| variation in food availability mediate the impact of density on cannibalism, growth, and survival in larval yellow spotted mountain newts (neurergus microspilotus): implications for captive breeding programs. | in this study, we examined cannibalistic behavior, growth, metamorphosis, and survival in larval and post-metamorph endangered yellow spotted mountain newts neurergus microspilotus hatched and reared in a captive breeding facility. we designed a 2 × 2 factorial experiment, crossing two levels of food with two levels of density including high food/high density, high food/low density, low food/high density, and low food/low density. the level of cannibalistic behavior (including the loss of fore a ... | 2016 | 27704614 |
| mitochondrial dna sequence analysis reveals multiple pleistocene glacial refugia for the yellow-spotted mountain newt, neurergus derjugini (caudata: salamandridae) in the mid-zagros range in iran and iraq. | phylogeography is often used to investigate the effects of glacial cycles on current genetic structure of various plant and animal species. this approach can also identify the number and location of glacial refugia as well as the recolonization routes from those refugia to the current locations. to identify the location of glacial refugia of the yellow-spotted mountain newt, neurergus derjugini, we employed phylogeography patterns and genetic variability of this species by analyzing partial nd4 ... | 2020 | 32537127 |