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A Bayesian approach on molecules and behavior: reconsidering phylogenetic and evolutionary patterns of the Salamandridae with emphasis on Triturus newts

scientific article published in March 2007

A PIT tag based analysis of annual movement patterns of adult fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) in a Middle European habitat

scientific article published in 2007

A salamander's toxic arsenal: review of skin poison diversity and function in true salamanders, genus Salamandra

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Adaptive divergence vs. environmental plasticity: tracing local genetic adaptation of metamorphosis traits in salamanders

scientific article published in June 2004

Allopatric diversification and evolutionary melting pot in a North African Palearctic relict: The biogeographic history of Salamandra algira

scientific article published on 12 October 2018

Amphibian gut microbiota shifts differentially in community structure but converges on habitat-specific predicted functions.

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

Apparent survival of the salamander Salamandra salamandra is low because of high migratory activity

scientific article

Asymptomatic infection of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in captivity

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Characterization of microsatellite loci markers for the critically endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi)

Comparison of photo-matching algorithms commonly used for photographic capture-recapture studies.

scientific article published on 10 July 2017

Context‐dependent dispersal determines relatedness and genetic structure in a patchy amphibian population

scientific article published in 2021

Courtship behaviour of Neurergus (Caudata: Salamandridae)

Cracking the nut: geographical adjacency of sister taxa supports vicariance in a polytomic salamander clade in the absence of node support

scientific article published on 5 December 2007

Cutaneous Bacterial Communities of a Poisonous Salamander: a Perspective from Life Stages, Body Parts and Environmental Conditions.

scientific article

Decision-making for mitigating wildlife diseases: From theory to practice for an emerging fungal pathogen of amphibians

scientific article published in 2018

Detectability vs. time and costs in pooled DNA extraction of cutaneous swabs: a study on the amphibian chytrid fungi

article published in 2018

Detection of elusive fire salamander larvae (Salamandra salamandra) in streams via environmental DNA

scientific article published in 2019

Development of new microsatellite loci and evaluation of loci from other pinniped species for the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki)

scientific article published in 2005

Developmental costs of yellow colouration in fire salamanders and experiments to test the efficiency of yellow as a warning colouration

scientific article published on 30 June 2020

Die Amphibien und Reptilien der Südwest-Türkei

scientific article published in 2009

Differentiation of movement behaviour in an adaptively diverging salamander population.

scientific article

Disruption of skin microbiota contributes to salamander disease

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

Diversity of compounds in femoral secretions of Galápagos iguanas (genera: Amblyrhynchus and Conolophus), and their potential role in sexual communication in lek-mating marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).

scientific article published on 17 August 2017

Dynamics of host populations affected by the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

scientific article published on March 2017

Effects of salamander larvae on food webs in highly subsidised ephemeral ponds

Eight new tetranucleotide microsatellite loci for the agile frog (Rana dalmatina) ⬇️

scientific article published on September 15, 2008

Erratum: The Role of Plasticity and Adaptation in the Incipient Speciation of a Fire Salamander Population (Genes 2019, 10, 875)

scientific article published on 07 April 2020

Evolution of the melanistic colour in the Alpine salamanderSalamandra atraas revealed by a new subspecies from the Venetian Prealps

article published in 2005

Expanding Distribution of Lethal Amphibian Fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe

scientific article

First comprehensive insights into nuclear and mitochondrial DNA based population structure of Near East mountain brook newts (Salamandridae: genus Neurergus) suggest the resurrection of Neurergus derjugini

scientific article published in 2014

First detection of the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivoransin Germany

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First evidence of cryptic species diversity and significant population structure in a widespread freshwater nematode morphospecies (Tobrilus gracilis).

scientific article

Freshwater vertebrate metabarcoding on Illumina platforms using double-indexed primers of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene

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From species divergence to population structure: a multimarker approach on the most basal lineage of Salamandridae, the spectacled salamanders (genus Salamandrina) from Italy

scientific article published on 2 September 2013

Functional colour genes and signals of selection in colour polymorphic salamanders

scientific article published on 11 March 2020

Genetic differentiation between marine iguanas from different breeding sites on the island of Santa Fe (Galapagos Archipelago).

scientific article published on 10 June 2010

Genetic fingerprinting proves cross-correlated automatic photo-identification of individuals as highly efficient in large capture-mark-recapture studies

scientific article

Genetic impact of a severe El Niño event on Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).

scientific article

Genetic structure of the fire salamander Salamandra salamandra in the Polish Sudetes

Geographic separation and genetic differentiation of populations are not coupled with niche differentiation in threatened Kaiser's spotted newt (Neurergus kaiseri)

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Getting off to a good start? Genetic evaluation of the ex situ conservation project of the Critically Endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi).

scientific article published on 13 June 2017

Habitat adaptation rather than genetic distance correlates with female preference in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra).

scientific article published on 29 June 2009

Hybridization masks speciation in the evolutionary history of the Galápagos marine iguana

scientific article published in June 2015

Inferring the shallow phylogeny of true salamanders (Salamandra) by multiple phylogenomic approaches.

scientific article published on 14 July 2017

Instructions for Authors

scientific article published in 2013

Instructions for Authors

scientific article published in 2014

Inter-annual weather variability can drive the outcome of predator prey match in ponds

scientific article published in 2015

Jailed in the mountains: Genetic diversity and structure of an endemic newt species across the Pyrenees

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Landscape epidemiology of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans : reconciling data limitations and conservation urgency

scientific article published in 2021

Larval deposition behaviour and maternal investment of females reflect differential habitat adaptation in a genetically diverging salamander population

article published in 2014

Linking habitat suitability to demography in a pond-breeding amphibian

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Linking the evolution of habitat choice to ecosystem functioning: direct and indirect effects of pond-reproducing fire salamanders on aquatic-terrestrial subsidies

scientific article published on 30 January 2013

Mitigating Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe

scientific article published in 2019

Molecular phylogeny of the salamandrid genus Neurergus: evidence for an intrageneric switch of reproductive biology

scientific article published in 2002

More yellow more toxic? Sex rather than alkaloid content is correlated with yellow coloration in the fire salamander

scientific article published on 19 April 2019

Morphological and transcriptomic analyses reveal three discrete primary stages of postembryonic development in the common fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

New highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Galápagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus

scientific article published in 2012

No signs of inbreeding despite long-term isolation and habitat fragmentation in the critically endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi).

scientific article published on 11 January 2017

Non-visual sensory physiology and magnetic orientation in the Blind Cave Salamander, Proteus anguinus (and some other cave-dwelling urodele species). Review and new results on light-sensitivity and non-visual orientation in subterranean urodeles (Amp

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Nuclear and mitochondrial multilocus phylogeny and survey of alkaloid content in true salamanders of the genus Salamandra (Salamandridae).

scientific article

Parallel habitat acclimatization is realized by the expression of different genes in two closely related salamander species (genus Salamandra).

scientific article

Patterns, Mechanisms and Genetics of Speciation in Reptiles and Amphibians

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

Phylogenomic inference of species and subspecies diversity in the Palearctic salamander genus Salamandra

scientific article published on 30 December 2020

Phylogeographic relationships and shallow mitochondrial divergence of Algerian populations of Salamandra algira

article by Khaled Merabet et al published 17 February 2016 in Amphibia-Reptilia

Phylotranscriptomic evidence for pervasive ancient hybridization among Old World salamanders

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Plasticity and evolutionary divergence in gene expression associated with alternative habitat use in larvae of the European Fire Salamander

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Pooling skin swabs does not inhibit qPCR detection of amphibian chytrid infection

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Poor Nutritional Conditions During the Early Larval Stage Reduce Risk-Taking Activities of Fire Salamander Larvae (Salamandra salamandra)

Post-epizootic salamander persistence in a disease-free refugium suggests poor dispersal ability of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.

scientific article published on 28 February 2018

Preference for the other sex: Olfactory sex recognition in terrestrial fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra)

Progressive colonization and restricted gene flow shape island-dependent population structure in Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).

scientific article

Proteomics of Galápagos marine iguanas links function of femoral gland proteins to the immune system

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Radically different phylogeographies and patterns of genetic variation in two European brown frogs, genus Rana

scientific article published on 28 April 2013

Seven at one blow: the origin of major lineages of the viviparous Lycian salamanders (Lyciasalamandra Veith and Steinfartz, 2004) was triggered by a single paleo-historic event

scientific article published in 2016

Shedding light on the Imps of Darkness: an integrative taxonomic revision of the Galápagos marine iguanas (genus Amblyrhynchus)

scholarly article

Strong correlation between cross-amplification success and genetic distance across all members of 'True Salamanders' (Amphibia: Salamandridae) revealed by Salamandra salamandra-specific microsatellite loci

scientific article published in November 2010

Ten novel dinucleotide microsatellite loci cloned from the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki) are polymorphic in other pinniped species

scientific article published in 2006

The Role of Plasticity and Adaptation in the Incipient Speciation of a Fire Salamander Population

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

The complete mitochondrial genomes of the Galápagos iguanas, Amblyrhynchus cristatus and Conolophus subcristatus

scientific article published on 10 September 2015

The conservation status of the Galápagos marine iguanas, Amblyrhynchus cristatus: a molecular perspective

scientific article published in 2016

The conspicuous postmetamorphic coloration of fire salamanders, but not their toxicity, is affected by larval background albedo

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

The more the better - polyandry and genetic similarity are positively linked to reproductive success in a natural population of terrestrial salamanders (Salamandra salamandra).

scientific article published on 28 November 2013

The relationships between habitat suitability, population size and body condition in a pond-breeding amphibian

scientific article published in 2018

Tracing the first step to speciation: ecological and genetic differentiation of a salamander population in a small forest

scientific article published on 17 September 2007

What remains from a 454 run: estimation of success rates of microsatellite loci development in selected newt species (Calotriton asper, Lissotriton helveticus, and Triturus cristatus) and comparison with Illumina-based approaches

scientific article

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