Following a request from EFSA, the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues
developed an opinion on the science to support the potential development of a risk …

In this contribution, the aspects of reptile and amphibian speciation that emerged from
research performed over the past decade are reviewed. First, this study assesses how …

The expansion–contraction (EC) model predicts demographic and range contraction of
temperate species during Pleistocene glaciations as a consequence of climate‐related …

The release of contaminants as herbicides, fungicides and insecticides into the environment
has been listed as one of the six major contributors to the global decline of reptiles. Although …

In organisms reproducing sexually, speciation occurs when increasing divergence results in
pre‐or post‐zygotic reproductive isolation between lineages. Studies focusing on …

Life-history data are essential for providing answers to a wide range of questions in
evolution, ecology, and conservation biology. While life history data for many species …

Dispersive movements are often thought to be multicausal and driven by individual body
size, sex, conspecific density, environmental variation, personality, and/or other variables …

Aim: Discontinuity in the distribution of genetic diversity (often based on mtDNA) is usually
interpreted as evidence for phylogeographic breaks, underlying vicariant units. However, a …

Temperature affects all aspects of reptilian biology. In order to colonize new habitats and
support viable populations lizards have to successfully deal with their thermal environment …

Exotic animal invasions constitute a major threat to biodiversity worldwide. Our assessment
determined the core range occupied by the Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus) in the urban …