Sillero, N., Campos, J., Bonardi, A., Corti, C., Creemers, R., Crochet, P.-A., Crnobrnja Isailović, J., Denoël, M., Ficetola, G. F., Gonçalves, J., Kuzmin, S., Lymberakis, P., de Pous, P., Rodríguez, A., Sindaco, R., Speybroeck, J., Toxopeus, B., Vieites, D. R., & Vences, M. (November 2018). NA2RE is reliable but aims for improvement: an answer to Vamberger and Fritz (2018). Biologia, 73 (11), 1131-1135. doi:10.2478/s11756-018-0133-3
A recent paper has suggested that NA2RE, the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe, does not provide a reliable basis for ecological niche modelling studies due to errors flagging introduc...
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Wielstra, B., Canestreli, D., Cvijanović, M., Denoël, M., Fijarczyk, A., Jablonski, D., Liana, M., Naumov, B., Olgun, K., Pabijan, M., Pezzarossa, A., Popgeorgiev, G., Salvi, D., Si, Y., Sillero, N., Sotiropoulos, K., Zieliński, P., & Babik, W. (April 2018). The distributions of the six species constituting the smooth newt species complex (Lissotriton vulgaris sensu lato and L. montandoni) – an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia, 39 (2), 252-259. doi:10.1163/15685381-17000128
The ‘smooth newt’, the taxon traditionally referred to as Lissotriton vulgaris, consists of multiple morphologically distinct taxa. Given the uncertainty concerning the validity and rank of these t...
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Denoël, M., & Winandy, L. (December 2015). The importance of phenotypic diversity in conservation: Resilience of palmate newt morphotypes after fish removal in Larzac ponds (France). Biological Conservation, 192, 402-408. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.10.018
Resilience of organisms after threat removal is an essential feature to justify conservation efforts. Amphibians are particularly threatened with a worldwide decline, showing a low resistance to in...
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Sillero, N., Campos, J., Bonardi, A., Corti, C., Creemers, R., Crochet, P.-A., Crnobrnja Isailovic, J., Denoël, M., Ficetola, G. F., Gonçalves, J., Kuzmin, S., Lymberakis, P., de Pous, P., Rodriguez, A., Sindaco, R., Speybroeck, J., Toxopeus, B., Vieites, D. R., & Vences, M. (March 2014). Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia, 35 (1), 1-31. doi:10.1163/15685381-00002935
A precise knowledge of the spatial distribution of taxa is essential for decision-making processes in land management and biodiversity conservation, both for present and under future global change ...
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Denoël, M. (2012). Newt decline in Western Europe: highlights from relative distribution changes within guilds. Biodiversity and Conservation, 21 (11), 2887-2898. doi:10.1007/s10531-012-0343-x
The recent increase in the number of monitoring schemes has formed the basis for high quality distribution atlases. This provides the opportunity of estimating global and specific decline patterns ...
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Denoël, M., Ficetola, G. F., Cirovic, R., Radovic, D., Dzukic, G., Kalezic, M. L., & Vukov, T. D. (2009). A multi-scale approach to facultative paedomorphosis of European newts (Salamandridae) in the Montenegrin karst: Distribution pattern, environmental variables, and conservation. Biological Conservation, 142 (3), 509-517. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2008.11.008
Facultative paedomorphosis, a process in which newt larvae can opt for reproduction before or after metamorphosis, is geographically heterogeneous. Despite numerous ecological studies and recent ev...
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Denoël, M. (2007). Le Triton alpestre, Triturus alpestris (Laurenti, 1768). In J.-P. Jacob, C. Percsy, H. de Wavrin, E. Graitson, T. Kinet, M. Denoël, M. Paquay, N. Percsy, ... A. REmacle (Eds.), Amphibiens et Reptiles de WAllonie (pp. 62-71). Namur, Belgium: Aves-Raînne et Centre de Recherche de la Nature, des Forêts et du Bois (MRW - DGRNE).
Denoël, M. (2007). Le Triton palmé, Triturus helveticus (Razoumowski, 1789). In J.-P. Jacob, C. Percsy, H. de Wavrin, E. Graitson, T. Kinet, M. Denoël, M. Paquay, N. Percsy, ... A. Remacle (Eds.), Amphibiens et Reptiles de Wallonie (pp. 86-95). Namur, Belgium: Aves-Raînne et Centre de Recherche de la Nature, des Forêts et du Bois (MRW - DGRNE).
Denoël, M. (2007). Le Triton ponctué, Triturus vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758). In J.-P. Jacob, C. Percsy, H. de Wavrin, E. Graitson, T. Kinet, M. Denoël, M. Paquay, N. Percsy, ... A. Remacle (Eds.), Amphibiens et Reptiles de Wallonie (pp. 96-103). Namur, Liège, Belgium: Aves-Raînne et Centre de Recherche de la Nature, des Forêts et du Bois (MRW - DGRNE).
Denoël, M. (2007). Priority areas of intraspecific diversity: Larzac, a global hotspot for facultative paedomorphosis in amphibians. Animal Conservation, 10 (1), 110-116. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00081.x
Although the designation of biodiversity hotspots is a valuable tool to improve conservation efforts, this is a concept primarily based on species diversity. In consequence, another component of bi...
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Graitson, E., & Denoël, M. (2007). Le Crapaud calamite, Bufo calamita Laurenti, 1768. In J.-P. Jacob, C. Percsy, H. de Wavrin, E. Graitson, T. Kinet, M. Denoël, M. Paquay, N. Percsy, ... A. Remacle (Eds.), Amphibiens et Reptiles de Wallonie (pp. 142-151). Namur, Belgium: Aves-Raînne et Centre de Recherche de la Nature, des Forêts et du Bois (MRW - DGRNE).
Jacob, J.-P., & Denoël, M. (2007). Le Triton crêté, Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768). In J.-P. Jacob, C. Percsy, H. de Wavrin, E. Graitson, T. Kinet, M. Denoël, M. Paquay, N. Percsy, ... A. Remacle, Amphibiens et Reptiles de Wallonie (pp. 72-85). Namur, Belgium: Aves-Raînne et Centre de Recherche de la Nature, des Forêts et du Bois (MRW - DGRNE).
Jacob, J.-P., Percsy, C., de Wavrin, H., Graitson, E., Kinet, T., Denoël, M., Paquay, M., Percsy, N., & Remacle, A. (Eds.). (2007). Amphibiens et Reptiles de Wallonie. Namur, Belgium: Aves-Raînne et Centre de Recherche de la Nature, des Forêts et du Bois (MRW - DGRNE).
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Denoël, M., Džukić, G., & Kalezic, M. L. (2005). Effects of widespread fish introductions on paedomorphic newts in Europe. Conservation Biology, 19 (1), 162-170. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00001.x
As a result of factors such as global warming, habitat destruction, and species introduction, amphibians are declining worldwide. No one, however, has analyzed the status of polymorphic amphibian s...
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Denoël, M. (2004). Distribution and characteristics of aquatic habitats of newts and yellow-bellied toads in the district of Ioannina (Epirus, Greece). Herpetozoa, 17 (1/2), 49-64.
The study describes the aquatic habitats and distribution of Triturus alpestris veluchiensis Wolterstorff 1935, T. carnifex macedonicus (Karaman, 1922), T. vulgaris graecus (Wolterstorff, 1905) and...
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Denoël, M. (2004). Répartition, habitat et conservation des amphibiens du Pays de Herve. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France, 111-112, 49-77.
The knowledge of distribution and ecological determinants of species is a prerequisite to their conservation at a time where declines are generalized at a world scale. The aim of this study is to c...
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Denoël, M., Duguet, R., Džukić, G., Kalezic, M., & Mazzotti, S. (2001). Biogeography and ecology of paedomorphosis in Triturus alpestris (Amphibia, Caudata). Journal of Biogeography, 28 (10), 1271-1280. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00634.x
Aim Paedomorphosis is an evolutionary change in which larval structures are retained in adult animals. In newts and salamanders, this heterochronic process is widely represented and concerns the re...
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