The last species list of the European herpetofauna was published by Speybroeck, Beukema
and Crochet (2010). In the meantime, ongoing research led to numerous taxonomic …

The increased availability of spatial data and methodological developments in species
distribution modelling has lead to concurrent advances in phylogeography, broadening the …

The fossil record provides evidence of a long evolutionary history of European lizards. Since
fossil lizards are regularly represented by bone remains, the knowledge of the origins of …

Variation and population structure play key roles in the speciation process, but adaptive
intraspecific genetic variation is commonly ignored when forecasting species niches …

Ecological niche models (ENMs) have a wide range of biological applications, particularly in
conservation. To build these models, two sources of information are needed: occurrence …

The niche divergence and potential climate change-induced loss of evolutionarily significant
units (ESUs) of flagship amphibian species in China, the Chinese giant salamander clade …

Aim Predicting species responses to global change is one of the most pressing issues in
conservation biogeography. A key part of the problem is understanding how organisms have …

Background The geographic distribution of evolutionary lineages and the patterns of gene
flow upon secondary contact provide insight into the process of divergence and speciation …

Ecological niche modeling can provide insights into a species' demography, ecology and
biogeography, and the environmental factors that determine them. Exploration of ecological …

Related species often engage in abutting or overlap** contact zones with various
strengths of interspecific competition. Biotic interactions such as these preclude the …