Study sites: Apennines |
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Site description: Several ponds have been studied in Apennines Mountains, Italy. They are located in Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont, and Calabria.
Study species: Alpine newts Mesotriton alpestris apuanus and M. a. inexpectatus (paedomorphs - individuals retaining gills at the adult stage, and metamorphs - metamorphosed adult individuals), Lissotriton vulgaris & Triturus carnifex
Reasearch topics: age structure, feeding habits, space use, effect of food on metamorphosis.
Publications:
Denoël M., Dzukic G. & Kalezic M.L. 2005. Effect of widespread fish introductions on paedomorphic newts in Europe. Conservation Biology 19: 162-170. [full text - ORBI]
Denoël M. & Andreone F. 2003. Trophic habits and aquatic microhabitat use in gilled immature, paedomorphic and metamorphic Alpine newts (Triturus alpestris apuanus) in a pond in central Italy. Belgian Journal of Zoology 133: 95-102. [full text - ORBI]
Denoël M. 2003. Avantages sélectifs d'un phénotype hétérochronique. Eco-éthologie des populations pédomorphiques du Triton alpestre, Triturus alpestris (Amphibia, Caudata). Cahiers d'Ethologie, 21 (Collection enquêtes et dossiers : 27), 327 pages. [full text - ORBI]
Denoël M., Hervant F., Schabetsberger R. & Joly P. 2002. Short- and long-term advantages of an alternative ontogenetic pathway. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 77: 105-112. [full text - ORBI]
Denoël M. & Poncin P. 2001. The effect of food on growth and metamorphosis of paedomorphs Triturus alpestris apuanus. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 152: 661-670. [full text - ORBI]
Denoël M., Duguet R., Dzukic G., Kalezic M. & Mazzotti S. 2001. Biogeography and ecology of paedomorphosis in Triturus alpestris (Amphibia, Caudata). Journal of Biogeography 28: 1271-1280. [full text - ORBI]
Denoël M. & Joly P. 2000. Neoteny and Progenesis as two heterochronic processes involved in paedomorphosis in Triturus alpestris (Amphibia, Caudata). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 267: 1481-1485. [full text - ORBI]
Denoël M. 1997. Un cas de néoténie dans un bâtiment désaffecté, chez le Triton alpestre, Triturus alpestris apuanus (Salamandridae). Alytes 15: 99-103. [full text - ORBI]
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