., Seo, Y., Vassallo, J., Hincapié, M. A., Almonte, A., Quispe Coila, J., Gutierrez Tito, E., Thomsen, J., Fennell, S., Eckl, F., Molina, J., G. Gosler, A., & Muurlink, O. (2026). Ethnography as a backdoor to critical tourism studies: Insights from an ethnobiology study of Indigenous-bird relations in the Altiplano region of Perú and Bolivia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 34(6), 1715–1744. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2026.2661705

[21]Villar, D. A., Clark-Ginsberg, A., & Tisherman, R. (2026). Decadal predictions of future habitat favourability of the European green crab (Carcinus maenas) on the Pacific Coast of North America. Hydrobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-026-06149-4

[20] Villar, D. A., Velásquez‐Noriega, P., Thomsen, B., Gutiérrez Tito, E. R., Paca‐Condori, A. C., Moreno Terrazas, E. G., Cárdenas, R. H., Cuno, A. B., Villanueva, C., Chapman, P., Quispe, J., & Gosler, A. G. (2026). Assessing Conflict Potential Between Birds and Small‐Scale Fisheries in Lake Titicaca. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 36(4), e70360. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70360

[19] Muurlink, O., Seo, Y., Vassallo, J. P., Thomsen, B., Hincapié, M. A., Villar, D. A., & Alam, Q. 2026. Parasitic Enterprises: How Entrepreneurial Competencies Can Foster Corruption Within Organizations. Business & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503261424725 

[18] Quispe, J., Villar, D. A., Díaz, A., Almonte, A., & Elias-Piperis, R. 2026. Foraging Observations: Novel Trophic Interactions Between the Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus) and Endangered Vertebrates of Lake Titicaca. Ecology and Evolution 16(3), e73154 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73154 

[17] Green, T. M. J., Rayner, J. G., Villar, D. A., & Bailey, N. W. 2026. Multispecies analysis of social effects on same-sex sexual behavior challenges mistaken identity hypotheses in insects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(9), e2506022123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2506022123 

[16] Villar, D. A., Yanes, E., Gutiérrez Tito, E. R., & Gosler, A. G. 2025. Diets of Three Sympatric Grebe Species in Lake Titicaca Indicate Possible Dietary Niche Partitioning. Ecology and Evolution, 15(10), e72123. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72123

[15] Carlen, E. J., Caizergues, A. E., Jagiello, Z., Kuzyo, H., Munshi-South, J., Alberti, M., Bonilla, S., Booth, W., Charmantier,
A., Cook, E. M., Gosler, A. G., Gotanda, K. M., Govaert, L., Grimm, N. B., Johnson, L. E., Li, D., Malesis, A. N., Martin,
E., Marzluff, J., Mazurek, M., Miles, L. S., Phifer-Rixey, M., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Savage, A., Schmidt, C., Snyder, R.,
Stadnicki, I., Vergeles, Y., Verelli, B. C., Villar, D. A., Willmott, M., Yates, S., Zhou, Y., Garroway, C. J.,  & Szulkin, M. 2025. Legacy effects of religion, politics, and war on urban evolutionary biology. Nature Cities. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-025-00249-3   

[14] Villar, D. A., Marino, J., & Gosler, A. G. 2025. Sexual dichromatism increases with altitude in birds with ultraviolet sensitive vision. Journal of Zoology, 326(1), 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.70002

[13] Villar, D. A. 2025. Lake Titicaca  In Demolin-Leite, G. L. (Ed.) Aquatic Biomes: Global Biome Conservation and Global Warming Impacts on Ecology and Biodiversity. (pp. 149-168). Elsevier. 10.1016/B978-0-443-15726-4.00010-4

[12] Coose, S., Thomsen, B., Dodsworth, T., Eckl, F., Thomsen, J., Such, R., Guardia-Uribe, S., Villar, D. A., & Gosler, A. G. 2025. Beyond Saving Lives: Political Ecology, Animal Welfare, and the Challenges of Wildlife Rehabilitation in Costa Rica. Human-Animal Interactions. https://doi.org/10.1079/hai.2025.0012 

[11] Harvey, W. J., Black, N., Essaouabi, S., Petrokofsky, L. Rangan, V., Stancliffe-Bird, M., Villar, D. A., Waite, M., & Petrokofsky, G. 2025. Impact of certifications and labels on greenhouse gas emissions: a systematic map. Sustainability, 17(2), 756. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17020792 

[10] Thomsen, B., Vassallo, J., Wright, C., Chen, S., Thomsen, J., Villar, D., Gosler, A., Best, T., Deshwal, A., Coose, S., Such, R., Huikuri, S., Fennell, S. R., Hincapié, M. A., Winfrey, D., Mirin, B. H., Pekrul, A., Riley, E., & Muurlink, O. 2024. Reimagining entrepreneurship in the Anthropocene through a multispecies relations approach. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 22, e00507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00507 

[9] Villar, D. A., Velásquez-Noriega, P., Gutiérrez Tito, E. G., Paca-Condori, A. C., Moreno Terrazas, E. G., Hinojosa Cárdenas, R., Balcón Cuno, A., Villanueva, C., Chapman, P., Quispe, J., Marino, J. & Gosler, A. G. 2024. Estimating the Global Population Size and Highlighting Conservation Priority Areas for the Endangered Titicaca Grebe. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 88(8), e22659. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22659 

[8] Villar, D. A., Gutiérrez Tito, E. G., Paca-Condori, A. C., Velásquez-Noriega, P., Paca-Condori, A. C., Moreno Terrazas, E. G., Balcón Cuno, A., Hinojosa Cárdenas, R, Villanueva, C., Chapman, P., Chiaverini, L., Marino, J., & Gosler, A. G. 2024. Problems Combining Modelling and Social Science Approaches to Understand Artisanal Fisheries Bycatch in Lake Titicaca. Diversity and Distributions, 31(3), e13918. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13918

[7] Villar, D. A. Reverse Mounting in Birds. 2024. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 36(6), 583-602. https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2024.2366855

[6] Villar, D. A., Yanes, E., Gutiérrez Tito, E., & Gosler, A. G. 2024. Addressing conflict between fishermen and the Titicaca Grebe (Rollandia microptera) through diet analysis. Ibis, 166(4), 1395-1403. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13337

[5] Villar, D. A., Thomsen, B., Paca Condori, A. C., Gutiérrez Tito, E. R., Velásquez-Noriega, P., Mamani, E., Arivilca Vilca, M., Moreno Terrazas, E. G., Marino, J., & Gosler, A. G. 2024. Indigenous-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence in the Altiplano. Journal of Ethnobiology, 44(2), 141-154. https://doi.org/10.1177/02780771241246856

[4] Villar, D. A., Thomsen, B., Gutiérrez Tito, E. R., Paca Condori, A. C., Velásquez-Noriega, P., Mamani, E., Arivilca, M., Moreno Terrazas, E. G., Marino, J., & Gosler, A. G. 2024. Declining Use of Totora (Schoenoplectus californicus subsp tatora) in Lake Titicaca. Human Ecology, 52, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-024-00478-5

[3] Quispe, J., Villar, D., Zapana, J., Thomsen, B., & Gosler, A. G. 2023. Perceptions of the Titicaca Grebe (Rollandia microptera) in a Peruvian Aymara Fishing Village. Ethnobiology Letters, 14(1), 49–57. https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.14.1.2023.1858 

[2] Thomsen, B., Harte, M., Muurlink, O., Copeland, K., Villar, D. A., Mirin, B. H., Murtough, K. L., Fennell, S. R., Kulkarni, A., Kumar, N., Dyer, R., Deshwal, A., Campbell, P., Pekrul, A., Fanshawe, J., Maxwell, J., Zhang, Z., Thomsen, J., Coose, S., Nickerson, D., & Gosler, A. G. 2023. Decolonizing Bird Knowledge: More-than-Western Bird-Human Relations. Ornithological Applications, 126(1), duad053. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duad053

[1] Villar, D. A., Long, P., Gutiérrez Tito, E. R., Moreno Terrazas, E. G., & Gosler, A. G.. 2023. Trends in the area of suitable breeding habitat for the Endangered Lake Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera, 2001–2020. Bird Conservation International, 33, E52. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270923000011 

In Press

Villar, D. A., Turpo Aroquipa, R., Gamarra-Peralta, C., Moreno Terrazas, E. Competitive exclusion, not predation, likely drove the decline in native fish diversity following carnivorous fish introductions to Lake Titicaca in the mid-20th century. Journal of Fish Biology.

 

Thomsen, B., Muurlink, O., Villar, D., Blackwell, S., Deshwal, A., Vassallo, J., Seo, Y., Seigerman, C., Panwar, P., Thomsen, J., Coose, S., Chen, S., Wright, C., Pereira, D., Kumar, N., Cooms, S., Such, R., Hincapié, M., Gannon, K., Eckl, F., Dodsworth, T., & Gosler, A. In press. Multispecies Ethnography as a Tool for Interdisciplinary Conservation Research and Impact. People and Nature

Book Reviews

 

[11] Villar, D. A. 2026. Review of New Perspectives in Ornithology edited by Scott V. Edwards & J. Michael Reed. Oxford:Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780197787670. Ibis. 168(4), 1740-1741

[10] Villar, D. A. 2026.Review of The Story of Birds by Steve Brusatte. London:Picador. ISBN: 9781035032518. Ibis. 168(4), 1742- 1744 Villar, D. A. 2026.

[9] Villar, D. A. Review of Birds of the Tropical Andes by Owen Deutsch & Michael J. Parr. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN: 9780691260686. Ibis. 168(4), 1744

[8] Villar, D. A. 2026. Review of Where to Watch Wildlife in Britain: By Low-carbon Transport by Megan Shersby, Heather Devey, Rebecca Gibson, & Dan Rouse. London:Bloomsbury. ISBN: 9781399412681. Ibis. 168(4), 1744-1745

[7] Villar, D. A. 2026. Review of Wild and wonderful: an ethnography of English naturalists by Vanessa Manceron. Chicago: Hau Books, ISBN: 9781914363092. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 32(3), 1115-1116

[6] Villar, D. A. 2026. Review of Birds, Sex & Beauty: The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin’s Strangest Idea by Matt Ridley. London: Fourth Estate, ISBN: 9780008645526. Ibis. 168(3), 1173-1174

[5] Villar, D. A. 2026. Review of The Birdwatcher’s Handbook 2026 edited by Neil Stratton. Heiston Mains: Neil Stratton. ISBN: 9781919231204. Ibis. 168(2), 834-835

[4] Villar, D. A. 2026. Review of The Cuckoo's Lea: A Forgotten History of Birds and Place by Michael J. Warren. London: Bloomsbury Wildlife. ISBN: 9781399412070. Ibis. 168(1), 833-834

[3] Villar, D. A. 2025. Review of Growing the Taraco Peninsula: Indigenous Agricultural Landscapes by Maria C. Bruno. Denver:

University of Colorado Press. ISBN: 9781646426126. Ethnobiology Letters. 16(1), 93-95

[2] Villar, D. A. 2025. Review of Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways. Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well by Marialena
Huambachano. Berkley: University of California Press. ISBN: 9780520396159. Journal of the Royal Anthropological
Institute. 31(2), 634-635

[1] Villar, D. A. 2023. Review of Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia: Historical and Cultural Relationships by Philip A. Clarke.
Clayton: CSIRO Press. ISBN: 9781486315970. Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford. XV:284-286

 

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