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Contributions to an up-date of the Red List of wild species from the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. Part I. Amphibians [PDF]

Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute, 2013
Up to the present in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (DDBR) there were recorded 11 native amphibian taxa (10 species and one hybrid). The first Red List of the wild species from DDBR was drafted in 1999 and printed in 2000.
TÖRÖK Zsolt Csaba
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Identifying the World's Most Climate Change Vulnerable Species: A Systematic Trait-Based Assessment of all Birds, Amphibians and Corals

PLoS ONE, 2013
Climate change will have far-reaching impacts on biodiversity, including increasing extinction rates. Current approaches to quantifying such impacts focus on measuring exposure to climatic change and largely ignore the biological differences between ...
W. Foden, S. Butchart, S. Stuart, J. Vié, H., R. Akçakaya, A. Angulo, L. Devantier, A. Gutsche, E. Turak, Long Cao, S. Donner, Vineet Katariya, Rodolphe Bernard, Robert A. Holland, A. Hughes, Susannah O'Hanlon, S. Garnett, Ç. Şekercioğlu, G. Mace   +19 more
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The direct cost of amphibian metamorphosis: insights from body weight loss in facultative paedomorphs

BMC Biology
Background Metamorphosis is a key event in the life history of many organisms, including amphibians, because it can involve abrupt changes in morphology and habitat.
Mathieu Denoël, Anthony G. E. Mathiron, Sarah Baouch, Jean-Paul Lena   +3 more
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Amphibians and reptiles of C. E. Miller Ranch and the Sierra Vieja, Chihuahuan Desert, Texas, USA

ZooKeys, 2018
We report the occurrence of 50 species of amphibians and reptiles recently collected on C. E. Miller Ranch and the Sierra Vieja in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas, USA and describe their perceived distribution and abundance across various habitat ...
Drew R. Davis, Travis J. LaDuc
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Lista de anfibios y reptiles del departamento del Tolima, Colombia

Biota Colombiana, 2010
A taxonomic list of the species of amphibians and reptiles of the Tolima department was elaborated based on an extensive literature review and information from biological collections from several parts of the world.
Julián Llano-Mejía, Ángela M. Cortés-Gómez, Fernando Castro-Herrera   +2 more
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Checklist of Croatian amphibians and reptiles with bibliography of 250 years of research

Natura Sloveniae, 2014
An updated checklist is presented for the amphibian and reptile fauna of Croatia. According to historical and recent literature sources, 20 amphibian and 41 reptile species have been recorded so far.
Dušan Jelić
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Observations of amphibian, reptile and some mammal species in the area of Šaleška jezera near Velenje during the 2015–2017 period

Natura Sloveniae, 2018
In this contribution we present our observations of amphibians, reptiles and some mammals from the area of Šaleška jezera (lakes) near Velenje in northern Slovenia. This area refers to three lakes – Velenjsko jezero, Šoštanjsko jezero and Škalsko jezero,
Anja Bolčina, Jan Gojznikar , Rudi Kraševec , Matic Gabor , Blaž Vrhovšek   +4 more
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Invasive amphibians in southern Africa: A review of invasion pathways

, 2017
Background : Globally, invasive amphibians are known for their environmental and social impacts that range from poisoning of local fauna and human populations to direct predation on other amphibians. Although several countries on most continents have had
J. Measey, S. Davies, G. Vimercati, A. Rebelo, Warren Schmidt, A. Turner   +5 more
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Genomic signatures of population isolation in an endangered European rodent

BMC Genomics
Background The garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) is one of the fastest-declining mammals in Europe, and action is needed to prevent further population losses.
Paige A. Byerly, Alina von Thaden, Gregor Rolshausen, Berardino Cocchiararo, Stefanie Erhardt, Joanna Fietz, Alain C. Frantz, Eva Marie Kramer, Sarah P. Stubbe, Lorenzo Vinciguerra, Sven Winter, Johannes Lang, Holger Meinig, Sven Büchner, Carsten Nowak   +14 more
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Amphibians rise to flourishing under climate change on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Heliyon
Amphibian populations are declining globally due to climate change. However, the impacts on the geographic distribution of amphibians on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), a global biodiversity hotspot with 112 species of amphibians that is sensitive to ...
Fangfang He, Lu Liang, Huichun Wang, Aijing Li, Mencuo La, Yao Wang, Xiaoting Zhang, Denglang Zou   +7 more
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