Diversity, diversification and distribution of Iranian vertebrates: the legacy of mountains uplifting, past climatic oscillations, sea level fluctuations and geographical …

M Yousefi, A Mahmoudi, S Vaissi, A Kafash - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Identifying historical drivers of biodiversity distribution patterns is a central issue in ecology
and biogeography. Iran is a biodiversity-rich country in southwestern Asia. It is known that …

Landscape genetics reveals contrasting patterns of connectivity in two newt species (Lissotriton montandoni and L. vulgaris)

B Antunes, C Figueiredo‐Vázquez, K Dudek… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecologically distinct species may respond to landscape changes in different ways. In
addition to basic ecological data, the extent of the geographic range has been successfully …

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 …

Past forest cover explains current genetic differentiation in the Carpathian newt (Lissotriton montandoni), but not in the smooth newt (L. vulgaris)

B Antunes, K Dudek, M Pabijan… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Current genetic variation and differentiation are expected to reflect the effects of past
rather than present landscapes due to time lags, that is, the time necessary for genetic …

Independent evolutionary transitions to pueriparity across multiple timescales in the viviparous genus Salamandra

KP Mulder, L Alarcón-Ríos, AG Nicieza… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability to bear live offspring, viviparity, has evolved multiple times across the tree of life
and is a remarkable adaptation with profound life-history and ecological implications. Within …

Genomic analysis reveals complex population structure within the smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris, in Central Europe

D Herczeg, G Palomar, P Zieliński… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Species with wide‐range distributions usually display high genetic variation. This variation
can be partly explained by historical lineages that were temporally isolated from each other …

Landscape resistance constrains hybridization across contact zones in a reproductively and morphologically polymorphic salamander

G Velo-Antón, A Lourenço, P Galán, A Nicieza… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Explicitly accounting for phenotypic differentiation together with environmental heterogeneity
is crucial to understand the evolutionary dynamics in hybrid zones. Species showing intra …

Assessing the climatic niche changes and global invasion risk of Solanum elaeagnifolium in relation to human activities

XD Li, Y Chen, CL Zhang, J Wang, XJ Song… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
As an invasive plant, Solanum elaeagnifolium has posed a serious threat to agriculture and
natural ecosystems worldwide. In order to better manage and limit its spread, we established …

Matrotrophy and polyandry partially regulate postcopulatory mechanisms and sexual selection in a bimodal viviparous salamander

L Alarcón-Ríos, G Velo-Antón - Zoological Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The evolution of matrotrophic viviparity creates new scenarios within which evolutionary
processes can operate, including postcopulatory events, family conflicts, and selective …

Whole genomes of Amazonian uakari monkeys reveal complex connectivity and fast differentiation driven by high environmental dynamism

N Hermosilla-Albala, FE Silva… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite showing the greatest primate diversity on the planet, genomic studies on
Amazonian primates show very little representation in the literature. With 48 geolocalized …