TY  - JOUR
AU  - Robbemont, Jody
AU  - van Veldhuijzen, Sam
AU  - Allain, Steven J.R.
AU  - Ambu, Johanna
AU  - Boyle, Ryan
AU  - Canestrelli, Daniele
AU  - Cathasaigh, Éinne Ó
AU  - Cathrine, Chris
AU  - Chiocchio, Andrea
AU  - Cogalniceanu, Dan
AU  - Cvijanović, Milena
AU  - Dufresnes, Christophe
AU  - Ennis, Collie
AU  - Gandola, Rob
AU  - Jablonski, Daniel
AU  - Julian, Angela
AU  - Kranželić, Daria
AU  - Lukanov, Simeon
AU  - Martínez-Solano, Iñigo
AU  - Montgomery, Ryan
AU  - Naumov, Borislav
AU  - O’Neill, Matthew
AU  - North, Alexandra
AU  - Pabijan, Maciej
AU  - Pushendorf, Robert
AU  - Salvi, Daniele
AU  - Schmidt, Bruno
AU  - Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos
AU  - Stanescu, Florina
AU  - Stanković, David
AU  - Stapleton, Sarah
AU  - Šunje, Emina
AU  - Szabolcs, Márton
AU  - Vacheva, Emiliya
AU  - Willis, David
AU  - Zimić, Adnan
AU  - France, James
AU  - Meilink, Willem R.M.
AU  - Stark, Tariq
AU  - Struijk, Richard P.J.H.
AU  - Theodoropoulos, Anagnostis
AU  - de Visser, Manon C.
AU  - Wielstra, Ben
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6052
AB  - Many herpetofauna species have been introduced outside of their native range. MtDNA barcoding is regularly used to determine the provenance of such populations. The alpine newt has been introduced across the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland. However, geographical mtDNA structure across the natural range of the alpine newt is still incompletely understood and certain regions are severely undersampled. We collect mtDNA sequence data of over seven hundred individuals, from both the native and the introduced range. The main new insights from our extended mtDNA phylogeography are that 1) haplotypes from Spain do not form a reciprocally monophyletic clade, but are nested inside the mtDNA clade that covers western and eastern Europe; and 2) haplotypes from the northwest Balkans form a monophyletic clade together with those from the Southern Carpathians and Apuseni Mountains. We also home in on the regions where the distinct mtDNA clades meet in nature. We show that four out of the seven distinct mtDNA clades that comprise the alpine newt are implicated in the introductions in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Ireland. In several introduced localities, two distinct mtDNA clades co-occur. As these mtDNA clades presumably represent cryptic species, we urge that the extent of genetic admixture between them is assessed from genome-wide nuclear DNA markers. We mobilized a large number of citizen scientists in this project to support the collection of DNA samples by skin swabbing and underscore the effectiveness of this sampling technique for mtDNA barcoding.
PB  - Brill Academic Publishers
T2  - Amphibia-Reptilia
T1  - An extended mtDNA phylogeography for the alpine newt illuminates the provenance of introduced populations
IS  - 3
VL  - 44
DO  - 10.1163/15685381-bja10144
SP  - 347
EP  - 361
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Robbemont, Jody and van Veldhuijzen, Sam and Allain, Steven J.R. and Ambu, Johanna and Boyle, Ryan and Canestrelli, Daniele and Cathasaigh, Éinne Ó and Cathrine, Chris and Chiocchio, Andrea and Cogalniceanu, Dan and Cvijanović, Milena and Dufresnes, Christophe and Ennis, Collie and Gandola, Rob and Jablonski, Daniel and Julian, Angela and Kranželić, Daria and Lukanov, Simeon and Martínez-Solano, Iñigo and Montgomery, Ryan and Naumov, Borislav and O’Neill, Matthew and North, Alexandra and Pabijan, Maciej and Pushendorf, Robert and Salvi, Daniele and Schmidt, Bruno and Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos and Stanescu, Florina and Stanković, David and Stapleton, Sarah and Šunje, Emina and Szabolcs, Márton and Vacheva, Emiliya and Willis, David and Zimić, Adnan and France, James and Meilink, Willem R.M. and Stark, Tariq and Struijk, Richard P.J.H. and Theodoropoulos, Anagnostis and de Visser, Manon C. and Wielstra, Ben",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Many herpetofauna species have been introduced outside of their native range. MtDNA barcoding is regularly used to determine the provenance of such populations. The alpine newt has been introduced across the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland. However, geographical mtDNA structure across the natural range of the alpine newt is still incompletely understood and certain regions are severely undersampled. We collect mtDNA sequence data of over seven hundred individuals, from both the native and the introduced range. The main new insights from our extended mtDNA phylogeography are that 1) haplotypes from Spain do not form a reciprocally monophyletic clade, but are nested inside the mtDNA clade that covers western and eastern Europe; and 2) haplotypes from the northwest Balkans form a monophyletic clade together with those from the Southern Carpathians and Apuseni Mountains. We also home in on the regions where the distinct mtDNA clades meet in nature. We show that four out of the seven distinct mtDNA clades that comprise the alpine newt are implicated in the introductions in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Ireland. In several introduced localities, two distinct mtDNA clades co-occur. As these mtDNA clades presumably represent cryptic species, we urge that the extent of genetic admixture between them is assessed from genome-wide nuclear DNA markers. We mobilized a large number of citizen scientists in this project to support the collection of DNA samples by skin swabbing and underscore the effectiveness of this sampling technique for mtDNA barcoding.",
publisher = "Brill Academic Publishers",
journal = "Amphibia-Reptilia",
title = "An extended mtDNA phylogeography for the alpine newt illuminates the provenance of introduced populations",
number = "3",
volume = "44",
doi = "10.1163/15685381-bja10144",
pages = "347-361"
}

Robbemont, J., van Veldhuijzen, S., Allain, S. J.R., Ambu, J., Boyle, R., Canestrelli, D., Cathasaigh, É. Ó., Cathrine, C., Chiocchio, A., Cogalniceanu, D., Cvijanović, M., Dufresnes, C., Ennis, C., Gandola, R., Jablonski, D., Julian, A., Kranželić, D., Lukanov, S., Martínez-Solano, I., Montgomery, R., Naumov, B., O’Neill, M., North, A., Pabijan, M., Pushendorf, R., Salvi, D., Schmidt, B., Sotiropoulos, K., Stanescu, F., Stanković, D., Stapleton, S., Šunje, E., Szabolcs, M., Vacheva, E., Willis, D., Zimić, A., France, J., Meilink, W. R.M., Stark, T., Struijk, R. P.J.H., Theodoropoulos, A., de Visser, M. C.,& Wielstra, B.. (2023). An extended mtDNA phylogeography for the alpine newt illuminates the provenance of introduced populations. in Amphibia-Reptilia
Brill Academic Publishers., 44(3), 347-361.
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10144

Robbemont J, van Veldhuijzen S, Allain SJ, Ambu J, Boyle R, Canestrelli D, Cathasaigh ÉÓ, Cathrine C, Chiocchio A, Cogalniceanu D, Cvijanović M, Dufresnes C, Ennis C, Gandola R, Jablonski D, Julian A, Kranželić D, Lukanov S, Martínez-Solano I, Montgomery R, Naumov B, O’Neill M, North A, Pabijan M, Pushendorf R, Salvi D, Schmidt B, Sotiropoulos K, Stanescu F, Stanković D, Stapleton S, Šunje E, Szabolcs M, Vacheva E, Willis D, Zimić A, France J, Meilink WR, Stark T, Struijk RP, Theodoropoulos A, de Visser MC, Wielstra B. An extended mtDNA phylogeography for the alpine newt illuminates the provenance of introduced populations. in Amphibia-Reptilia. 2023;44(3):347-361.
doi:10.1163/15685381-bja10144 .

Robbemont, Jody, van Veldhuijzen, Sam, Allain, Steven J.R., Ambu, Johanna, Boyle, Ryan, Canestrelli, Daniele, Cathasaigh, Éinne Ó, Cathrine, Chris, Chiocchio, Andrea, Cogalniceanu, Dan, Cvijanović, Milena, Dufresnes, Christophe, Ennis, Collie, Gandola, Rob, Jablonski, Daniel, Julian, Angela, Kranželić, Daria, Lukanov, Simeon, Martínez-Solano, Iñigo, Montgomery, Ryan, Naumov, Borislav, O’Neill, Matthew, North, Alexandra, Pabijan, Maciej, Pushendorf, Robert, Salvi, Daniele, Schmidt, Bruno, Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos, Stanescu, Florina, Stanković, David, Stapleton, Sarah, Šunje, Emina, Szabolcs, Márton, Vacheva, Emiliya, Willis, David, Zimić, Adnan, France, James, Meilink, Willem R.M., Stark, Tariq, Struijk, Richard P.J.H., Theodoropoulos, Anagnostis, de Visser, Manon C., Wielstra, Ben, "An extended mtDNA phylogeography for the alpine newt illuminates the provenance of introduced populations" in Amphibia-Reptilia, 44, no. 3 (2023):347-361,
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10144 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Wielstra, Ben
AU  - Canestrelli, Daniele
AU  - Cvijanović, Milena
AU  - Denoël, Mathieu
AU  - Fijarczyk, Anna
AU  - Jablonski, Daniel
AU  - Liana, Marcin
AU  - Naumov, Borislav
AU  - Olgun, Kurtuluş
AU  - Pabijan, Maciej
AU  - Pezzarossa, Alice
AU  - Popgeorgiev, Georgi
AU  - Salvi, Daniele
AU  - Si, Yali
AU  - Sillero, Neftalí
AU  - Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos
AU  - Zieliński, Piotr
AU  - Babik, Wiesław
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15685381-17000128
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3041
AB  - 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 taxa, L. vulgaris sensu lato has often been treated as a single, polytypic species. A recent study, driven by genetic data, proposed to recognize five species, L. graecus, L. kosswigi, L. lantzi, L. schmidtleri and a more restricted L. vulgaris. The Carpathian newt L. montandoni was confirmed to be a closely related sister species. We propose to refer to this collective of six Lissotriton species as the smooth newt or Lissotriton vulgaris species complex. Guided by comprehensive genomic data from throughout the range of the smooth newt species complex we 1) delineate the distribution ranges, 2) provide a distribution database, and 3) produce distribution maps according to the format of the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe, for the six constituent species. This allows us to 4) highlight regions where more research is needed to determine the position of contact zones.
T2  - Amphibia-Reptilia
T1  - 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
IS  - 2
VL  - 39
DO  - 10.1163/15685381-17000128
SP  - 252
EP  - 259
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Wielstra, Ben and Canestrelli, Daniele and Cvijanović, Milena and Denoël, Mathieu and Fijarczyk, Anna and Jablonski, Daniel and Liana, Marcin and Naumov, Borislav and Olgun, Kurtuluş and Pabijan, Maciej and Pezzarossa, Alice and Popgeorgiev, Georgi and Salvi, Daniele and Si, Yali and Sillero, Neftalí and Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos and Zieliński, Piotr and Babik, Wiesław",
year = "2018",
abstract = "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 taxa, L. vulgaris sensu lato has often been treated as a single, polytypic species. A recent study, driven by genetic data, proposed to recognize five species, L. graecus, L. kosswigi, L. lantzi, L. schmidtleri and a more restricted L. vulgaris. The Carpathian newt L. montandoni was confirmed to be a closely related sister species. We propose to refer to this collective of six Lissotriton species as the smooth newt or Lissotriton vulgaris species complex. Guided by comprehensive genomic data from throughout the range of the smooth newt species complex we 1) delineate the distribution ranges, 2) provide a distribution database, and 3) produce distribution maps according to the format of the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe, for the six constituent species. This allows us to 4) highlight regions where more research is needed to determine the position of contact zones.",
journal = "Amphibia-Reptilia",
title = "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",
number = "2",
volume = "39",
doi = "10.1163/15685381-17000128",
pages = "252-259"
}

Wielstra, B., Canestrelli, 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.. (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. in Amphibia-Reptilia, 39(2), 252-259.
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-17000128

Wielstra B, Canestrelli 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. 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. in Amphibia-Reptilia. 2018;39(2):252-259.
doi:10.1163/15685381-17000128 .

Wielstra, Ben, Canestrelli, Daniele, Cvijanović, Milena, Denoël, Mathieu, Fijarczyk, Anna, Jablonski, Daniel, Liana, Marcin, Naumov, Borislav, Olgun, Kurtuluş, Pabijan, Maciej, Pezzarossa, Alice, Popgeorgiev, Georgi, Salvi, Daniele, Si, Yali, Sillero, Neftalí, Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos, Zieliński, Piotr, Babik, Wiesław, "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" in Amphibia-Reptilia, 39, no. 2 (2018):252-259,
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-17000128 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Psonis, Nikolaos
AU  - Antoniou, Aglaia
AU  - Kukushkin, Oleg
AU  - Jablonski, Daniel
AU  - Petrov, Boyan
AU  - Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka
AU  - Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos
AU  - Gherghel, Iulian
AU  - Lymberakis, Petros
AU  - Poulakakis, Nikos
PY  - 2017
UR  - http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790316302329
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316302329
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84988517614&origin=SingleRecordEmailAlert&txGid=C1637CEEB80036F8A2F3EFEC5
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2499
AB  - The monophyletic species subgroup of Podarcis tauricus is distributed in the western and southern parts of the Balkans, and includes four species with unresolved and unstudied inter- and intra-specific phylogenetic relationships. Using sequence data from two mitochondrial and three nuclear genes and applying several phylogenetic methods and species delimitation approaches to an extensive dataset, we have reconstructed the phylogeny of the Podarcis wall lizards in the Balkans, and re-investigated the taxonomic status of the P. tauricus species subgroup. Multilocus analyses revealed that the aforementioned subgroup consists of five major clades, with P. melisellensis as its most basal taxon. Monophyly of P. tauricus sensu stricto is not supported, with one of the subspecies (P. t. ionicus) displaying great genetic diversity (hidden diversity or cryptic species). It comprises five, geographically distinct, subclades with genetic distances on the species level. Species delimitation approaches revealed nine species within the P. tauricus species subgroup (P. melisellensis, P. gaigeae, P. milensis, and six in the P. tauricus complex), underlining the necessity of taxonomic re-evaluation. We thus synonymize some previously recognized subspecies in this subgroup, elevate P. t. tauricus and P. g. gaigeae to the species level and suggest a distinct Albanian-Greek clade, provisionally named as the P. ionicus species complex. The latter clade comprises five unconfirmed candidate species that call for comprehensive studies in the future.
T2  - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
T1  - Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation
VL  - 106
DO  - 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.007
SP  - 6
EP  - 17
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Psonis, Nikolaos and Antoniou, Aglaia and Kukushkin, Oleg and Jablonski, Daniel and Petrov, Boyan and Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka and Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos and Gherghel, Iulian and Lymberakis, Petros and Poulakakis, Nikos",
year = "2017",
abstract = "The monophyletic species subgroup of Podarcis tauricus is distributed in the western and southern parts of the Balkans, and includes four species with unresolved and unstudied inter- and intra-specific phylogenetic relationships. Using sequence data from two mitochondrial and three nuclear genes and applying several phylogenetic methods and species delimitation approaches to an extensive dataset, we have reconstructed the phylogeny of the Podarcis wall lizards in the Balkans, and re-investigated the taxonomic status of the P. tauricus species subgroup. Multilocus analyses revealed that the aforementioned subgroup consists of five major clades, with P. melisellensis as its most basal taxon. Monophyly of P. tauricus sensu stricto is not supported, with one of the subspecies (P. t. ionicus) displaying great genetic diversity (hidden diversity or cryptic species). It comprises five, geographically distinct, subclades with genetic distances on the species level. Species delimitation approaches revealed nine species within the P. tauricus species subgroup (P. melisellensis, P. gaigeae, P. milensis, and six in the P. tauricus complex), underlining the necessity of taxonomic re-evaluation. We thus synonymize some previously recognized subspecies in this subgroup, elevate P. t. tauricus and P. g. gaigeae to the species level and suggest a distinct Albanian-Greek clade, provisionally named as the P. ionicus species complex. The latter clade comprises five unconfirmed candidate species that call for comprehensive studies in the future.",
journal = "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution",
title = "Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation",
volume = "106",
doi = "10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.007",
pages = "6-17"
}

Psonis, N., Antoniou, A., Kukushkin, O., Jablonski, D., Petrov, B., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Sotiropoulos, K., Gherghel, I., Lymberakis, P.,& Poulakakis, N.. (2017). Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation. in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106, 6-17.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.007

Psonis N, Antoniou A, Kukushkin O, Jablonski D, Petrov B, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Sotiropoulos K, Gherghel I, Lymberakis P, Poulakakis N. Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation. in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2017;106:6-17.
doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.007 .

Psonis, Nikolaos, Antoniou, Aglaia, Kukushkin, Oleg, Jablonski, Daniel, Petrov, Boyan, Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka, Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos, Gherghel, Iulian, Lymberakis, Petros, Poulakakis, Nikos, "Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation" in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106 (2017):6-17,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.007 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vukov, Tanja
AU  - Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos
AU  - Wielstra, Ben
AU  - Džukić, Georg V.
AU  - Kalezić, Miloš L.
PY  - 2011
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1251
AB  - We characterized the adult body form of the crested newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies) and explored its evolution. From seven morphometric traits, we determined that body size, interlimb distance and head width define the body form. None of the morphometric traits showed a phylogenetic signal. Three body-shape morphotypes (Triturus dobrogicus + T. cristatus, Triturus carnifex + Triturus macedonicus and Triturus karelinii + Triturus arntzeni) and three body-size morphotypes (T. dobrogicus, T. cristatus and all other crested newts) could be recognized. The ancestral phenotype (a large body with a short trunk and a wide head) characterized T. karelinii and T. arntzeni. Triturus carnifex and T. macedonicus had a somewhat different phenotype (large body and wide head, accompanied by mild body elongation). The most derived phenotype included body size reduction and more pronounced body elongation in T. cristatus and, especially, in T. dobrogicus. Body elongation occurred by trunk lengthening but not head and tail lengthening. Additionally, contrary to other tetrapods, evolutionary axis elongation in crested newts was followed by a decrease in body size. We advocate the hypothesis that ecology drives the evolution of body form in crested newts.
T2  - Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
T1  - The evolution of the adult body form of the crested newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies, Caudata, Salamandridae)
IS  - 4
VL  - 49
EP  - 334
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1251
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Vukov, Tanja and Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos and Wielstra, Ben and Džukić, Georg V. and Kalezić, Miloš L.",
year = "2011",
abstract = "We characterized the adult body form of the crested newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies) and explored its evolution. From seven morphometric traits, we determined that body size, interlimb distance and head width define the body form. None of the morphometric traits showed a phylogenetic signal. Three body-shape morphotypes (Triturus dobrogicus + T. cristatus, Triturus carnifex + Triturus macedonicus and Triturus karelinii + Triturus arntzeni) and three body-size morphotypes (T. dobrogicus, T. cristatus and all other crested newts) could be recognized. The ancestral phenotype (a large body with a short trunk and a wide head) characterized T. karelinii and T. arntzeni. Triturus carnifex and T. macedonicus had a somewhat different phenotype (large body and wide head, accompanied by mild body elongation). The most derived phenotype included body size reduction and more pronounced body elongation in T. cristatus and, especially, in T. dobrogicus. Body elongation occurred by trunk lengthening but not head and tail lengthening. Additionally, contrary to other tetrapods, evolutionary axis elongation in crested newts was followed by a decrease in body size. We advocate the hypothesis that ecology drives the evolution of body form in crested newts.",
journal = "Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research",
title = "The evolution of the adult body form of the crested newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies, Caudata, Salamandridae)",
number = "4",
volume = "49",
pages = "334",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1251"
}

Vukov, T., Sotiropoulos, K., Wielstra, B., Džukić, G. V.,& Kalezić, M. L.. (2011). The evolution of the adult body form of the crested newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies, Caudata, Salamandridae). in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 49(4).
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1251

Vukov T, Sotiropoulos K, Wielstra B, Džukić GV, Kalezić ML. The evolution of the adult body form of the crested newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies, Caudata, Salamandridae). in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 2011;49(4):null-334.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1251 .

Vukov, Tanja, Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos, Wielstra, Ben, Džukić, Georg V., Kalezić, Miloš L., "The evolution of the adult body form of the crested newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies, Caudata, Salamandridae)" in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 49, no. 4 (2011),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1251 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vukov, Tanja
AU  - Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos
AU  - Kalezić, Miloš L.
AU  - Džukić, Georg V.
PY  - 2011
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1242
AB  - Numerous alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) populations from the Balkans, representing all the previously established phylogeographic lineages, were studied for variations in various morphological characteristics (body size and shape, skull qualitative traits and number of trunk vertebrae). Here, we present a decoupling of morphological and mtDNA phylogeographic substructuring in the alpine newt on the Balkan Peninsula. In sharp contrast to other European newts (Triturus spp., Lissotriton spp.), the vast majority of morphological variation in the alpine newt is concentrated at the population level indicating an in situ morphological diversification. We found that the rate of morphological change is similar to the rate of mtDNA change. We hypothesize that the alpine newts are characterized by non-adaptive morphological evolution. (C) 2011 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
T2  - Comptes Rendus Biologies
T1  - Morphing of the phylogeographic lineages of the Balkan alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris, Caudata, Salamandridae): In situ morphological diversification
IS  - 12
VL  - 334
EP  - 905
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1242
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Vukov, Tanja and Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos and Kalezić, Miloš L. and Džukić, Georg V.",
year = "2011",
abstract = "Numerous alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) populations from the Balkans, representing all the previously established phylogeographic lineages, were studied for variations in various morphological characteristics (body size and shape, skull qualitative traits and number of trunk vertebrae). Here, we present a decoupling of morphological and mtDNA phylogeographic substructuring in the alpine newt on the Balkan Peninsula. In sharp contrast to other European newts (Triturus spp., Lissotriton spp.), the vast majority of morphological variation in the alpine newt is concentrated at the population level indicating an in situ morphological diversification. We found that the rate of morphological change is similar to the rate of mtDNA change. We hypothesize that the alpine newts are characterized by non-adaptive morphological evolution. (C) 2011 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.",
journal = "Comptes Rendus Biologies",
title = "Morphing of the phylogeographic lineages of the Balkan alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris, Caudata, Salamandridae): In situ morphological diversification",
number = "12",
volume = "334",
pages = "905",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1242"
}

Vukov, T., Sotiropoulos, K., Kalezić, M. L.,& Džukić, G. V.. (2011). Morphing of the phylogeographic lineages of the Balkan alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris, Caudata, Salamandridae): In situ morphological diversification. in Comptes Rendus Biologies, 334(12).
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1242

Vukov T, Sotiropoulos K, Kalezić ML, Džukić GV. Morphing of the phylogeographic lineages of the Balkan alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris, Caudata, Salamandridae): In situ morphological diversification. in Comptes Rendus Biologies. 2011;334(12):null-905.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1242 .

Vukov, Tanja, Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos, Kalezić, Miloš L., Džukić, Georg V., "Morphing of the phylogeographic lineages of the Balkan alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris, Caudata, Salamandridae): In situ morphological diversification" in Comptes Rendus Biologies, 334, no. 12 (2011),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1242 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ivanović, Ana T
AU  - Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos
AU  - Cvijanović, Milena
AU  - Džukić, Georg V.
AU  - Kalezić, Miloš L.
PY  - 2008
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1509
AB  - We used a phylogenetic perspective in an examination of the direction and extent of sexual dimorphism in body size and body shape in European newts from the Balkan Peninsula (alpine newts, Mesotriton alpestris; crested newts, Triturus cristatus superspecies; smooth newts, Lissotriton vulgaris). We found a strong, female-biased sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in the analysed clades of alpine newt, whereas within crested newts we found a less stringent female-biased SSD in Triturus carnifex, Triturus macedonicus and Triturus karelinii, and no significant SSD in T. cristatus or Triturus dobrogicus. Among the smooth newts, we found male-biased SSD in Lissotriton vulgaris vularis and Lissotriton vulgaris greacus and no SSD in Lissotriton vulgaris meridionalis. Most of these newts also exhibit a significant sexual dimorphism in body shape, which varied more randomly than body size, regardless of SSD level. Female and male body size as well as the degree of SSD displayed statistically significant phylogenetic signal, while sexual dimorphism in body shape was phylogenetically independent. The relationship between independent contrast data for female size and male size indicated that SSD in European newts could be driven by a disproportionate increase in female size as increase in female size was not accompanied by a proportional increase in male size.
T2  - Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
T1  - Sexual size and shape evolution in European newts (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) on the Balkan Peninsula
IS  - 4
VL  - 46
DO  - 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00479.x
SP  - 381
EP  - 387
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1509
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Ivanović, Ana T and Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos and Cvijanović, Milena and Džukić, Georg V. and Kalezić, Miloš L.",
year = "2008",
abstract = "We used a phylogenetic perspective in an examination of the direction and extent of sexual dimorphism in body size and body shape in European newts from the Balkan Peninsula (alpine newts, Mesotriton alpestris; crested newts, Triturus cristatus superspecies; smooth newts, Lissotriton vulgaris). We found a strong, female-biased sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in the analysed clades of alpine newt, whereas within crested newts we found a less stringent female-biased SSD in Triturus carnifex, Triturus macedonicus and Triturus karelinii, and no significant SSD in T. cristatus or Triturus dobrogicus. Among the smooth newts, we found male-biased SSD in Lissotriton vulgaris vularis and Lissotriton vulgaris greacus and no SSD in Lissotriton vulgaris meridionalis. Most of these newts also exhibit a significant sexual dimorphism in body shape, which varied more randomly than body size, regardless of SSD level. Female and male body size as well as the degree of SSD displayed statistically significant phylogenetic signal, while sexual dimorphism in body shape was phylogenetically independent. The relationship between independent contrast data for female size and male size indicated that SSD in European newts could be driven by a disproportionate increase in female size as increase in female size was not accompanied by a proportional increase in male size.",
journal = "Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research",
title = "Sexual size and shape evolution in European newts (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) on the Balkan Peninsula",
number = "4",
volume = "46",
doi = "10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00479.x",
pages = "381-387",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1509"
}

Ivanović, A. T., Sotiropoulos, K., Cvijanović, M., Džukić, G. V.,& Kalezić, M. L.. (2008). Sexual size and shape evolution in European newts (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) on the Balkan Peninsula. in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 46(4), 381-387.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00479.x
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1509

Ivanović AT, Sotiropoulos K, Cvijanović M, Džukić GV, Kalezić ML. Sexual size and shape evolution in European newts (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) on the Balkan Peninsula. in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 2008;46(4):381-387.
doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00479.x
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1509 .

Ivanović, Ana T, Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos, Cvijanović, Milena, Džukić, Georg V., Kalezić, Miloš L., "Sexual size and shape evolution in European newts (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) on the Balkan Peninsula" in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 46, no. 4 (2008):381-387,
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00479.x .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1509 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ivanović, Ana T
AU  - Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos
AU  - Vukov, Tanja
AU  - Eleftherakos, Karolos
AU  - Džukić, Georg V.
AU  - Polymeni, Rosa Maria
AU  - Kalezić, Miloš L.
PY  - 2008
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1511
AB  - In the present study, we investigated the degree of congruence between phylogeny, as inferred from mitochondrial (mt)DNA sequences, and cranium shape variation of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) in the Balkans. These newts belong to four phylogenetic clades defined by mtDNA analysis, and significantly differed in cranial shape. Allometry explained a high percentage of shape variation in crested newts. The clade-specific allometric slopes significantly diverged for both the ventral cranium and dorsal cranium, indicating that differences in shape between clades could not be a simple consequence of their difference in size. The analysis of hierarchical and spatial variation showed similarity in the patterns of global and spatially localized hierarchical variation of cranial shape. We also found significant congruence between the pattern of cranial shape variation and molecular phylogeny. The differences in morphology of Triturus dobrogicus in comparison to other crested newt clades, including marked differences in cranium shape, is discussed in the context of the evolution and ecology of crested newts. (C) 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 95, 348-360.
T2  - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
T1  - Cranial shape variation and molecular phylogenetic structure of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies: Caudata, Salamandridae) in the Balkans
IS  - 2
VL  - 95
EP  - 360
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1511
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Ivanović, Ana T and Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos and Vukov, Tanja and Eleftherakos, Karolos and Džukić, Georg V. and Polymeni, Rosa Maria and Kalezić, Miloš L.",
year = "2008",
abstract = "In the present study, we investigated the degree of congruence between phylogeny, as inferred from mitochondrial (mt)DNA sequences, and cranium shape variation of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) in the Balkans. These newts belong to four phylogenetic clades defined by mtDNA analysis, and significantly differed in cranial shape. Allometry explained a high percentage of shape variation in crested newts. The clade-specific allometric slopes significantly diverged for both the ventral cranium and dorsal cranium, indicating that differences in shape between clades could not be a simple consequence of their difference in size. The analysis of hierarchical and spatial variation showed similarity in the patterns of global and spatially localized hierarchical variation of cranial shape. We also found significant congruence between the pattern of cranial shape variation and molecular phylogeny. The differences in morphology of Triturus dobrogicus in comparison to other crested newt clades, including marked differences in cranium shape, is discussed in the context of the evolution and ecology of crested newts. (C) 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 95, 348-360.",
journal = "Biological Journal of the Linnean Society",
title = "Cranial shape variation and molecular phylogenetic structure of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies: Caudata, Salamandridae) in the Balkans",
number = "2",
volume = "95",
pages = "360",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1511"
}

Ivanović, A. T., Sotiropoulos, K., Vukov, T., Eleftherakos, K., Džukić, G. V., Polymeni, R. M.,& Kalezić, M. L.. (2008). Cranial shape variation and molecular phylogenetic structure of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies: Caudata, Salamandridae) in the Balkans. in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 95(2).
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1511

Ivanović AT, Sotiropoulos K, Vukov T, Eleftherakos K, Džukić GV, Polymeni RM, Kalezić ML. Cranial shape variation and molecular phylogenetic structure of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies: Caudata, Salamandridae) in the Balkans. in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2008;95(2):null-360.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1511 .

Ivanović, Ana T, Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos, Vukov, Tanja, Eleftherakos, Karolos, Džukić, Georg V., Polymeni, Rosa Maria, Kalezić, Miloš L., "Cranial shape variation and molecular phylogenetic structure of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies: Caudata, Salamandridae) in the Balkans" in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 95, no. 2 (2008),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1511 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos
AU  - Eleftherakos, Karolos
AU  - Džukić, Georg V.
AU  - Kalezić, Miloš L.
AU  - Legakis, Anastasios
AU  - Polymeni, Rosa Maria
PY  - 2007
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1576
AB  - In this paper, we performed phylogenetic analyses of Mesotriton alpestris populations from the entire range of species distribution, using fragments of two mtDNA genes, cytochrome b (309 bp) and 16S rRNA (similar to 500 bp). Sequence diversity patterns and phylogenetic analyses reveal the existence of a relict lineage (Clade A) of late Miocene origin, comprising populations from south-eastern Serbia. This lineage is proposed to be ancestor to a western and an eastern lineage, which diverged during the middle Pliocene. The western lineage is further divided in two clades (Clades B, C) of middle Pliocene origin that represent populations from Italy (B) and populations from central Europe and Iberia (C). Further subdivision, dated back to the middle-late Pliocene, was found within the eastern lineage, representing southern (Clade D) and central-northern (Clade E) Balkan populations, respectively. Extensive sequence divergence, implying greater isolation in multiple refugia, is found within eastern clades, while the western clades seem to have been involved in the colonization of central, western and north-eastern Europe from a hypothetical refugium in central Europe. The extent of divergence does not support the current taxonomy indicating cryptic speciation in the Balkans, while paedomorphic lineages were found to have been evolved during early-middle Pleistocene probably as a response to the ongoing dramatic climatic oscillations. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
T2  - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
T1  - Phylogeny and biogeography of the alpine newt Mesotriton alpestris (Salamandridae, Caudata), inferred from mtDNA sequences
IS  - 1
VL  - 45
EP  - 226
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1576
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos and Eleftherakos, Karolos and Džukić, Georg V. and Kalezić, Miloš L. and Legakis, Anastasios and Polymeni, Rosa Maria",
year = "2007",
abstract = "In this paper, we performed phylogenetic analyses of Mesotriton alpestris populations from the entire range of species distribution, using fragments of two mtDNA genes, cytochrome b (309 bp) and 16S rRNA (similar to 500 bp). Sequence diversity patterns and phylogenetic analyses reveal the existence of a relict lineage (Clade A) of late Miocene origin, comprising populations from south-eastern Serbia. This lineage is proposed to be ancestor to a western and an eastern lineage, which diverged during the middle Pliocene. The western lineage is further divided in two clades (Clades B, C) of middle Pliocene origin that represent populations from Italy (B) and populations from central Europe and Iberia (C). Further subdivision, dated back to the middle-late Pliocene, was found within the eastern lineage, representing southern (Clade D) and central-northern (Clade E) Balkan populations, respectively. Extensive sequence divergence, implying greater isolation in multiple refugia, is found within eastern clades, while the western clades seem to have been involved in the colonization of central, western and north-eastern Europe from a hypothetical refugium in central Europe. The extent of divergence does not support the current taxonomy indicating cryptic speciation in the Balkans, while paedomorphic lineages were found to have been evolved during early-middle Pleistocene probably as a response to the ongoing dramatic climatic oscillations. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.",
journal = "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution",
title = "Phylogeny and biogeography of the alpine newt Mesotriton alpestris (Salamandridae, Caudata), inferred from mtDNA sequences",
number = "1",
volume = "45",
pages = "226",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1576"
}

Sotiropoulos, K., Eleftherakos, K., Džukić, G. V., Kalezić, M. L., Legakis, A.,& Polymeni, R. M.. (2007). Phylogeny and biogeography of the alpine newt Mesotriton alpestris (Salamandridae, Caudata), inferred from mtDNA sequences. in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45(1).
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1576

Sotiropoulos K, Eleftherakos K, Džukić GV, Kalezić ML, Legakis A, Polymeni RM. Phylogeny and biogeography of the alpine newt Mesotriton alpestris (Salamandridae, Caudata), inferred from mtDNA sequences. in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2007;45(1):null-226.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1576 .

Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos, Eleftherakos, Karolos, Džukić, Georg V., Kalezić, Miloš L., Legakis, Anastasios, Polymeni, Rosa Maria, "Phylogeny and biogeography of the alpine newt Mesotriton alpestris (Salamandridae, Caudata), inferred from mtDNA sequences" in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45, no. 1 (2007),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_1576 .