Salamanders: Distribution, Diversity, and Conservation
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Herpetology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 40243
Special Issue Editor
Interests: herpetology; cave biology; ecology; evolution; conservation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the opening of this Special Issue focused on urodeles! The aim of this Special Issue is to gather a wide collection of studies focused on multiple aspects of salamanders, from life history traits to conservation assessments, encompassing the wide variability in their distribution, ecology, behavior, and multiple phenotypic traits. Studies focused on the molecular biology of salamanders are also welcome. I strongly encourage the submission of studies that consider population monitoring and assessments, especially if accompanied by detailed descriptions of the adopted methodologies.
Some of the goals that the Special Issue “Salamanders: Distribution, Diversity, and Conservation” aims to reach are:
- Improving the knowledge on poorly known species;
- Providing useful methodologies and data to properly assess the species conservation status; and
- Highlighting the importance of salamanders as model species in ecological and evolutionary studies.
Dr. Enrico Lunghi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plethodontidae
- newts
- urodela
- amphibians
- endangered species
- behavior
- phenotype
- endemism
- terrestrial
- aquatic
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