Evolutionary inference based on molecular phylogenetic methods has profoundly modified
the way that we understand biological diversity, unravelling a higher evolutionary diversity …

As part of a wider study examining the impacts of corn pesticides on lacertid lizards in north-
western Portugal, we examined various physiological, biochemical, and histological …

Aim Understanding the roles of allopatric fragmentation and niche divergence in
intraspecific lineage diversification is central to our comprehension of how new species …

Recent empirical studies have demonstrated that speciation with gene flow is more common
than previously thought. From a conservation perspective, the potential negative effects of …

Background Understanding how phenotypic variation scales from individuals, through
populations, up to species, and how it relates to genetic and environmental factors, is …

Mountain lizards are highly vulnerable to climate change, and the continuous warming of
their habitats could be seriously threatening their survival. We aim to compare the thermal …

Abstract Natural History Collections (NHCs) represent the world's largest repositories of long-
term biodiversity datasets. Specimen collection and voucher deposition has been the …

Socioeconomic and climatic factors are modifying fire regimes with an increase of fire
frequency and extension. Unfortunately, the effects of recurrent fires on biological processes …

The occurrence of apicomplexan parasites in Podarcis sp. wall lizards from the Iberian
Peninsula and Balearic islands was studied by amplification and sequencing of the 18S …

Abstract The Iberian Algyroides (Algyroides marchi) is a lacertid lizard with one of the
narrowest distribution ranges in continental Europe, restricted to a minute area in the …