Multilocus phylogeography of the common midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans (Anura, Alytidae): contrasting patterns of lineage diversification and genetic structure in the Iberian refugium

H. Gonçalves, B. Maia-Carvalho, T. Sousa-Neves, M. García-París, F. Sequeira, N. Ferrand, I. Martínez-Solano. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution In press. Survival of populations in allopatric refugia through the Ice Ages supports the generality of the “refugia-within-refugia” scenario for the Iberian Peninsula. However, lineages corresponding to subspecies A. o. almogavarii, A. o. pertinax, A. o. obstetricans, and A. o. boscai responded differently to Pleistocene climatic oscillations after diverging from a common ancestor. Leer más.

Ecophysiology Tracks Phylogeny and Meets Ecological Models in an Iberian Gecko

C. Rato, M. A. Carretero. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (September/October 2015). Ir al enlace.

Slow life history and rapid extreme flood: demographic mechanisms and their consequences on population viability in a threatened amphibian

Freshwater Biology. Hugo Cayuela, Dragan Arsovski, Sylvain Boitaud, Eric Bonnaire, Laurent Boualit, Claude Miaud, Pierre Joly and Aurelien Besnard. Our results indicated that extreme flooding did not cause any variation in sub-adult or adult survival, whereas recruitment and juvenile survival were negatively impacted. Furthermore, our simulations indicated that the population growth rate was only marginally sensitive to potential changes in the frequency of extreme flooding in the future. Leer más.