Transverse alpine speciation driven by glaciation

GP Wallis, JM Waters, P Upton, D Craw - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2016 - cell.com
The allopatric model of biological speciation involves fracturing of a pre-existing species
distribution and subsequent genetic divergence in isolation. Accumulating global evidence …

What really hampers taxonomy and conservation? A riposte to Garnett and Christidis (2017)

MA Raposo, R Stopiglia, GRR Brito, FA Bockmann… - Zootaxa, 2017 - biotaxa.org
Responding to purported taxonomic anarchy, in an article published in the widely read
journal Nature, Garnett & Christidis (2017)[hereafter GC] opined on the need for …

On the notions of taxonomic 'impediment','gap','inflation'and 'anarchy', and their effects on the field of conservation

MA Raposo, GM Kirwan, ACC Lourenço… - Systematics and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
(Received 14 June 2019; accepted 23 September 2020) We examine notions of taxonomic
'impediment','gap','inflation'and 'anarchy', all of which are increasingly prevalent in …

Multiple glacial refugia and contemporary dispersal shape the genetic structure of an endemic amphibian from the Pyrenees

F Lucati, M Poignet, A Miró, A Trochet… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Historical factors (colonization scenarios, demographic oscillations) and contemporary
processes (population connectivity, current population size) largely contribute to sha** …

NewtCap: an efficient target capture approach to boost genomic studies in Salamandridae (True Salamanders and Newts)

MC de Visser, J France, E McCartney-Melstad… - BioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Salamanders have large and complex genomes, hampering whole genome sequencing, but
reduced representation sequencing provides a feasible alternative. We present NewtCap: a …

A review of the palaeoclimatic inference potential of Iberian Quaternary fossil batrachians

JM Lobo, I Martínez-Solano, B Sanchiz - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2016 - Springer
Ecological suitability analysis aims to model the potential or probable distribution of species
using environmental variables and available species occurrence information as predictors …

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans Threat to the Iberian Urodele Hotspot

J Bosch, A Martel, J Sopniewski, B Thumsová, C Ayres… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The recent introduction of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans into
northeastern Spain threatens salamander diversity on the Iberian Peninsula. We assessed …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic insights into the Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi), a Critically Endangered glacial relict

A Talavera, M Palmada-Flores, B Burriel-Carranza… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Summary The Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi), considered the most endangered
amphibian in Europe, is a relict salamandrid species endemic to a small massif located in …

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

E Valbuena-Ureña, N Oromi, A Soler-Membrives… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The Pyrenees represent a natural laboratory for biogeographic, evolutionary and ecological
research of mountain fauna as a result of the high variety of habitats and the profound effect …

What remains from a 454 run: estimation of success rates of microsatellite loci development in selected newt species (C alotriton asper, L issotriton helveticus, and T …

A Drechsler, D Geller, K Freund… - Ecology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The development of microsatellite loci has become more efficient using next‐generation
sequencing (NGS) approaches, and many studies imply that the amount of applicable loci is …