Leishmania tarentolae and Leishmania infantum in geckos from Mallorca Island, Spain

Our study investigates the prevalence of L. tarentolae and L. infantum in wild gecko populations (Tarentola mauritanica and Hemidactylus turcicus) from Mallorca Island using duplex discriminative qPCR. Leer más.

Distribution and evolution of the western European water frogs (genus Pelophylax) from Catalonia, northeastern Spain

This study offers new insights into the distribution and composition of the North Iberian Pelophylax hybridogenetic complex, providing comprehensive sampling across one of the main entry points of the complex into the Iberian Peninsula. Leer más.

Evolution of research on global amphibian declines

We used text-analysis techniques, including topic modeling and geoparsing, to examine the evolution of research focused on amphibian declines. Leer más.

A new underwater camera trap for freshwater wildlife monitoring

The UCT produces high-resolution time series of automatically recorded and standardised images of freshwater animals at various development stages without any handling of the organisms. Leer más.

Long Term Hybrid Zone Dynamics in Fire-Bellied Toads Estimated From Environmental Data at Allopatric and Parapatric Scales

Aims of the study are to identify environmental variables underlying the mutual distribution of a species pair engaged in a long and winding hybrid zone, to reconstruct pattern and process of species’ range developments following the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and to open research lines for the study of hybrid zone dynamics in a model system. Leer más.