The extensive use of pesticides in agricultural environments produces drastic effects on
wildlife, hence the need for less invasive indicators of environmental stress to monitoring the …

The environmental transformations associated with cities are expected to affect organisms at
the demographic, phenotypic, and evolutionary level, often negatively. The prompt detection …

The aim of this study was to investigate the levels of fluctuating asymmetry in Pelophylax
ridibundus populations inhabiting the River of Sazliyka (southern Bulgaria), polluted with …

Aim The centre–periphery hypothesis (CPH) sustains that peripheral populations are
subjected to harsher environmental conditions, which reduces demographic performance …

Abstract The European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) is a widely distributed freshwater
species inhabiting much of Europe, but it is often in population decrease or is locally extinct …

Developing trustworthy biomarkers is of primary importance in monitoring impacts of
environmental stressors on biological systems. Recently, fluctuating asymmetry in …

Fluctuating asymmetry is a result of the organism's inability to develop in a certain way and
exhibits disruptions in its early-stage developmental stability. The analysis of fluctuating …

Most lizards maintain quite constant body temperatures by behavioural means. Seasonal
variations of environmental factors, such as temperature, sunlight exposure and wind …

Parthenogenetic species are usually considered to be short‐lived due to the accumulation of
adverse mutations, lack of genetic variability, and inability to adapt to changing environment …

Sebagai satwa liar yang tersebar luas, kadal dapat dijadikan acuan untuk mempelajari
dampak perubahan habitat, terutama untuk beberapa jenis yang dapat bertahan di berbagai …