Populations of ectothermic vertebrates are vulnerable to environmental pollution and climate
change because certain chemicals and extreme temperatures can cause sex reversal …

Anthropogenic environmental change poses a special threat to species in which genetic sex
determination can be overwritten by the thermal and chemical environment. Endocrine …

Hotspots of genetic diversity are regions of utmost importance for species survival and
conservation and their intimate link with the geographic location of glacial refugia has been …

Aim Understanding which factors determine the variation in population size across space
and time is crucial to plan sound conservation interventions. Amphibians are often …

In recent years, relatives (bastrovirus, hepelivirus) of hepeviruses (family Hepeviridae) have
been reported in a variety of vertebrate hosts. Preliminary studies indicated that inter-viral …

We monitored the population size of the agile frog (Rana dalmatina) and the common toad
(Bufo bufo) from 2011 or 2012, respectively, to the year 2017 at a syntopic breeding site in …

Using skeletochronology, we assessed the relationships of age and body size (SVL) in
individuals from a population of the agile frog Rana dalmatina near the village of Özyurt …

The precise delimitation of range boundaries is imperative for the conservation of
amphibians in the wake of intense habitat conversion and global climate change. Despite …

Rain pools (pluviotelmata or puddles) are common, small and non-permanent aquatic
ecosystems. Data on the use of rain pools by amphibian taxa in the Carpathian Mountains …

The Caucasus biodiversity hotspot covering the northeastern part of Turkey is one of the
richest regions in terms of global biodiversity. Rize Province is located in the Transcaucasia …