Springs are interface habitats between the surface and subterranean environments, often
neglected by zoological studies and generally regarded only from a surface perspective …

Parapatry is a remarkable distributional pattern where the ranges of two species come into
contact but only narrowly overlap. Theory predicts and empirical data suggest that parapatric …

Climate change poses great threats to wildlife populations by decreasing their number and
destroying their habitats, jeopardizing biodiversity conservation. Asiatic salamander …

Over centuries traditional pasturing created a complex landscape structure, but few studies
have compared amphibian communities in traditional pasture with those in natural …

Predictive models are frequently used to define the most suitable areas for species
protection or reintroduction. Land-cover variables can be used in different ways for …

In the face of the global biodiversity crisis, the monitoring of species richness and diversity is
experiencing an increased demand entailing a raise in cost and time investment. The …

The European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is a widespread species that
occurs in a variety of habitats throughout its range. We studied if different environmental …

Differences among wetlands can have important consequences on reproductive success of
amphibians; therefore habitat selection is expected to be of particular importance for …

Simple Summary In the last few years, multiple new infectious diseases have affected
amphibians, causing unprecedented declines and extinctions at the global scale. Many of …

Amphibians inhabiting mountainous water bodies are frequently documented as the most
affected by alien species, being trout one of the introduced aquatic predators that most affect …