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Stress response of fire salamander larvae differs between habitat types [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2023
The larvae of the European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) can inhabit two different habitats: streams and ponds. Streams are characterized by lower predation risks and higher food availability. Thus, ponds are considered a less suitable habitat.
Laura Schulte, Pia Oswald, Max Mühlenhaupt, Edith Ossendorf, Sabine Kruse, Sylvia Kaiser, Barbara A. Caspers   +6 more
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In vivo and ex vivo range of motion in the fire salamander Salamandra salamandra [PDF]

Journal of Anatomy, 2022
AbstractJoint range of motion (RoM) analyses are fundamental to our understanding of how an animal moves throughout its ecosystem. Recent technological advances allow for more detailed quantification of this RoM (e.g. including interaction of degrees of freedom) both in ex vivo joints and in vivo experiments.
Christopher Richards, John R Hutchinson, Eva C Herbst   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Beyond reptiles: the fire salamander as a potential host for Leishmania (Sauroleishmania) tarentolae [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Leishmania parasites are dixenous protozoans transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies and known to infect a range of vertebrate hosts, including mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Alessandro Alvaro, Giulia Maria Cattaneo, Fabio Bigoni, Riccardo Molteni, Matilde Silvia Conconi, Domenico Otranto, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Paolo Gabrieli, Claudio Bandi, Raoul Manenti, Sara Epis   +11 more
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The Role of Plasticity and Adaptation in the Incipient Speciation of a Fire Salamander Population [PDF]

Genes, 2019
Phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation via genetic change are two major mechanisms of response to dynamic environmental conditions. These mechanisms are not mutually exclusive, since genetic change can establish similar phenotypes to plasticity.
Sebastian Steinfartz, Till Czypionka, Joana Sabino-Pinto   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

Measuring athletic performance in post-metamorphic fire salamanders [PDF]

BMC Research Notes, 2021
Objective Athletic performances are dynamic movements that are physically challenging and often predict individual success in ecological contexts. They stem from a complex integration of multiple phenotypic traits—e.g., morphological, physiological and ...
Erica de Rysky, Bisconti Roberta, Chiocchio Andrea, Canestrelli Daniele   +3 more
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Performance of different automatic photographic identification software for larvae and adults of the European fire salamander. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
For many species, population sizes are unknown despite their importance for conservation. For population size estimation, capture-mark-recapture (CMR) studies are often used, which include the necessity to identify each individual, mostly through ...
Laura Schulte, Charlotte Faul, Pia Oswald, Kathleen Preißler, Sebastian Steinfartz, Michael Veith, Barbara A Caspers   +6 more
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Hybridization and extensive mitochondrial introgression among fire salamanders in peninsular Italy [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2018
Discordance between mitochondrial and nuclear patterns of population genetic structure is providing key insights into the eco-evolutionary dynamics between and within species, and their assessment is highly relevant to biodiversity monitoring practices ...
Roberta Bisconti, Daniele Porretta, Paola Arduino, Giuseppe Nascetti, Daniele Canestrelli   +4 more
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Food and light availability induce plastic responses in fire salamander larvae from contrasting environments [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Phenotypic plasticity has been proposed as a mechanism facilitating the colonisation and adaptation to novel environments, such as caves. However, phenotypic plasticity in subterranean environments remains largely unexplored. Here, we test for plasticity
Raluca Ioana Băncilă, Florina Stănescu, Rodica Plăiaşu, Ioana Nae, Diana Székely, Sabina E. Vlad, Dan Cogălniceanu   +6 more
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Tonic immobility behaviour does not differ between fire salamander larvae from ponds and streams [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Tonic immobility is an antipredator defence in which the prey animal remains motionless after physical contact with the predator, pretending to be dead.
Laura Schulte, Barbara A. Caspers
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Top-down effects of fire salamander larvae (Salamandra salamandra) on benthic organisms differs between habitat types [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Fire salamander larvae are top predators in limnic habitats and feed on a wide spectrum of prey. For our study, we hypothesized that the larvae have a top-down effect on meiofauna, but that this effect varies depending on the habitat the larvae originate
Christoph Ptatscheck, Laura Schulte, Jonathan Berger, Barbara A. Caspers   +3 more
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