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Luedtke JA, Chanson J, Neam K, Hobin L, Maciel AO, Catenazzi A, Borzée A, Hamidy A, Aowphol A, Jean A, Sosa-Bartuano Á, Fong G A, de Silva A, Fouquet A, Angulo A, Kidov AA, Muñoz Saravia A, Diesmos AC, Tominaga A, Shrestha B, Gratwicke B, Tjaturadi B, Martínez Rivera CC, Vásquez Almazán CR, Señaris C, Chandramouli SR, Strüssmann C, Cortez Fernández CF, Azat C, Hoskin CJ, Hilton-Taylor C, Whyte DL, Gower DJ, Olson DH, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Santana DJ, Nagombi E, Najafi-Majd E, Quah ESH, Bolaños F, Xie F, Brusquetti F, Álvarez FS, Andreone F, Glaw F, Castañeda FE, Kraus F, Parra-Olea G, Chaves G, Medina-Rangel GF, González-Durán G, Ortega-Andrade HM, Machado IF, Das I, Dias IR, Urbina-Cardona JN, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Yang JH, Jianping J, Wangyal JT, Rowley JJL, Measey J, Vasudevan K, Chan KO, Gururaja KV, Ovaska K, Warr LC, Canseco-Márquez L, Toledo LF, Díaz LM, Khan MMH, Meegaskumbura M, Acevedo ME, Napoli MF, Ponce MA, Vaira M, Lampo M, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Scherz MD, Rödel MO, Matsui M, Fildor M, Kusrini MD, Ahmed MF, Rais M, Kouamé NG, García N, Gonwouo NL, Burrowes PA, Imbun PY, Wagner P, Kok PJR, Joglar RL, Auguste RJ, Brandão RA, Ibáñez R, von May R, Hedges SB, Biju SD, Ganesh SR, Wren S, Das S, Flechas SV, Ashpole SL, Robleto-Hernández SJ, Loader SP, Incháustegui SJ, Garg S, Phimmachak S, Richards SJ, Slimani T, Osborne-Naikatini T, Abreu-Jardim TPF, Condez TH, De Carvalho TR, Cutajar TP, Pierson TW, Nguyen TQ, Kaya U, Yuan Z, Long B, Langhammer P, Stuart SN. Author Correction: Ongoing declines for the world's amphibians in the face of emerging threats. Nature 2024; 625:E2. [PMID: 38040869 PMCID: PMC10764272 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06851-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jennifer A Luedtke
- Re:wild, Austin, TX, USA.
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Re:wild, Austin, TX, USA
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Kelsey Neam
- Re:wild, Austin, TX, USA
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Louise Hobin
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | | | - Alessandro Catenazzi
- Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
- Centro de Ornitologia y Biodiversidad (CORBIDI), Lima, Peru
| | - Amaël Borzée
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
| | - Amir Hamidy
- Laboratory of Herpetology, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia
| | - Anchalee Aowphol
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
| | - Anderson Jean
- Action Pour la Sauvegarde de l'Ecologie en Haïti (ACSEH), Les Cayes, Haiti
- Environmental Protection In the Caribbean (EPIC), Maho, Sint Maarten
| | | | - Ansel Fong G
- Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad (BIOECO), Museo de Historia Natural "Tomás Romay", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
| | - Anslem de Silva
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Sri Lanka, Gampola, Sri Lanka
| | - Antoine Fouquet
- Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
| | - Ariadne Angulo
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Artem A Kidov
- Russian State Agrarian University-MTAA, Moscow, Russia
| | - Arturo Muñoz Saravia
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia
- Animal Nutrition Unit, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Arvin C Diesmos
- ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
- HerpWatch Pilipinas, Manila, Philippines
| | - Atsushi Tominaga
- Faculty of Education, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
| | - Biraj Shrestha
- SAVE THE FROGS!, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
- The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
| | - Brian Gratwicke
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USA
| | - Burhan Tjaturadi
- Center for Environmental Studies, Sanata Dharma University (CESSDU), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
| | - Carlos C Martínez Rivera
- Pinelands Preservation Alliance, Southampton Township, NJ, USA
- Centro de Conservación de Anfibios, Amaru Bioparque, Cuenca, Ecuador
| | - Carlos R Vásquez Almazán
- Museo de Historia Natural, Escuela de Biologia, Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala City, Guatemala
- FUNDAECO, Guatemala City, Guatemala
| | - Celsa Señaris
- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain
| | - S R Chandramouli
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
| | | | | | - Claudio Azat
- Sustainability Research Center & PhD Program in Conservation Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile
| | - Conrad J Hoskin
- College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
| | | | - Damion L Whyte
- Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
| | | | - Deanna H Olson
- Pacific Northwest Research Station, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP, Quito, Ecuador
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad INABIO, Quito, Ecuador
| | - Diego José Santana
- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
| | - Elizah Nagombi
- The New Guinea Binatang Research Center, Madang, Papua New Guinea
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
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- Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- CIBET (Museo de Zoología), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- CIBET (Museo de Zoología), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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- Biogeography and Spatial Ecology Research Group, Life Sciences Faculty, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador
- Herpetology Division, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador
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- Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna, Goiânia, Brazil
| | - Indraneil Das
- Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Brazil
| | - J Nicolas Urbina-Cardona
- Departamento de Ecología y Territorio, Facultad de Estudios Ambientales y Rurales, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
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- Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
- Bhutan Ecological Society, Thimphu, Bhutan
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- Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Centre for Invasion Biology, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Biolinx Environmental Research, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Laboratorio de Herpetología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba, La Habana, Cuba
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- Department of Zoology, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Key Laboratory in Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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- Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Jorge A. Ibarra", Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
| | - Marcelo Felgueiras Napoli
- Instituto de Biologia, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas (INECOA, UNJu-Conicet), San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
| | - Margarita Lampo
- Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Miranda, Venezuela
- Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales (FUDECI), Caracas, Venezuela
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- Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Ecuador
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Museum für Naturkunde-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Action Pour la Sauvegarde de l'Ecologie en Haïti (ACSEH), Les Cayes, Haiti
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- Faculty of Forestry & Environment, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Herpetology Lab, Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale, UFR Environnement, Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire
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- IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Zoology Unit, Research and Education Section, Sabah Parks, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
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- Allwetterzoo, Münster, Germany
- Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
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- Rio Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Proyecto Coqui, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, República de Panamá
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- California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, USA
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- Center for Biodiversity, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
| | - Sandeep Das
- Centre for Research in Emerging Tropical Diseases, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India
- EDGE of Existence programme, Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
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- Environmental Studies, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY, USA
- , Prescott, Ontario, Canada
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- Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, National University of Laos, Vientiane, Laos
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- Herpetology Department, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Sciences Sremlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- School of Agriculture, Geography, Environment, Ocean and Natural Sciences, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA
| | - Truong Q Nguyen
- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
| | - Zhiyong Yuan
- School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Re:wild, Austin, TX, USA
- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland
- A Rocha International, London, UK
- Synchronicity Earth, London, UK
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Luedtke JA, Chanson J, Neam K, Hobin L, Maciel AO, Catenazzi A, Borzée A, Hamidy A, Aowphol A, Jean A, Sosa-Bartuano Á, Fong G A, de Silva A, Fouquet A, Angulo A, Kidov AA, Muñoz Saravia A, Diesmos AC, Tominaga A, Shrestha B, Gratwicke B, Tjaturadi B, Martínez Rivera CC, Vásquez Almazán CR, Señaris C, Chandramouli SR, Strüssmann C, Cortez Fernández CF, Azat C, Hoskin CJ, Hilton-Taylor C, Whyte DL, Gower DJ, Olson DH, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Santana DJ, Nagombi E, Najafi-Majd E, Quah ESH, Bolaños F, Xie F, Brusquetti F, Álvarez FS, Andreone F, Glaw F, Castañeda FE, Kraus F, Parra-Olea G, Chaves G, Medina-Rangel GF, González-Durán G, Ortega-Andrade HM, Machado IF, Das I, Dias IR, Urbina-Cardona JN, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Yang JH, Jianping J, Wangyal JT, Rowley JJL, Measey J, Vasudevan K, Chan KO, Gururaja KV, Ovaska K, Warr LC, Canseco-Márquez L, Toledo LF, Díaz LM, Khan MMH, Meegaskumbura M, Acevedo ME, Napoli MF, Ponce MA, Vaira M, Lampo M, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Scherz MD, Rödel MO, Matsui M, Fildor M, Kusrini MD, Ahmed MF, Rais M, Kouamé NG, García N, Gonwouo NL, Burrowes PA, Imbun PY, Wagner P, Kok PJR, Joglar RL, Auguste RJ, Brandão RA, Ibáñez R, von May R, Hedges SB, Biju SD, Ganesh SR, Wren S, Das S, Flechas SV, Ashpole SL, Robleto-Hernández SJ, Loader SP, Incháustegui SJ, Garg S, Phimmachak S, Richards SJ, Slimani T, Osborne-Naikatini T, Abreu-Jardim TPF, Condez TH, De Carvalho TR, Cutajar TP, Pierson TW, Nguyen TQ, Kaya U, Yuan Z, Long B, Langhammer P, Stuart SN. Ongoing declines for the world's amphibians in the face of emerging threats. Nature 2023; 622:308-314. [PMID: 37794184 PMCID: PMC10567568 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06578-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
Abstract
Systematic assessments of species extinction risk at regular intervals are necessary for informing conservation action1,2. Ongoing developments in taxonomy, threatening processes and research further underscore the need for reassessment3,4. Here we report the findings of the second Global Amphibian Assessment, evaluating 8,011 species for the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. We find that amphibians are the most threatened vertebrate class (40.7% of species are globally threatened). The updated Red List Index shows that the status of amphibians is deteriorating globally, particularly for salamanders and in the Neotropics. Disease and habitat loss drove 91% of status deteriorations between 1980 and 2004. Ongoing and projected climate change effects are now of increasing concern, driving 39% of status deteriorations since 2004, followed by habitat loss (37%). Although signs of species recoveries incentivize immediate conservation action, scaled-up investment is urgently needed to reverse the current trends.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jennifer A Luedtke
- Re:wild, Austin, TX, USA.
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
| | - Janice Chanson
- Re:wild, Austin, TX, USA
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Kelsey Neam
- Re:wild, Austin, TX, USA
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Louise Hobin
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | | | - Alessandro Catenazzi
- Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
- Centro de Ornitologia y Biodiversidad (CORBIDI), Lima, Peru
| | - Amaël Borzée
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
| | - Amir Hamidy
- Laboratory of Herpetology, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia
| | - Anchalee Aowphol
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
| | - Anderson Jean
- Action Pour la Sauvegarde de l'Ecologie en Haïti (ACSEH), Les Cayes, Haiti
- Environmental Protection In the Caribbean (EPIC), Maho, Sint Maarten
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- Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad (BIOECO), Museo de Historia Natural "Tomás Romay", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
| | - Anslem de Silva
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Sri Lanka, Gampola, Sri Lanka
| | - Antoine Fouquet
- Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
| | - Ariadne Angulo
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Artem A Kidov
- Russian State Agrarian University-MTAA, Moscow, Russia
| | - Arturo Muñoz Saravia
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia
- Animal Nutrition Unit, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Arvin C Diesmos
- ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
- HerpWatch Pilipinas, Manila, Philippines
| | - Atsushi Tominaga
- Faculty of Education, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
| | - Biraj Shrestha
- SAVE THE FROGS!, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
- The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
| | - Brian Gratwicke
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USA
| | - Burhan Tjaturadi
- Center for Environmental Studies, Sanata Dharma University (CESSDU), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
| | - Carlos C Martínez Rivera
- Pinelands Preservation Alliance, Southampton Township, NJ, USA
- Centro de Conservación de Anfibios, Amaru Bioparque, Cuenca, Ecuador
| | - Carlos R Vásquez Almazán
- Museo de Historia Natural, Escuela de Biologia, Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala City, Guatemala
- FUNDAECO, Guatemala City, Guatemala
| | - Celsa Señaris
- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain
| | - S R Chandramouli
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Sustainability Research Center & PhD Program in Conservation Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile
| | - Conrad J Hoskin
- College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
| | | | - Damion L Whyte
- Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
| | | | - Deanna H Olson
- Pacific Northwest Research Station, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP, Quito, Ecuador
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad INABIO, Quito, Ecuador
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- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
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- The New Guinea Binatang Research Center, Madang, Papua New Guinea
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
| | - Evan S H Quah
- Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Federico Bolaños
- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- CIBET (Museo de Zoología), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
| | - Feng Xie
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- CIBET (Museo de Zoología), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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- Biogeography and Spatial Ecology Research Group, Life Sciences Faculty, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador
- Herpetology Division, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador
| | - Iberê F Machado
- Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna, Goiânia, Brazil
| | - Indraneil Das
- Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia
| | - Iuri Ribeiro Dias
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Brazil
| | - J Nicolas Urbina-Cardona
- Departamento de Ecología y Territorio, Facultad de Estudios Ambientales y Rurales, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
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- Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China
| | - Jiang Jianping
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
| | - Jigme Tshelthrim Wangyal
- University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
- Bhutan Ecological Society, Thimphu, Bhutan
| | - Jodi J L Rowley
- Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Centre for Invasion Biology, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Biolinx Environmental Research, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Laboratorio de Herpetología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba, La Habana, Cuba
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- Department of Zoology, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Key Laboratory in Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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- Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Jorge A. Ibarra", Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
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- Instituto de Biologia, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas (INECOA, UNJu-Conicet), San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
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- Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Miranda, Venezuela
- Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales (FUDECI), Caracas, Venezuela
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- Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Ecuador
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Museum für Naturkunde-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Action Pour la Sauvegarde de l'Ecologie en Haïti (ACSEH), Les Cayes, Haiti
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- Faculty of Forestry & Environment, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Herpetology Lab, Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale, UFR Environnement, Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire
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- IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Zoology Unit, Research and Education Section, Sabah Parks, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
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- Allwetterzoo, Münster, Germany
- Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
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- Rio Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Proyecto Coqui, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, República de Panamá
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- California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, USA
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- Center for Biodiversity, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Centre for Research in Emerging Tropical Diseases, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India
- EDGE of Existence programme, Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
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- Environmental Studies, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY, USA
- , Prescott, Ontario, Canada
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- Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, National University of Laos, Vientiane, Laos
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- Herpetology Department, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Sciences Sremlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- School of Agriculture, Geography, Environment, Ocean and Natural Sciences, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
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- School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Re:wild, Austin, TX, USA
- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland
- A Rocha International, London, UK
- Synchronicity Earth, London, UK
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Pereira A, Samlali MA, S’Khifa A, Slimani T, Harris DJ. A pilot study on the use of DNA metabarcoding for diet analysis in a montane amphibian population from North Africa. AFR J HERPETOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2021.1921058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Ana Pereira
- CIBIO Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- CIBIO Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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S'khifa A, Koziel G, Vences M, Carretero MA, Slimani T. Ecophysiology of a lacertid community in the high Moroccan mountains suggests conservation guidelines. J Therm Biol 2020; 94:102743. [PMID: 33292984 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lizard species may differ in their ecophysiology due to adaptation, plasticity and/or phylogeny. In restrictive environments, ecophysiological differences of species living in sympatry are expected to reveal long-term evolutionary responses to the abiotic environment while competitive interactions should be limited. These influences can be disentangled by combining field monitoring with experimental tests. Here, three lacertid lizard species, Atlantolacerta andreanskyi, Scelarcis perspicillata and Podarcis vaucheri sharing high mountain habitats in Oukaimeden (High Atlas, Morocco), were studied. In the field, spatiotemporal variation of the thermal and hydric environment used by the lizards was monitored using data-loggers. In the lab, thermal and hydric ecophysiology was estimated through assessments of preferred temperatures (Tp) and water loss (WL) rates. Species differed in microhabitat use and, hence, in their exposure to variations in temperature and humidity. However, they only differed in their WL (A. andreanskyi > S. perspicillata > P. vaucheri) while their Tp were similar. Such partial differences of species in in the fundamental niche, likely derived from their long-term independent phylogenetic trajectories, can be used to predict their responses to climate and habitat shifts in this and other parts of their respective ranges. Results also confirm previous suggestions that, together with thermal physiology, hydric physiology plays a prominent role in the organisation of lizard communities in the temperate region.
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- Abderrahim S'khifa
- Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, PO Box: 2390, Marrakech 40 000, Morocco
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- Zoological Institute. Braunschweig University of Technology, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Zoological Institute. Braunschweig University of Technology, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- CIBIO Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas No. 7. 4485-661 Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal; Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, PO Box: 2390, Marrakech 40 000, Morocco.
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Giovannotti M, S'Khifa A, Nisi Cerioni P, Splendiani A, Slimani T, Fioravanti T, Olmo E, Caputo Barucchi V. Isolation and characterization of two satellite DNAs in Atlantolacerta andreanskyi (Werner, 1929) (Reptilia, Lacertidae). J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol 2020; 334:178-191. [PMID: 32061054 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Revised: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Two satellite DNAs (satDNAs) have been isolated and characterized from three populations of Atlantolacerta andreanskyi. One satDNA (AAN-TaqI) has been isolated here from the first time. It is characterized by a tendency to AT enrichment (AT = 54.2%) and monomer length ranging from 187 to 199 bp. FISH experiments showed that this element occurs in subterminal position on the short arms of all chromosomes of the complement. The analyses of genetic variability of AAN-TaqI showed that the concerted evolution is acting effectively on these repeats that form separate clusters consistent with the geographic origin in the phylogenetic tree, thus supporting the hypothesis that A. andreanskyi would be a species complex. In addition, in the population from Jbel Aoulime this satDNA is already differentiated into two subfamilies. The other satDNA belongs to the family of IMO-TaqI already isolated in other lacertids. Differently from AAN-TaqI, concerted evolution does not seem to act effectively on this element that is not differentiated between populations. These results confirm that IMO-TaqI (AT = 53.4%) is conserved in both chromosomal position and most of its sequence in the lacertids from which it has been characterized so far. Its remarkable evolutionary conservation for about 45 million years could indicate that this satDNA may have a functional role that future investigations could unveil. Once again, this study shows how satDNAs coexisting in the same genome may differ in their evolutionary pattern, even though the reasons underlying this phenomenon in the species here studied have still to be fully understood.
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- Massimo Giovannotti
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Boulevard Prince Moulay Abdellah, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Boulevard Prince Moulay Abdellah, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Rodríguez-Rodríguez EJ, Beltrán JF, El Mouden EH, Slimani T, Márquez R, Donaire-Barroso D. Climate change challenges IUCN conservation priorities: a test with western Mediterranean amphibians. SN Appl Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s42452-020-2002-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Garcia-Porta J, Irisarri I, Kirchner M, Rodríguez A, Kirchhof S, Brown JL, MacLeod A, Turner AP, Ahmadzadeh F, Albaladejo G, Crnobrnja-Isailovic J, De la Riva I, Fawzi A, Galán P, Göçmen B, Harris DJ, Jiménez-Robles O, Joger U, Jovanović Glavaš O, Karış M, Koziel G, Künzel S, Lyra M, Miles D, Nogales M, Oğuz MA, Pafilis P, Rancilhac L, Rodríguez N, Rodríguez Concepción B, Sanchez E, Salvi D, Slimani T, S'khifa A, Qashqaei AT, Žagar A, Lemmon A, Moriarty Lemmon E, Carretero MA, Carranza S, Philippe H, Sinervo B, Müller J, Vences M, Wollenberg Valero KC. Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4077. [PMID: 31501432 PMCID: PMC6733905 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11943-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Climatic conditions changing over time and space shape the evolution of organisms at multiple levels, including temperate lizards in the family Lacertidae. Here we reconstruct a dated phylogenetic tree of 262 lacertid species based on a supermatrix relying on novel phylogenomic datasets and fossil calibrations. Diversification of lacertids was accompanied by an increasing disparity among occupied bioclimatic niches, especially in the last 10 Ma, during a period of progressive global cooling. Temperate species also underwent a genome-wide slowdown in molecular substitution rates compared to tropical and desert-adapted lacertids. Evaporative water loss and preferred temperature are correlated with bioclimatic parameters, indicating physiological adaptations to climate. Tropical, but also some populations of cool-adapted species experience maximum temperatures close to their preferred temperatures. We hypothesize these species-specific physiological preferences may constitute a handicap to prevail under rapid global warming, and contribute to explaining local lizard extinctions in cool and humid climates.
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- Joan Garcia-Porta
- CREAF, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Zoology, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX, Kingston-Upon-Hull, UK
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- Department of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, Environmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C, Tehran, Iran
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- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez, 38206, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Institute for Biological Research "S. Stanković" University of Belgrade, Despota Stefana 142, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
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- Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Sciences, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Departamento de Bioloxía, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE), 15071, A Coruña, Spain
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- Zoology Section, Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, University of Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Process Technologies, Acıgöl Vocational High School of Technical Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, 50300, Nevşehir, Turkey
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- Zoological Institute, Braunschweig University of Technology, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez, 38206, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Zoology Section, Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Section of Zoology and Marine Biology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, Ilissia, Athens, 157-84, Greece
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- Zoological Institute, Braunschweig University of Technology, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez, 38206, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez, 38206, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Zoological Institute, Braunschweig University of Technology, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, University of Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- Department of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100, Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Faculty of Sciences, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Department of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, Environmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C, Tehran, Iran
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- National Institute of Biology NIB, Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, Vecna pot 111, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University, Dirac Science Library, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, University of Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat, Pompeu Fabra), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-,49, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, UMR CNRS 5321, Station of Theoretical and Experimental Ecology, 09200, Moulis, France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Institute for the Study of the Ecological and Evolutionary Climate Impacts, University of California, 130 McAllister Way, Coastal Biology Building, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Zoological Institute, Braunschweig University of Technology, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany.
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El Hassani MS, El Hassan EM, Slimani T, Bonnet X. Morphological and physiological assessments reveal that freshwater turtle (Mauremys leprosa) can flourish under extremely degraded-polluted conditions. Chemosphere 2019; 220:432-441. [PMID: 30594794 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Freshwater turtles are long-lived sedentary organisms used as biological sentinels to assess anthropogenic perturbations in freshwater-ecosystems; notably because pollutants tend to accumulate in their tissues. Pollution has detrimental effects in sea turtles, but studies in freshwater turtles have provided contrasted results: several species have been impacted by habitat perturbation and pollution while others not. It is important to explore this issue since freshwater turtles are threatened worldwide. We compared two populations of the stripe necked terrapin (Mauremys leprosa) in a relatively pristine area (piedmont of the Atlas mountain) versus an extremely degraded-polluted area (sewers of a large city) in Morocco. All morphological and physiological proxies showed that turtles were able to cope remarkably well with highly degraded-polluted habitat. Population density, body size, and body condition were higher in the sewers, likely due to permanent water and food availability associated with human wastes. Stress markers (e.g. glucocorticoids) provided complex results likely reflecting the capacity of turtles to respond to various stressors. Reproductive parameters (testosterone level, indices of vitellogenesis) were lower in the relatively pristine area. The deceptive overall image provided by these analyses may hide the disastrous human impact on rivers. Indeed, Mauremys leprosa is the only aquatic vertebrate able to survive in the sewers, and thus, might nonetheless be a pertinent indicator of water quality, providing that the complexity of eco-physiological responses is considered.
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- Mohamed Said El Hassani
- Cadi Ayyad University Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, P.O. Box 2390, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
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- Cadi Ayyad University Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, P.O. Box 2390, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
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- Cadi Ayyad University Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, P.O. Box 2390, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
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- Centre d'Etude Biologique de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS, Université de La Rochelle, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France.
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Dinis M, Merabet K, Martínez-Freiría F, Steinfartz S, Vences M, Burgon JD, Elmer KR, Donaire D, Hinckley A, Fahd S, Joger U, Fawzi A, Slimani T, Velo-Antón G. Allopatric diversification and evolutionary melting pot in a North African Palearctic relict: The biogeographic history of Salamandra algira. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2019; 130:81-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Giovannotti M, Nisi Cerioni P, Rojo V, Olmo E, Slimani T, Splendiani A, Caputo Barucchi V. Characterization of a satellite DNA in the genera Lacerta andTimon(Reptilia, Lacertidae) and its role in the differentiation of the W chromosome. J Exp Zool (Mol Dev Evol ) 2018; 330:83-95. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Revised: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Massimo Giovannotti
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente; Università Politecnica delle Marche; via Brecce Bianche Ancona Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente; Università Politecnica delle Marche; via Brecce Bianche Ancona Italy
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- AllGenetics & Biology SL; Edificio CICA; Campus de Elviña s/n, A Coruña Spain
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology; Evolutionary Biology Group (GIBE); Universidade da Coruña; A Fraga 10, A Coruña Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente; Università Politecnica delle Marche; via Brecce Bianche Ancona Italy
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- Cadi Ayyad University; Faculty of Sciences Semlalia; Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics; Marrakech Morocco
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente; Università Politecnica delle Marche; via Brecce Bianche Ancona Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente; Università Politecnica delle Marche; via Brecce Bianche Ancona Italy
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Istituto di Scienze Marine Sezione Pesca Marittima; Largo Fiera della Pesca; Ancona Italy
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Slimani T, El Hassani MS, El Mouden EH, Bonnet M, Bustamante P, Brischoux F, Brault-Favrou M, Bonnet X. Large-scale geographic patterns of mercury contamination in Morocco revealed by freshwater turtles. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2018; 25:2350-2360. [PMID: 29124637 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0643-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Mercury (Hg) is a toxic contaminant present in most aquatic ecosystems. High concentrations pose serious threats to organisms and to human health. Because previous studies focused on few countries, environmental hazard due to Hg contamination remains obscure in many geographic areas, and for example limited information is available in North Africa. We examined total Hg contamination in 13 sites in Morocco (12 rivers and one lake) spread over a large area, 400 km north-south and 350 km west-east, that encompasses different biogeographic zones separated by the Atlas Mountains. Due to their longevity and sedentary habits, we used freshwater turtles as biological probes to monitor Hg exposure. Keratinized tissues reflect long-term Hg exposure; thus, we assayed Hg concentration in the claws of > 200 individuals and supplemented these data with blood Hg concentrations of > 60 individuals (a tissue that provides shorter term Hg exposure integration). The results provide the first large-scale picture of Hg contamination in the aquatic freshwater systems of Morocco. Comparisons with previous studies revealed that some of the sites were highly contaminated (e.g. mean Hg concentrations were above 5 μg g-1, a very high level in keratinized tissues) whereas other sites presented moderate or baseline levels. Unexpectedly, all highly contaminated sites were found in less densely populated areas, while more densely urbanized northern sites, even the sewers of large cities, were not highly contaminated. We hypothesize that silver mining activities in the southern High Atlas and in the Anti-Atlas contaminate rivers of the catchment basins over long distances. These findings indicate that fish, water consumption and contamination levels in local people should be further scrutinized.
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- Tahar Slimani
- Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Cadi Ayyad University, P.O. Box 2390, 40000, Marrakesh, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Cadi Ayyad University, P.O. Box 2390, 40000, Marrakesh, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Cadi Ayyad University, P.O. Box 2390, 40000, Marrakesh, Morocco
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- Centre d'Etude Biologique de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS-Université de La Rochelle, 79360, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266, CNRS-Université de la Rochelle, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000, La Rochelle, France
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- Centre d'Etude Biologique de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS-Université de La Rochelle, 79360, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266, CNRS-Université de la Rochelle, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000, La Rochelle, France
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- Centre d'Etude Biologique de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS-Université de La Rochelle, 79360, Villiers en Bois, France.
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Márquez R, Beltrán JF, Pita-Vaca I, Samlali MA, S’Khifa A, Slimani T, El Mouden EH. Release calls of Moroccan spadefoot toad, Pelobates varaldii (Anura, Pelobatidae). AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA 2018. [DOI: 10.1163/15685381-20181012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Release calls of Pelobates varaldii Pasteur and Bons (1959) are described quantitatively based on airborne recordings obtained from 4 males and 12 females from a population of the extreme north of its range. The calls are sequences of pulsed notes with a variable number of pulses per note. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report on the acoustic repertoire of this endemic endangered species from Morocco.
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- Rafael Márquez
- 1Fonoteca Zoológica, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- 2Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes, 6, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
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- 3Cycle Préparatoire Polytechnique de Toulouse – Thème Biologie, 6 Allée Émile Monso, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- 4Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Cadi Ayyad University, P.O. Box 2390, 40000 Marrakesh, Morocco
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- 4Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Cadi Ayyad University, P.O. Box 2390, 40000 Marrakesh, Morocco
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- 4Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Cadi Ayyad University, P.O. Box 2390, 40000 Marrakesh, Morocco
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- 4Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratory Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Cadi Ayyad University, P.O. Box 2390, 40000 Marrakesh, Morocco
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Giovannotti M, Nisi Cerioni P, Slimani T, Splendiani A, Paoletti A, Fawzi A, Olmo E, Caputo Barucchi V. Cytogenetic Characterization of a Population of Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus Duméril and Bibron, 1839 (Reptilia, Lacertidae), from Southwestern Morocco and Insights into Sex Chromosome Evolution. Cytogenet Genome Res 2017; 153:86-95. [PMID: 29183018 DOI: 10.1159/000484533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus is now regarded as an ecotype of A. erythrurus with which it has been recently synonymized. Despite the wide range of A. erythrurus, karyological data for this species are scarce and limited to classical cytogenetic studies carried out in individuals from only 2 locations (central Spain and Spanish enclave of Melilla on the northwestern Mediterranean Moroccan coast). Here, for the first time, we cytogenetically characterized individuals of A. lineomaculatus from the southwestern Moroccan Atlantic coast with the aim to increase the karyological knowledge of this wide-ranging species and to assess if any chromosomal changes can be found in this ecotype in comparison to other populations of this species. The diploid number of the individuals investigated is 2n = 38 which is typical of most lacertids. Active NORs were located telomerically in a medium-small pair of chromosomes, and no inactive NORs were detected. C-banding revealed an intensely heterochromatic W chromosome composed of AT-rich (centromere and long arm telomeric region) and GC-rich (most of the long arm) regions, with extended interstitial telomeric sequences. These telomere-like repeats occupy the GC-rich heterochromatin of the W. The DNA composition of the W represents a trait distinguishing A. lineomaculatus (southwestern Morocco) from A. erythrurus from Spain that possess a DAPI-positive (AT-rich) W chromosome. In conclusion, these results add further evidence to the remarkable karyotype conservation in lacertid lizards, although differences in NOR location and in W chromosome structure among populations could suggest an incipient speciation mediated by chromosome changes in this wide-ranging lizard species.
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- Massimo Giovannotti
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Lyra ML, Joger U, Schulte U, Slimani T, El Mouden EH, Bouazza A, Künzel S, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Vences M. The mitochondrial genomes of Atlas Geckos ( Quedenfeldtia): mitogenome assembly from transcriptomes and anchored hybrid enrichment datasets. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2017; 2:356-358. [PMID: 33473826 PMCID: PMC7800026 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1339212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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The nearly complete mitogenomes of the two species of North African Atlas geckos, Quedenfeldtia moerens and Q. trachyblepharus were assembled from anchored hybrid enrichment data and RNAseq data. Congruent assemblies were obtained for four samples included in both datasets. We recovered the 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and two rRNA genes for both species, including partial control region. The order of genes agrees with that of other geckos.
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- Mariana L. Lyra
- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Brazil
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- Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Büro für Faunistische Gutachten, Borgholzhausen, Germany
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- Faculty of Sciences, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany
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- Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University, Dirac Science Library, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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Bouazza A, Slimani T, El Mouden H, Blouin‐Demers G, Lourdais O. Thermal constraints and the influence of reproduction on thermoregulation in a high‐altitude gecko (
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus
). J Zool (1987) 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A. Bouazza
- Laboratoire Biodiversité et Dynamique des Écosystèmes Faculté des Sciences Semlalia Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech Maroc
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- Laboratoire Biodiversité et Dynamique des Écosystèmes Faculté des Sciences Semlalia Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech Maroc
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- Laboratoire Biodiversité et Dynamique des Écosystèmes Faculté des Sciences Semlalia Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech Maroc
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- Département de Biologie Université d'Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Villiers en Bois France
- School of Life Sciences Arizona State University Tempe AZ USA
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Bonnet X, El Hassani MS, Lecq S, Michel CL, El Mouden EH, Michaud B, Slimani T. Blood mixtures: impact of puncture site on blood parameters. J Comp Physiol B 2016; 186:787-800. [PMID: 27146147 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-016-0993-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Revised: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Various puncture routes, veins, arteries, heart, are used to take blood in animals. For anatomical reasons, differences in blood composition are expected among puncture sites. However, this issue has been rarely assessed and contrasted results have been reported: strong effects of puncture site versus a lack of effect. We captured free-ranging freshwater turtles from different locations to compare the mean concentrations of 12 blood parameters (metabolites, hormone, ions, and enzyme) among three puncture sites: (1) a lateral branch of the jugular vein, (2) a dorsal subcarapacial cervical plexus (sometimes incorrectly referred as the 'cervical sinus' in the literature), and (3) a caudal plexus site (sometimes incorrectly referred as the 'caudal sinus'). Because we used very small syringes (27-30G), we were able to separate lymph, blood, or blood-lymph mixtures. Our results show very strong effects of puncture site and of mixture level (mean maximal difference between sites was 250 %). We also found strong sex and geographical effects. Typically, there were differences in concentrations of blood solutes sampled from the lateral jugular vein and subcarapacial plexus, mainly due to sampling a mixture of blood and lymph from the 'blood' at the subcarapacial site and pure blood from the lateral jugular site, and likewise, samples from the caudal site were highly variable due to often sampling a mixture of blood and lymph. These results have technical and fundamental implications, especially when performing comparative analyses. Further, by selecting precise puncture sites, physiological differences between lymph and blood compartments could be investigated.
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- X Bonnet
- Centre d'Etude Biologique de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS-ULR, 79360, Villiers en Bois, France.
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- Laboratoire Biodiversité et Dynamique des Ecosystèmes, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, BP: 2390, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Centre d'Etude Biologique de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS-ULR, 79360, Villiers en Bois, France
- , 17 rue Denis Diderot, 44600, Saint Nazaire, France
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- Centre d'Etude Biologique de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS-ULR, 79360, Villiers en Bois, France
- , 6 Routes des Maures, 83660, Carnoules, France
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- Laboratoire Biodiversité et Dynamique des Ecosystèmes, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, BP: 2390, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Centre d'Etude Biologique de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS-ULR, 79360, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Laboratoire Biodiversité et Dynamique des Ecosystèmes, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, BP: 2390, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco
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Lansari A, Vences M, Hauswaldt S, Hendrix R, Donaire D, Bouazza A, Joger U, El Mouden EH, Slimani T. The Atlas Massif separates a northern and a southern mitochondrial haplotype group of North African water frogs Pelophylax saharicus (Anura: Ranidae) in Morocco. AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA 2015. [DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We assessed the genetic variation of 47 Moroccan populations of the North African water frog (Pelophylax saharicus) using partial sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (COI). All 239 samples belonged to the main haplotype clade previously identified from Morocco, with no haplotypes of the Algerian/Tunisian clades among our samples. Altogether 40 haplotypes were found, with a maximum of 13 mutational steps between them. Two weakly divergent haplogroups separated by a minimum of six mutational steps were distributed (i) in the Anti-Atlas and the Sahara (south of the High Atlas Mountains) versus (ii) in the Middle Atlas, the High Atlas, and in the Rif area north of the Atlas Massif. Haplotypes of the northern haplogroup were found at the southernmost locality, which might be due to human translocation, and co-occurrence of the two haplogroups was recorded at three sites within the range of the northern haplogroup.
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- Aziza Lansari
- Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, B.P. 2390, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
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- Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Asociación Herpetológica Fretum Gaditanum, Calle Mar Egeo 7, 11407 Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain
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- Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, B.P. 2390, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
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- Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Gausstr. 22, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, B.P. 2390, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
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- Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Laboratory, B.P. 2390, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
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Moulherat S, Delmas V, Slimani T, El Mouden EH, Louzizi T, Lagarde F, Bonnet X. How far can a tortoise walk in open habitat before overheating? Implications for conservation. J Nat Conserv 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2013.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Vences M, de Pous P, Nicolas V, Díaz-Rodríguez J, Donaire D, Hugemann K, Hauswaldt JS, Amat F, Barnestein JA, Bogaerts S, Bouazza A, Carranza S, Galán P, González de la Vega JP, Joger U, Lansari A, El Mouden EH, Ohler A, Sanuy D, Slimani T, Tejedo M. New insights on phylogeography and distribution of painted frogs (Discoglossus) in northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA 2014. [DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Painted frogs (Discoglossus) contain five to six species of Western Palearctic anurans that are mainly distributed in allopatry. We here provide the first comprehensive assessment of the phylogeography of the Moroccan species D. scovazzi and geographically characterize its contact zone with D. pictus in Eastern Morocco. Discoglossus scovazzi shows, in general, a weak phylogeographic structure across Morocco on the basis of mitochondrial DNA sequences of the cytochrome b gene, with only populations centered in the Atlas Mountains characterized by the presence of slightly divergent haplotypes. In eastern Morocco, all populations east of the Moulouya River were clearly assignable to D. pictus. This species was also found along the Mediterranean coast west of the Moulouya, in the cities of Nador and Melilla, suggesting that not the river itself but the wide arid valley extending along much of the river (except close to the estuary) acts as a possible distributional barrier to these frogs. No sympatry of D. scovazzi with D. pictus was observed, and all specimens were concordantly assigned to either species by DNA sequences of cytochrome b and of the nuclear marker RAG1. Species distribution models of the two taxa show largely overlapping areas of suitable habitat, and the two species’ niches are significantly more similar than would be expected given the underlying environmental differences between the regions in which they occur. Comparative data are also presented from the southern Iberian contact zone of D. galganoi galganoi and D. g. jeanneae. These taxa showed less clear-cut distributional borders, extensively shared RAG1 haplotypes, and had instances of sympatric occurrence on the basis of cytochrome b haplotypes, in agreement with the hypothesis of a yet incomplete speciation. In this wide contact zone area we found mitochondrial sequences containing double peaks in electropherograms, suggesting nuclear pseudogenes or (less likely) heteroplasmy, possibly related to the ongoing admixture among the lineages.
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- Miguel Vences
- Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Faculty of Life Sciences and Engineering, Departament de Producció Animal (Fauna Silvestre), Universitat de Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département de Systématique et Evolution, UMR ISYEB MNHN CNRS EPHE UPMC 7205, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 51, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC, Av. Americo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, R. Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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- Asociación Herpetológica Fretum Gaditanum, Calle Mar Egeo 7, 11407 Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain
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- Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Àrea d‘Herpetologia, Museu de Granollers-Ciències Naturals, Francesc Macià 51, 08400 Granollers, Catalonia, Spain
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- Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences, Vertebrate Biodiversity and Ecology Laboratory, B.P. 2390, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
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- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département de Systématique et Evolution, UMR ISYEB MNHN CNRS EPHE UPMC 7205, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 51, 75005 Paris, France
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- Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Gausstr. 22, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences, Vertebrate Biodiversity and Ecology Laboratory, B.P. 2390, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
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- Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences, Vertebrate Biodiversity and Ecology Laboratory, B.P. 2390, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
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- Département de Systématique et Evolution, UMR 7205 OSEB, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 25 rue Cuvier, CP 30, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences, Vertebrate Biodiversity and Ecology Laboratory, B.P. 2390, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC, Av. Americo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Blouin-Demers G, Lourdais O, Bouazza A, Verreault C, El Mouden H, Slimani T. Patterns of throat colour variation in Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus, a high-altitude gecko endemic to the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA 2013. [DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The persistence of marked phenotypic variation within species is evolutionarily puzzling. We uncovered remarkable variation in throat colouration in a high-altitude gecko (Atlas Day Gecko, Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus) endemic to the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Orange, yellow, and white variants were found in approximately equal proportions in both sexes, and in juveniles and adults. The colour variants did not differ in body size or in body condition, but there was some indication that orange males have relatively longer jaws than white or yellow males. The number of mites harboured by an individual was not a function of its sex or of its throat colouration, but larger lizards did harbour more mites. Our data do not support the hypotheses that throat colour variation is due to selection pressures differing between the sexes or through ontogeny, or signals immunocompetence, but offer some support for the hypothesis that throat colour variation signals dominance. Future investigations on the evolution of throat colour variation in this species should use spectrophotometry to obtain finer colour classification and incorporate measures of fitness.
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- 2Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Villiers en Bois, 79360 France
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- 3Laboratoire Biodiversité et Dynamique des Écosystèmes, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, 40 000 Maroc
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- 4Parc de la Gatineau, Commission de la Capitale Nationale, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1C7 Canada
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- 3Laboratoire Biodiversité et Dynamique des Écosystèmes, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, 40 000 Maroc
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- 3Laboratoire Biodiversité et Dynamique des Écosystèmes, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, 40 000 Maroc
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Arias A, Márquez R, Llusia D, Beltrán JF, Slimani T, Radi M, Fattah A, El Mouden EH. Effects of temperature on the song parameters of the Moroccan bushcricketEugaster spinulosa(Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). BIOACOUSTICS 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2012.686185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Anadón JD, Giménez A, Graciá E, Pérez I, Ferrández M, Fahd S, El Mouden H, Kalboussi M, Jdeidi T, Larbes S, Rouag R, Slimani T, Znari M, Fritz U. Distribution of Testudo graeca in the western Mediterranean according to climatic factors. AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA 2012. [DOI: 10.1163/156853812x643710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Despite being one of the most charismatic elements of the Mediterranean Basin fauna and its threatened status, the western Mediterranean range of Testudo graeca is at present very poorly known. The present work provides the most detailed geographical and ecological description for the North African clade of T. graeca so far. We gathered 283 occurrence data of T. graeca in North Africa and modelled the distribution by means of presence-only distribution modelling tools. The obtained model was then projected to southern Europe in order to explore whether the environmental characteristics of European populations fall into the predicted niche of the species in North Africa.
T. graeca showed a wide environmental range in North Africa. Presence localities ranged from the sea level to 2090 m of altitude and from 116 to 1093 mm of annual precipitation. The presence-only model indicates that distribution in North Africa is mainly related to rainfall, specifically rainfall values in the wettest and coldest quarter of the year. The distribution model showed a range of ca. 1 000 000 km2. The projection of the model to southern Europe showed that the southern Iberian and Balkan Peninsulas, as well as most Mediterranean islands, present climatic conditions within those found in the range of the species in North Africa.
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- José Daniel Anadón
- 1Área de Ecología, Dept. de Biología Aplicada, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain
- 2Dept. of Ecological Modelling, UFZ – Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
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- 1Área de Ecología, Dept. de Biología Aplicada, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- 1Área de Ecología, Dept. de Biología Aplicada, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- 1Área de Ecología, Dept. de Biología Aplicada, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- 4Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, BP. 2121, Tétouan, Morocco
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- 5Laboratoire d’Ecologie Animale Terrestre, Faculté des Sciences, Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, BP 2390, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco
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- 7Zoology Department, Science Faculty, Alfateh University, Tripoli, Libya
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- 8Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et Agronomiques, Université M. Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
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- 9Centre Universitaire d’El Tarf, 36100 El Tarf, Algeria
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- 5Laboratoire d’Ecologie Animale Terrestre, Faculté des Sciences, Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, BP 2390, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco
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- 10Laboratory of Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, Dept. of Biology, Faculty of Science, Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, BP 2390, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco
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- 11Museum of Zoology (Museum für Tierkunde), Senckenberg Dresden, A. B. Meyer Building, D-01109 Dresden, Germany
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Bonnet X, Delmas V, El-Mouden H, Slimani T, Sterijovski B, Kuchling G. Is sexual body shape dimorphism consistent in aquatic and terrestrial chelonians? ZOOLOGY 2010; 113:213-20. [PMID: 20832271 DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2010.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2009] [Revised: 02/18/2010] [Accepted: 03/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Comparisons between aquatic and terrestrial species provide an opportunity to examine how sex-specific adaptations interact with the environment to influence body shape. In terrestrial female tortoises, selection for fecundity favors the development of a large internal abdominal cavity to accommodate the clutch; in conspecific males, sexual selection favors mobility with large openings in the shell. To examine to what extent such trends apply in aquatic chelonians we compared the body shape of males and females of two aquatic turtles (Chelodina colliei and Mauremys leprosa). In both species, females were larger than males. When controlled for body size, females exhibited a greater relative internal volume and a higher body condition index than males; both traits potentially correlate positively with fecundity. Males were more streamlined (hydrodynamic), and exhibited larger openings in the shell providing more space to move their longer limbs; such traits probably improve mobility and copulation ability (the males chase and grab the female for copulation). Overall, although the specific constraints imposed by terrestrial and aquatic locomotion shape the morphology of chelonians differently (aquatic turtles were flatter, hence more hydrodynamic than terrestrial tortoises), the direction for sexual shape dimorphism remained unaffected. Our main conclusion is that the direction of sexual shape dimorphism is probably more consistent than sexual size dimorphism in the animal kingdom.
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- Xavier Bonnet
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UPR 1934, F-79360 Beauvoir sur Niort, France.
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Sereau M, Lagarde F, Bonnet X, El Mouden EH, Slimani T, Dubroca L, Trouvé C, Dano S, Lacroix A. Does testosterone influence activity budget in the male Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca graeca)? Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 167:181-9. [PMID: 20226191 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2009] [Revised: 03/03/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The stimulatory effect of testosterone on male sexual activity is one of the clearest examples linking hormones and behaviors. However, this relationship is complex in Chelonians. We experimentally studied the influence of testosterone levels on the activity budget and space use in male Greek tortoises (Testudo graeca graeca) during the spring mating season. We first described the annual pattern of changes in plasma testosterone levels in free-ranging animals in Morocco. Two peaks, one in winter and one in summer, corresponded to periods of inactivity; whereas mating periods in spring and to a lesser extent in autumn were associated with low plasma testosterone levels. Second, we experimentally manipulated plasma testosterone levels in free-ranging males, and analyzed the behavioral consequences. The strong contrasts in plasma hormone levels induced by the experimental treatments did not result in changes in activity budget or space use, both in the short-term or more than one month after the beginning of the hormonal treatment. Our results suggest that testosterone levels did not influence directly behavioral activity in this species, either immediately or after a time delay of one month.
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- Matthieu Sereau
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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Kaddour KB, Mouden EHE, Slimani T, Bonnet X, Lagarde F. Sexual Dimorphism in the Greek Tortoise: A Test of the Body Shape Hypothesis. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2008. [DOI: 10.2744/ccb-0649.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Hidalgo-Vila J, Díaz-Paniagua C, Ruiz X, Portheault A, El Mouden H, Slimani T, de Frutos C, de Caso MS. Salmonella species in free-living spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca) in central western Morocco. Vet Rec 2008; 162:218-9. [PMID: 18281632 DOI: 10.1136/vr.162.7.218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- J Hidalgo-Vila
- Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Avenida María Luisa s/n, Seville, Spain
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Lagarde F, Guillon M, Dubroca L, Bonnet X, Ben Kaddour K, Slimani T, El mouden E. Slowness and acceleration: a new method to quantify the activity budget of chelonians. Anim Behav 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ben Kaddour K, El Mouden EH, Slimani T, Lagarde F, Bonnet X. Dimorphisme sexuel et cinétique de croissance et de maturation chez Testudo g. graeca, dans les Jbilets centrales, Maroc. revec 2005. [DOI: 10.3406/revec.2005.1270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Slimani T, Goudeau P, Naudon A, Farges G, Derep JL. Grazing-incidence X-ray scattering study of the microstructure of tungsten–carbon films. J Appl Crystallogr 1991. [DOI: 10.1107/s0021889891001450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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