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 +3 more
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A case of color aberration in a fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) larva [PDF]
Herpetozoa, 2020 Color aberrations in salamanders are caused by defective chromatophores or by disrupted synthesis of the pigments, and have been previously reported in Europe.
Sabina Elena Vlad +3 more
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Yellow patterns polymorphism of the fire salamander Salamandra salamandra in Poland
Acta Herpetologica, 2018 We analysed variation of dorsal yellow patterns in 2077 individuals that represented 23 populations from the northern parts of the Sudetes and the Carpathian Mountains. We distinguished four types of yellow patterns: spotted (50.1%), spotted-and-striped (
Anna Najbar +3 more
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High phenotypic diversity correlated with genomic variation across the European Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epizootic. [PDF]
PLoS PathogensRecognizing the influence of pathogen diversity on infection dynamics is crucial for mitigating emerging infectious diseases. Characterising such diversity is often complex, for instance when multiple pathogen variants exist that interact differently ...
Moira Kelly +13 more
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Balancing central control and sensory feedback produces adaptable and robust locomotor patterns in a spiking, neuromechanical model of the salamander spinal cord. [PDF]
PLoS Computational BiologyThis study introduces a novel neuromechanical model employing a detailed spiking neural network to explore the role of axial proprioceptive sensory feedback, namely stretch feedback, in salamander locomotion.
Alessandro Pazzaglia +5 more
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The Role of Plasticity and Adaptation in the Incipient Speciation of a Fire Salamander Population. [PDF]
Genes (Basel), 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.
Sabino-Pinto J +5 more
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Urbanization Shapes Dietary Composition and Snout Morphology of Salamanders. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Urbanization rapidly alters landscapes, generating habitat mosaics characterized by increased impervious surface, reduced soil moisture and diminished vegetation cover. These recurring urban environmental features are expected to reduce community diversity, favouring urban‐tolerant species, thereby promoting urban biotic homogenization ...
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Diversity, 2022 Reduced trophic resources can pose relevant constraints to the development of freshwater animals with complex life cycles. For amphibians, food deprived environments, such as high-altitude ponds and springs and groundwaters are frequently used for ...
Paola Cogliati +4 more
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Skin Colour in Salamanders Is Modulated by Both Epitranscriptomic Methylation and Gene Expression. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Animal colouration is a key trait in organismal biology, being involved in natural and sexual selection, competition, and communication. Amphibians use their highly diverse colouration in many ecological interactions, but the molecular bases of their colour variation are less well understood than in other vertebrate systems. While the genetic,
Strowbridge N +3 more
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Weathering the Storm: Legacies of Extreme Meteorological Events and Daily Weather Variability Shape the Skin Microbiota of the Endangered Golden Alpine Salamander <i>Salamandra atra aurorae</i> (Trevisan, 1982). [PDF]
Ecol EvolIn 2018 the Vaia windstorm caused severe damage to much of the woodland habitat of the golden Alpine salamander (Salamandra atra aurorae), an endangered subspecies endemic to the Venetian Prealps, the consequences of which are still being understood. We profiled the bacterial and fungal skin microbiota of 56 golden Alpine salamanders from forest plots ...
Pascoe EL +10 more
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