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New Challenges in Amphibian Population Management and Conservation
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New Challenges in Amphibian Population Management and Conservation

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Herpetology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 1641

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Andreas Maletzky

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Department of Environment and Biodiversity, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstraße 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
Interests: amphibians; reptiles; conservation; monitoring; applied ecology; conservation genetics; habitat management; population ecology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Amphibians are among the most endangered organism groups worldwide. Their complex life cycle, which in most cases contains aquatic and terrestrial phases as well as habitats for migration and dispersal makes them highly vulnerable to diverse detrimental influences during all life stages. The ongoing loss of populations can in most cases be associated with several accumulating factors such as habitat loss, habitat manipulation and fragmentation, alien species, diseases or effects of climate change. These factors stress and weaken the fitness of populations. Conservationists and applied scientists worldwide are working on strategies and measures to cope with these stressors and to achieve a better understanding of population dynamics. This Special Issue is dedicated to current work in the field of amphibian population management and conservation.

Dr. Andreas Maletzky
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • amphibia
  • conservation
  • management
  • population ecology
  • habitat management
  • conservation genetics
  • monitoring
  • citizen conservation
  • captive breeding
  • reintroduction

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Global Warming and Long-Distance Spread of Invasive Discoglossus pictus (Amphibia, Alytidae): Conservation Implications for Protected Amphibians in the Iberian Peninsula
by Dani Villero, Albert Montori, Gustavo A. Llorente, Núria Roura-Pascual, Philippe Geniez and Lluís Brotons
Animals 2022, 12(23), 3236; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233236 - 22 Nov 2022
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Discoglossus pictus is a North African amphibian that was introduced in southern France early the 20th century and has spread south and north along the Mediterranean coastal plains up to 170 km. In order to disentangle the conservation implications of the spread of [...] Read more.
Discoglossus pictus is a North African amphibian that was introduced in southern France early the 20th century and has spread south and north along the Mediterranean coastal plains up to 170 km. In order to disentangle the conservation implications of the spread of D. pictus for sensitive native species, we examined the impact of long-term climate warming on the basis of niche overlap analysis, taking into account abiotic factors. The study area covered the distribution ranges of all genus Discoglossus species in northwestern Africa (659,784 km2), Sicily (27,711 km2), the Iberian Peninsula, and southern France (699,546 km2). Niche overlap was measured from species environmental spaces extracted via PCA, including climate and relief environmental variables. Current and future climatic suitability for each species was assessed in an ensemble-forecasting framework of species distribution models, built using contemporary species data and climate predictors and projected to 2070′s climatic conditions. Our results show a strong climatic niche overlap between D. pictus and native and endemic species in the Iberian Peninsula. In this context, all species will experience an increase in climatic suitability over the next decades, with the only exception being Pelodytes punctatus, which could be negatively affected by synergies between global warming and cohabitation with D. pictus. Full article
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