Genetic diversity feeds the evolutionary process and allows populations to adapt to environmental
changes. However, we still lack a thorough understanding of why hotspots of genetic …

The field of molecular phylogenetics is being revolutionized with next‐generation
sequencing technologies making it possible to sequence large numbers of genomes for non‐model …

Rare hybridisations between deeply divergent animal species have been reported for decades
in a wide range of taxa, but have often remained unexplained, mainly considered chance …

Dispersal is a key process in ecology and evolutionary biology, as it shapes biodiversity
patterns over space and time. Attitude to disperse is unevenly distributed among individuals …

Mediterranean peninsulas are major biodiversity hotspots, and cold-adapted species are an
important component of this biodiversity. However, cold-adapted species contributed …

Many herpetofauna species have been introduced outside of their native range. MtDNA
barcoding is regularly used to determine the provenance of such populations. The alpine newt …

Inter-individual variation in antipredatory behaviour has long attracted curiosity among
scientists. Deimatism is a complex, multi-component antipredatory strategy consisting of prey …

It is now well established that Southern European peninsulas have been major glacial
refugia for temperate species during Pleistocene climatic oscillations. However, substantial …

Water frogs of the genus Pelophylax have been widely traded by humans across all European
countries for decades, and so far they have been shown to be invasive in most of them. …

Understanding the genomic underpinnings of antipredatory behaviors is a hot topic in eco-evolutionary
research. Yellow-bellied toad of the genus Bombina are textbook examples of …