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Wolrld Congress of Herpetology 2024 – Borneo
Beautiful experience! A lot of fun, wonderful places, wounderful animals and super interesting conference. See you in Spain!
New data paper related to the monitoring activities performed on Speleomantes cave salamanders
This data paper collects information on multiple surface and subterranean populations of Speleomantes obtained throughout a four-year monitoring period. The high-quality pictures are supplied with additional information on individuals such as weight, presence of...
Presenting our preliminary results to the 10th World Congress of Herpetology and to the 26th International Conference on Subterranean Biology
Wonderfull moments spent in Borneo and in Sardinia! For the ICSB conference check also the dedicated section.Preliminary results: Preliminary data on the presenceof trace elementsin cave water and soil
New article on the trophic niche of sympatric salamanders
In this article we further studied the trophic niche of two sympatric salamanders: the Fire salamander Salamandra salamandra and the Italian cave salamander Speleomantes italicus. We here collected data on the autumnal diet and, besides comparing that of the two...
New article on salamander diet specialization
In this article we assessed the consistency of individual diet specialization of three populations of Speleomantes ambrosii throughout a period of three years. We found evidence of significant variation of the proportion of specialized individuals between different...
Sampling cave soil for METALCAVE
Members from University of L'Aquila and University of Calabria started to collect soil samples from caves. A nice "dirty" activity we enjoyed for a couple of weeks on Apennines. We sampled soil inside and outside 17 caves located in Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo.
New article on cave ecotones
In this article we analyzed the abundance of three facultative cave species inhabiting the transition zone between surface environment and deep cave areas. Speciefically, we examined the abundance of two spiders and one snail, identifying which are the environmental...
ICSB and ISAE 2024: New Award and Travel Grant Opportunities
As we gear up for the joint event of 26th International Conference on Subterranean Biology (ICSB) and 6th International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems (ISAE), we are thrilled to announce some significant updates designed to enrich the experience of our attendees...
New article on telomere length in cavefish
In this article we analyzed the telomere length in both cave and surface form of Astyanax mexicanus. Our results identifies longer telomeres in surface fish compared to cavefish, while no effect of aging was detected within sampled individuals. We hypothesize that...