The Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) is sensitive to habitat destruction and alteration, as a result there has been decline in their populations across Europe. Due historical landscape changes, the of newts drawn from lowlands hilly areas have recently primarily found artificial habitats, such wheel ruts. In some inhabited by range, ruts are only available for breeding, thus one allowing ma...

Phenotypic plasticity has important ecological consequences because the strengths of species interactions can change with the behavior and morphology of interacting individuals. Evolutionary studies of plasticity can predict conditions under which shifts in phenotypes will occur and, therefore, may modify species interactions. We studied evolutionary mechanisms maintaining an induced response t...

Quantifying rarity at the intraspecific level is an important task for conservation biologists because rare phenotypes have a higher extinction risk than common ones. However, quantitative assessments of are lacking this level, preventing to adequately protect and endangered variants that part pool species. Our aim was take benefit high-resolution volunteer-based occurrence data assess quantita...

This study concerns diploid chromosome numbers and karyotype analysis of nine species belonging to four sections (Vicilla, Cracca, Variegata and Anatropostylia) of the subgenus Vicilla of the genus Vicia (Fabaceae). The chromosome numbers of Vicia alpestris subsp. hypoleuca, V. aucheri, V. ciceroideae, V. gariensis, V. iranica, V. koeieana, V. rechingeri, V. sojakii and V. venulosa are reported...