Comparative Morphology and Mechanics of Aquatic and Terrestrial Feeding Salamanders. [PDF]
J MorpholJaw muscle size, bite force, and skull strength are driven by multiple factors, not just the difference between the two habitats. Necturus produces higher bite forces than Salamandra, but the stress distribution is less even in Necturus, suggesting Salamandra's skull shape is better adapated to resist feeding loads.
May JRS, Porro LB, Rayfield EJ.
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Climate Crisis in the Mediterranean Hotspot: Conservation Challenges for Endangered Salamanders in Southern Türkiye. [PDF]
Ecol EvolOur ensemble modelling shows that all Lyciasalamandra species face pronounced declines in suitable habitat under future climate scenarios. Climate and human pressures jointly drive these contractions, threatening the long‐term persistence of several species.
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Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus; hereafter JMS) is an endangered salamander restricted to the Jemez Mountains in north‐central New Mexico, United States.
Andrew W. Bartlow +8 more
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Do Salamanders Limit the Abundance of Groundwater Invertebrates in Subterranean Habitats?
Diversity, 2020 Several species of surface salamanders exploit underground environments; in Europe, one of the most common is the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra).
Raoul Manenti +5 more
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A near-natural experiment on factors influencing larval drift in Salamandra salamandra
Scientific Reports, 2022 The larval stage of the European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) inhabits both lentic and lotic habitats. In the latter, they are constantly exposed to unidirectional water flow, which has been shown to cause downstream drift in a variety of taxa.
Malwina Schafft +3 more
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Skin mucosome activity as an indicator of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans susceptibility in salamanders. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Recently emerged fungal diseases, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) are an increasing threat to amphibians worldwide.
Hannah Keely Smith +7 more
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A first record of the antioxidant defense and selected trace elements in Salamandra salamandra larvae on Mt. Avala and Mt. Vršački Breg (Serbia) [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2020 We investigated the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), glutathione reductase (GR) and the phase II biotransformation enzyme glutathione S-transferase (GST) in the whole body of fire salamander ...
Pavlović Slađan +4 more
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Biogeographia, 2017 The fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is a relatively common epigean amphibian, widely distributed throughout Europe, which usually gives birth to aquatic larvae. Even if epigean streams represent the most common places in which the species breeds,
Raoul Manenti +2 more
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Sexual size and shape dimorphism in Salamandra salamandra (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from the central Balkans [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2013 Sexual size dimorphism is one of the key evolutionary features that has been studied in many organisms. On the other hand, sexual shape dimorphism has not been examined as well despite being as important as size dimorphism.
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Animals, 2022 The trophic niche of a species is one of the fundamental traits of species biology. The ideal trophic niche of a species is realized in the absence of interspecific competition, targeting the most profitable and easy-to-handle food resources.
Enrico Lunghi +4 more
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