Publications

assimilation of cadmium in a european lacertid lizard: is trophic transfer important?	apart from analyses for elemental contaminants in field-collected specimens, very little is known about the assimilation and accumulation of inorganic contaminants in reptiles. recent dietary studies with reptiles (and some other vertebrates and invertebrates) have taken care to incorporate the principles of trophic transfer by pre-exposing prey items to the elemental contaminant of interest. however, there are conflicting data in the literature as to whether biologically incorporated metals are ...	2006	17220089
contrasting patterns of population subdivision and historical demography in three western mediterranean lizard species inferred from mitochondrial dna variation.	pleistocene climatic oscillations were a major force shaping genetic variability in many taxa. we analyse the relative effects of the ice ages across a latitudinal gradient in the western mediterranean region, testing two main predictions: (i) species with historical distributions in northern latitudes should have experienced greater loss of suitable habitat, resulting in higher extinction of historical lineages than species distributed in southern latitudes, where the effects of the ice ages we ...	2007	17391406
bioaccumulation of cd by a european lacertid lizard after chronic exposure to cd-contaminated food.	apart from analyses for elemental contaminants in field collected specimens, very little is known about the assimilation, accumulation and toxic effects of inorganic contaminants in reptiles. this study examined the chronic accumulation of cd in a european lacertid lizard (podarcis carbonelli) following dietary provision of an environmentally realistic concentration of cd for 21 weeks. lizards were provided with cd that had either been biologically incorporated into crickets, or as cd(no3)2 adde ...	2007	17462702
an integrated assessment of a group with complex systematics: the iberomaghrebian lizard genus podarcis (squamata, lacertidae).	a critical review of the evolutionary biology of iberian and north african lizard members of the genus podarcis (lacertidae) based on phylogeny, phylogeography, morphometrics, behavior, ecology and physiology is presented. the iberomaghrebian region is inhabited by at least 12 different evolutionary lineages that group into a monophyletic clade (except podarcis muralis). in contrast to the current taxonomy, the saxicolous 'podarcis hispanica' is paraphyletic with respect to podarcis bocagei and ...	2008	21396075
permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 april 2013-31 may 2013.	this article documents the addition of 234 microsatellite marker loci to the molecular ecology resources database. loci were developed for the following species: acipenser sinensis, aleochara bilineata, aleochara bipustulata, barbus meridionalis, colossoma macropomum, delia radicum, drosophila nigrosparsa, fontainea picrosperma, helianthemum cinereum, liomys pictus, megabalanus azoricus, pelteobagrus vachelli, pleuragramma antarcticum, podarcis hispanica type 1a, sardinella brasiliensis and scle ...	2013	23937578