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Raising awareness of amphibian chytridiomycosis will not alienate ecotourists visiting Madagascar (2010)
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Wollenberg, K. C., Jenkins, R. K., Randrianavelona, R., Ralisata, M., Rampilamanana, R., Ramanandraibe, A., Ravoahangimalala, O. R., & Vences, M. (2010). Raising awareness of amphibian chytridiomycosis will not alienate ecotourists visiting Madagascar. EcoHealth, 7(2), 248-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-010-0313-2

Chytridiomycosis (Bd) is contributing to amphibian extinctions worldwide but has so far not been detected in Madagascar. The high likelihood for Bd to spread to the island and efface this amphibian diversity and endemism hotspot requires respective c... Read More about Raising awareness of amphibian chytridiomycosis will not alienate ecotourists visiting Madagascar.

Molecular phylogeny, morphology and bioacoustics reveal five additional species of arboreal microhylid frogs of the genus Anodonthyla from Madagascar (2010)
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Vences, M., Glaw, F., Köhler, J., & Wollenberg, K. C. (2010). Molecular phylogeny, morphology and bioacoustics reveal five additional species of arboreal microhylid frogs of the genus Anodonthyla from Madagascar. Contributions to Zoology, 79(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-07901001

We provide a partial revision of the microhylid frogs of the genus Anodonthyla, endemic to Madagascar, based on comprehensive molecular, bioacoustic and morphological data sets that include newly collected specimens from multiple localities. The mole... Read More about Molecular phylogeny, morphology and bioacoustics reveal five additional species of arboreal microhylid frogs of the genus Anodonthyla from Madagascar.

Madagascar as a model region of species diversification (2009)
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Vences, M., Wollenberg, K. C., Vieites, D. R., & Lees, D. C. (2009). Madagascar as a model region of species diversification. Trends in ecology & evolution, 24(8), 456-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.03.011

Tropical biotas provide excellent settings in which to explore mechanisms of evolutionary diversification, yet these processes remain poorly understood. Pioneering work on biodiversity patterns and diversification processes in other tropical regions... Read More about Madagascar as a model region of species diversification.

Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory (2009)
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Vieites, D. R., Wollenberg, K. C., Andreone, F., Köhler, J., Glaw, F., & Vences, M. (2009). Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(20), 8267-8272. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0810821106

Amphibians are in decline worldwide. However, their patterns of diversity, especially in the tropics, are not well understood, mainly because of incomplete information on taxonomy and distribution. We assess morphological, bioacoustic, and genetic va... Read More about Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory.

Why colour in subterranean vertebrates? Exploring the evolution of colour patterns in caecilian amphibians (2009)
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Wollenberg, K. C., & John Measey, G. (2009). Why colour in subterranean vertebrates? Exploring the evolution of colour patterns in caecilian amphibians. Journal of evolutionary biology, 22(5), 1046-1056. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01717.x

The proximate functions of animal skin colour are difficult to assign as they can result from natural selection, sexual selection or neutral evolution under genetic drift. Most often colour patterns are thought to signal visual stimuli; so, their pre... Read More about Why colour in subterranean vertebrates? Exploring the evolution of colour patterns in caecilian amphibians.

Patterns of endemism and species richness in Malagasy cophyline frogs support a key role of mountainous areas for speciation (2008)
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Wollenberg, K. C., Vieites, D. R., Van Der Meijden, A., Glaw, F., Cannatella, D. C., & Vences, M. (2008). Patterns of endemism and species richness in Malagasy cophyline frogs support a key role of mountainous areas for speciation. Evolution, 62(8), 1890-1907. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00420.x

Cophyline narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) are a diverse endemic radiation of Madagascar. Cophylines contain a high proportion of range restricted species and constitute a good model system to understand patterns of evolutionary diversifica... Read More about Patterns of endemism and species richness in Malagasy cophyline frogs support a key role of mountainous areas for speciation.

Disentangling composite colour patterns in a poison frog species (2008)
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Wollenberg, K. C., Lötters, S., Mora-Ferrer, C., & Veith, M. (2008). Disentangling composite colour patterns in a poison frog species. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 93(3), 433-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00906.x

A phylogenetic approach was performed to infer whether variation in conspicuous colour-patterns of a poison frog (Dendrobatidae: Dendrobates tinctorius) has evolved neutrally or under selection. Colour and pattern were split into components that were... Read More about Disentangling composite colour patterns in a poison frog species.

Pretty in pink: a new treefrog species of the genus Boophis from north-eastern Madagascar (2008)
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Wollenberg, K. C., Andreone, F., Glaw, F., & Vences, M. (2008). Pretty in pink: a new treefrog species of the genus Boophis from north-eastern Madagascar. Zootaxa, 1684(1), 58-68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1684.1.3

Treefrogs of the genus Boophis comprise the most species-rich genus among all Malagasy frogs. In this paper we describe a new species to be added to this genus from Masoala Peninsula and nearby areas. Related populations have been found in three loca... Read More about Pretty in pink: a new treefrog species of the genus Boophis from north-eastern Madagascar.

Molecular phylogeny and geographic variation of Malagasy iguanas (Oplurus and Chalarodon) (2008)
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Münchenberg, T., Wollenberg, K. C., Glaw, F., & Vences, M. (2008). Molecular phylogeny and geographic variation of Malagasy iguanas (Oplurus and Chalarodon). Amphibia-Reptilia, 29(3), 319-327. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853808785112101

The iguanid subfamily Oplurinae consists of seven species of small to medium-sized, arboreal, sand-dwelling or rock-dwelling lizards endemic to Madagascar and the Comoros, belonging to the genera Oplurus and Chalarodon. We here present the first comp... Read More about Molecular phylogeny and geographic variation of Malagasy iguanas (Oplurus and Chalarodon).

Molecular phylogeny of Malagasy reed frogs, Heterixalus, and the relative performance of bioacoustics and color-patterns for resolving their systematics (2007)
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Wollenberg, K. C., Glaw, F., Meyer, A., & Vences, M. (2007). Molecular phylogeny of Malagasy reed frogs, Heterixalus, and the relative performance of bioacoustics and color-patterns for resolving their systematics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45(1), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.024

The members of the genus Heterixalus constitute one of the endemic frog radiations in Madagascar. Here we present a complete species-level phylogeny based on DNA sequences (4876 base pairs) of three nuclear and four mitochondrial markers to clarify t... Read More about Molecular phylogeny of Malagasy reed frogs, Heterixalus, and the relative performance of bioacoustics and color-patterns for resolving their systematics.

Polymorphism versus species richness - Systematics of large Dendrobates from the eastern Guiana Shield (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae) (2006)
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Wollenberg, K. C., Veith, M., Noonan, B. P., & Lötters, S. (2006). Polymorphism versus species richness - Systematics of large Dendrobates from the eastern Guiana Shield (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae). Copeia, 623-629. https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511%282006%296%5B623%3APVSROL%5D2.0.CO%3B2

A molecular phylogeny based on a fragment of the mitochondrial 16 S rRNA gene and morphological comparisons suggests that only one polymorphic species of large Dendrobates, commonly assigned to D. tinctorius, occurs on the eastern Guiana Shield and i... Read More about Polymorphism versus species richness - Systematics of large Dendrobates from the eastern Guiana Shield (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae).

Pharmacological properties of motion vision in goldfish measured with the optomotor response (2005)
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Mora-Ferrer, C., Hausselt, S., Hoffmann, R. S., Ebisch, B., Schick, S., Wollenberg, K., Schneider, C., Teege, P., & Jürgens, K. (2005). Pharmacological properties of motion vision in goldfish measured with the optomotor response. Brain research, 1058(1-2), 17-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2005.07.073

In goldfish, the retinal pathways involved in motion coding have been demonstrated to have an L-cone dominated action spectrum (S. Schaerer, C. Neumeyer, Motion detection in goldfish investigated with the optomotor response is "color blind", Vision R... Read More about Pharmacological properties of motion vision in goldfish measured with the optomotor response.