A week after the Russian invasion, we are under constant shock with the horrific war raging in Ukraine. SEH expresses its thoughts, sympathy and solidarity with all Ukrainian citizens. (1/5)
As spring arrives, instead of the much-welcome fieldwork, semester courses and grant applications, our Ukrainian colleagues must instead hide underground in metro stations with the constant sounds of sirens and explosions, flee their homeland and fight for their lives. (4/5)
Congratulations to the SEH grantees for 2022!
on grant to Philipp Böning and Amadeus Plewnia to assess the impact of Bsal on alpine salamanders; and the second grant to Enrico Lunghi to monitor populations of Speleomantes sarrabusensis in Sardinia. https://t.co/mOQJ5YpXfq
A large comparative study of 43 Australian lizards by @JojoMimic at al. with an awesome, semi-automated pipeline, tests how tail movement contributes to stable locomotion
https://t.co/BFcQdMuTlP #biomechanics@DeepLabCut
The European Commission published the Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy that will hopefully shape our future in a greener direction:
https://t.co/U5Z4S9VrZz
🆕📢 Leading NGOs sent a joint letter to @EU_Commission calling on them to announce the #EUFarm2Fork & #BiodiversityStrategy ASAP❗️
The importance of resilient ecosystems to protect our health & well-being has never been more clear.
Nature can't wait 🌿⏱️!https://t.co/5GVWBvi53B
The species list of European amphibians and reptiles for 2020, updated by the SEH Taxonomic Committee, is now freely accessible in Amphibia-Reptilia:
https://t.co/QhutEb9udl
🆕📢 Leading NGOs sent a joint letter to @EU_Commission calling on them to announce the #EUFarm2Fork & #BiodiversityStrategy ASAP❗️
The importance of resilient ecosystems to protect our health & well-being has never been more clear.
Nature can't wait 🌿⏱️!https://t.co/5GVWBvi53B
Check out the recent open-access publication by Inês Freitas and collaborators on the taxonomic status of Eurasian vipers, now published ahead of print in Amphibia-Reptilia:
https://t.co/m2dgcLGoJu
Much more than a clasp: evolutionary patterns of amplexus diversity in anurans
I am happy to share our most recent publication where we explore the evolutionary patterns of amplexus diversity in Anura. I hope you enjoy it.
https://t.co/bWNf8jOlmp
These and many other forms of #parentalcare in amphibians feature in our forthcoming review (with Lisa Schulte, @eva_ringler, @jstynoski): "Developments in Amphibian #parentalcare Research: History, Present Advances and Future Perspectives". Out soon! #HERpers
The Aotearoa Climate Change Declaration was announced at the 9th World Congress of Herpetology #WCH9. World leaders in reptile and amphibian research seek urgent action on impacts of climate change on reptiles and amphibians. https://t.co/uo9VZlCCKR
Europe's biodiversity depends on healthy freshwater ecosystems: Save the Water Framework Directive. https://t.co/WCHivK2Op3
Join the statement here: https://t.co/hqmN2dgsvV
#Scientists4WFD