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Publications of the ZFMK staff
2020
D'Cruze, N., Bates, J., Assou, D., Ronfot, D., Coulthard, E., Segniagbeto, G. H., Auliya, M., et al. (2020): A preliminary assessment of bacteria in “ranched” ball pythons (Python regius), Togo, West Africa. - Nature Conservation 39: 73-86; https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.39.48599
de Deus, F.F., Schuchmann, K.-L., Arieira, J., Tissiani, A.S.O., Marques; M.I. (2020): Avian Beta Diversity in a Neotropical Wetland: the Effects of Flooding and Vegetation Structure. - Wetlands 40: 1513–1527.
de Oliveira, A.G., Ventura, T.M., Ganchev, T.D., Silva, L.N.S., Marques, M.I., Schuchmann, K.-L. (2020): Speeding up training of automated bird recognizers by data reduction of audio features. - PeerJ 8:e8407 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8407
Denzer, W., Campbell, P. D., Manthey, U., Glässer-Trobisch, A., Koch, A. (2020): Dragons in neglect: Taxonomic revision of the Sulawesi sailfin lizards of the genus Hydrosaurus Kaup, 1828 (Squamata, Agamidae). - Zootaxa 4747 (2): 275–301; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4747.2.3
Denzer, W., Cogger, H., Böhme, W. (2020): Lacerta varia – and then there were four: multiple use of the same species name for various lizards (Squamata: Lacertidae, Teiidae, Varanidae). – Salamandra 56(4): 355–361.
Devkota, K., Maharjan, A., Kaiser, H. (2020): You can’t always get what you want: attempted predation and prey handling of fish by the Checkered Keelback, Fowlea piscator (Schneider, 1799) in Nepal (Serpentes: Natricidae). - Herpetology Notes 13: 1073-1077 (2020).
Devkota, K., Mandal, D. N., Kaiser, H. (2020): A golden turtle in Nepal: First country record of chromatic leucism in the Spotted Northern Indian Flapshell Turtle, Lissemys punctata andersoni. - Herpetology Notes 13: 671-674.
Devkota, K., Mandal, D. N., Sah, G., O’Shea, M., Kaiser, H. (2020): First report of leucism for the kraits Bungarus walli Wall, 1907 and B. niger Wall, 1908, with updates on their geographic distribution in Nepal (Serpentes, Elapidae). - Herpetology Notes 13: 817-825.
Di-Nizo, C. B., Ferguson-Smith, M. A., Silva, M. J. J. (2020) Extensive genomic reshuffling involved in the karyotype evolution of genus Cerradomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini). - Genetics and Molecular Biology 43 (4).
Dias, I. R., Novaes-e-Fagundes, G., Neto, A. M., Zina, J., Garcia, C., Recoder, R. S., Vechio, F. D., ... , Solé, M. (2020): A new large canopy-dwelling species of Phyllodytes Wagler, 1930 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of the state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. - PeerJ 8:e8642 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8642
Dias, I. R., Silva, G. T., Solé, M., de Mira-Mendes, C. V. (2020): The advertisement call of the rare casque-headed frog Nyctimantis galeata (Anura: Hylidae) from its type locality, Morro do Chapéu, Bahia, Brazil. - Zootaxa 4853 (3): 447–450; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4853.3.8
Dömel, J.S., Dietz, L., Macher, T.-H., Rozenberg, A., Mayer, C., Spaak, J.M., Melzer, R.R., Leese, F., 2020. Analyzing drivers of speciation in the Southern Ocean using the sea spider species complex Colossendeis megalonyx as a test case. Polar Biol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02636-z
Dunne, J., Manning, K., Linstädter, J., Mikdad, A., Breeze, P., Hutterer, R., Lehnig, S., et al. 2020. Pots, plants and animals: Broad-spectrum subsidence strategies in the Early Neolithic of the Moroccan Rif region. - Quaternary International 555: 96-106.
D’Cruze, N., Assou, D., Coulthard, E., Norrey, J., Megson, D., Macdonald, D. W., Harrington, L. A., ... , Auliya, M. (2020): Snake oil and pangolin scales: insights into wild animal use at “Marché des Fétiches” traditional medicine market, Togo. - Nature Conservation 39: 45–71; https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.39.47879
D’Cruze, N., Harrington, L. A., Assou, D., Green, J., Macdonald, D. W., Ronfot, D., Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto, G., Auliya,
M. (2020): Betting the farm: A review of Ball Python and other reptile trade from Togo, West Africa. - Nature Conservation
40: 65–91; https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.40.48046
D’Cruze, N., Harrington, L. A., Assou, D., Ronfot, D., Macdonald, D. W., Segniagbeto, G. H., Auliya, M. (2020): Searching for snakes: ball python hunting in southern Togo, West Africa. - Nature Conservation 38: 13–36; https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.38.47864
D’Cruze, N., Paterson, S., Green, J., Megson, D., Warwick, C., Coulthard, E., Norrey, J., Auliya, M., et al. (2020): Dropping the Ball? The Welfare of Ball Pythons Traded in the EU and North America. - Animals 2020, 10, 413; doi:10.3390/ani10030413
Eberle, J., Ahrens, D., Mayer, C., Niehuis, O., Misof, B., 2020. A Plea for Standardized Nuclear Markers in Metazoan DNA Taxonomy. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.
Beermann, A. J., Werner, M-T., Elbrecht, V., Zizka, V. M. A., Leese F (2020): DNA metabarcoding improves the detection of multiple stressor responses of stream invertebrates to increased salinity, fine sediment deposition and reduced flow velocity. - Science of The Total Environment 750.
Elbrecht, V., Bourlat, S.J., Lindner, A., Mordente, A., Noll, N., Sorg, M., Zizka, V. (2020) Pooling size sorted malaise trap fractions to maximise taxon recovery with metabarcoding. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.09.118950v1