In this contribution, the aspects of reptile and amphibian speciation that emerged from
research performed over the past decade are reviewed. First, this study assesses how …

La historia biogeográfica de S. salamandra es bastante compleja. Los datos genéticos
analizados hasta la fecha apuntan a una colonización del centro y norte de Europa en el …

The extension of road networks is considered one of the major factors affecting fauna
survival. Roadkill has been documented widely and affects all taxonomic groups. Although …

In the Netherlands, the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is at the edge of its
geographic range and is restricted to three small populations in the extreme south of the …

Iteroparity is an adaptive response to uncertainty in reproductive success. However,
spreading reproductive success over multiple reproduction events during a lifetime is …

Mechanisms and processes of ecologically driven adaptive speciation are best studied in
natural situations where the splitting process is still occurring, ie before complete …

Aim To assess the role of the Balkan Peninsula as a Pleistocene refugium for the smooth
newt, Lissotriton vulgaris, and to test whether its genetic differentiation is temporally …

Weather fluctuations have been demonstrated to affect demographic traits in many species.
In long‐lived organisms, their impact on adult survival might be buffered by the evolution of …

Because it modulates the fitness returns of possible options of energy expenditure at each
ontogenetic stage, environmental stochasticity is usually considered a selective force in …

The combination of niche modelling and landscape genetics (genomics) helps to
disentangle processes that have shaped population structure in the evolutionary past and …