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  1. In Vouchers We (Hope to) Trust: Unveiling Hidden Errors in GenBank's Tetrapod Taxonomic Foundations

    Article • Molecular Ecology, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  2. Potential effects of climate change on the threatened Malagasy poison frogs: A multispecies approach

    Article • Ecosphere, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  3. Contributions of epigenomic and epitranscriptomic methylation to animal colouration

    Article • Trends in Genetics, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  4. Metabarcoding Versus Species‐Specific Primers to Estimate Salmo trutta Biomass and Density in Mountain Streams

    Article • Environmental DNA, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  5. Biogeographical Distribution of River Microbial Communities in Atlantic Catchments

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, January 2025, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  6. The Amphibian Genomics Consortium: advancing genomic and genetic resources for amphibian research and conservation

    Article • BMC Genomics, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites

  7. Effect of Probiotics on Sperm Quality in the Adult Mouse

    Article • Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites

  8. A race against extinction: The challenge to overcome the Linnean amphibian shortfall in tropical biodiversity hotspots

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, August 2024, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  9. An initial molecular resolution of the mantellid frogs of the Guibemantis liber complex reveals three new species from northern Madagascar

    Article • Vertebrate Zoology, April 2023, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr David Vieites, Mark D. Scherz

  10. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Critically Endangered Saba Green Iguana, Iguana iguana (Squamata: Iguanidae)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, April 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Vieites

  11. How genomics can help biodiversity conservation

    Article • Trends in Genetics, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr.sc. Petar Ozretić, Dr David Vieites, Dr Yannick Wurm

  12. Novel physiological data needed for progress in global change ecology

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  13. An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the subgenus Brygoomantis (genus Mantidactylus) from Madagascar

    Article • Megataxa, December 2022, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites, Mark D. Scherz

  14. Bird genetic databases need improved curation and error reporting to NCBI

    Article • Ibis, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  15. From Forest Dynamics to Wetland Siltation in Mountainous Landscapes: A RS-Based Framework for Enhancing Erosion Control

    Article • Remote Sensing, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr David Vieites

  16. The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr.sc. Petar Ozretić, Dr David Vieites, Dr Dimitar Dimitrov, Dr Yannick Wurm

  17. Mitochondrial substitution rates estimation for divergence time analyses in modern birds based on full mitochondrial genomes

    Article • Ibis, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  18. Phylogenomic inference of species and subspecies diversity in the Palearctic salamander genus Salamandra

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  19. Towards completion of the species inventory of small-sized leaf-tailed geckos: two new species of Uroplatus from northern Madagascar

    Article • Zootaxa, December 2020, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites, Mark D. Scherz

  20. Pleistocene glacial cycles as drivers of allopatric differentiation in Arctic shorebirds

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, November 2020, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  21. Hidden in plain sight: a new frog species of the genus Blommersia from the oceanic island of Mayotte, Comoros archipelago

    Article • ZooKeys, November 2020, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr David Vieites

  22. Water deprivation drives intraspecific variability in lizard heat tolerance

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, November 2020, Elsevier

    Matthijs P. van den Burg, Dr David Vieites

  23. ACDC, a global database of amphibian cytochrome-b sequences using reproducible curation for GenBank records

    Article • Scientific Data, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites, Matthijs P. van den Burg

  24. Functional colour genes and signals of selection in colour‐polymorphic salamanders

    Article • Molecular Ecology, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  25. Lack of evidence of a Pleistocene migratory switch in current bird long-distance migrants between Eurasia and Africa

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, March 2020, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  26. Challenges in estimating ancestral state reconstructions: the evolution of migration in Sylvia warblers as a study case

    Article • Integrative Zoology, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  27. Advances in the use of molecular tools in ecological and biodiversity assessment of aquatic ecosystems

    Article • Limnetica, January 2020, Asociacion Iberica de Limnologia

    Dr David Vieites, Dr Pedro R Beja

  28. Heat tolerance is more variable than cold tolerance across species of Iberian lizards after controlling for intraspecific variation

    Article • Functional Ecology, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  29. Descriptive skeletal anatomy of Blommersia transmarina (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae) from the Comoro Islands

    Article • Contributions to Zoology, November 2019, Brill

    Dr David Vieites

  30. Complete mitochondrial genome of the Malagasy poison frog Mantella baroni through RNAseq

    Article • Cogent Biology, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Vieites

  31. Seasonal climatic niches diverge in migratory birds

    Article • Ibis, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  32. Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable

    Article • Science, April 2019, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Corrado Battisti, Dr David Vieites, Professor Federico Morelli, Dr Daniel Mueller, Professor Carlos A. Peres

  33. Statistical Language Backs Conservatism in Climate-Change Assessments

    Article • BioScience, March 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Dr David Vieites

  34. Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) of large amphibian genomes: a comparative study of two non-model species endemic to Italy

    Article • Animal Biology, January 2019, Brill

    Dr David Vieites

  35. Intraspecific variation in lizard heat tolerance alters estimates of climate impact

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, November 2018, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  36. NA2RE is reliable but aims for improvement: an answer to Vamberger and Fritz (2018)

    Article • Biologia, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites

  37. Productivity as the main factor correlating with migratory behaviour in the evolutionary history of warblers

    Article • Journal of Zoology, July 2018, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  38. The Integration of knowledge about the Cantabrian Cordillera: towards an inter-regional observatory of global change

    Article • Ecosistemas, April 2018, Asociacion Española de Ecologia Terrestre (AEET)

    Dr David Vieites

  39. Two new species of leaf-tailed geckos (Uroplatus) from the Tsaratanana mountain massif in northern Madagascar

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2017, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites, Mark D. Scherz

  40. Describing the smaller majority: integrative taxonomy reveals twenty-six new species of tiny microhylid frogs (genus Stumpffia) from Madagascar

    Article • Vertebrate Zoology, November 2017, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr David Vieites

  41. Spatial Biodiversity Patterns of Madagascar's Amphibians and Reptiles

    Article • PLOS One, January 2016, PLOS

    Dr David Vieites

  42. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Endangered European brown frog Rana pyrenaica through RNAseq

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Vieites

  43. Two New Microhylid Frogs of the Genus Rhombophryne with Superciliary Spines from the Tsaratanana Massif in Northern Madagascar

    Article • Herpetologica, December 2015, Herpetologists League

    Dr David Vieites, Mark D. Scherz

  44. Coupling virtual watersheds with ecosystem services assessment: a 21st century platform to support river research and management

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  45. Individual and Geographic Variation of Skin Alkaloids in Three Swamp-Forest Species of Madagascan Poison Frogs (Mantella)

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites

  46. Species' intrinsic traits inform their range limitations and vulnerability under environmental change

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  47. Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2014, Brill

    Dr Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Dr David Vieites, Neftali Sillero

  48. Radically different phylogeographies and patterns of genetic variation in two European brown frogs, genus Rana

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Dr Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Dr David Vieites, Olga Jovanovic Glavas

  49. Fishery management has a strong effect on the distribution of Audouin’s gull

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, June 2013, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr David Vieites

  50. Isolation and characterization of six polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Malagasy spider tortoise, Pyxis arachnoides and cross-amplification in Pyxis planicauda

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2013, Brill

    Dr Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Dr David Vieites

  51. Seabird aggregative patterns: A new tool for offshore wind energy risk assessment

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  52. Taxonomy and natural history of arboreal microhylid frogs (Platypelis) from the Tsaratanana Massif in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2012, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites

  53. Weak divergence among African, Malagasy and Seychellois hinged terrapins (Pelusios castanoides, P. subniger) and evidence for human-mediated oversea dispersal

    Article • Organisms Diversity & Evolution, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites

  54. Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Asian Clawed Salamanders, genus Onychodactylus (Amphibia, Caudata: Hynobiidae), with the description of four new species

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2012, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites

  55. Moving to the sea: a challenge for an inshore species, the slender-billed gull

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, August 2012, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr David Vieites

  56. Not all little brown frogs are the same: a new species of secretive and cryptic Gephyromantis (Anura: Mantellidae) from Madagascar

    Article • Zootaxa, June 2012, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites

  57. Vertebrate time-tree elucidates the biogeographic pattern of a major biotic change around the K–T boundary in Madagascar

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr David Vieites

  58. Living on predictability: modelling the density distribution of efficient foraging seabirds

    Article • Ecography, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  59. Discordant Patterns of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Introgression in Iberian Populations of the European Common Frog (Rana temporaria)

    Article • Journal of Heredity, February 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David Vieites

  60. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Malagasy frogs of the genus Gephyromantis

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  61. Is Chytridiomycosis an Emerging Infectious Disease in Asia?

    Article • PLOS One, August 2011, PLOS

    Dr David Vieites

  62. A new large and colorful skink of the genus Amphiglossus from Madagascar revealed by morphology and multilocus molecular study

    Article • Zootaxa, June 2011, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites

  63. Modelling Species' Climatic Distributions Under Habitat Constraints: A Case Study with Coturnix coturnix

    Article • Annales Zoologici Fennici, June 2011, Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board

    Dr David Vieites

  64. A multigenic perspective on phylogenetic relationships in the largest family of salamanders, the Plethodontidae

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, June 2011, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  65. Hypotheses on rostral shield evolution in fossorial lizards derived from the phylogenetic position of a new species of Paracontias (Squamata, Scincidae)

    Article • Organisms Diversity & Evolution, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites

  66. Speciation in little: the role of range and body size in the diversification of Malagasy mantellid frogs

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites

  67. Deep genealogical lineages in the widely distributed African helmeted terrapin: Evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa subrufa)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  68. Integrative taxonomy of Malagasy treefrogs: combination of molecular genetics, bioacoustics and comparative morphology reveals twelve additional species of Boophis

    Article • Zootaxa, February 2010, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites

  69. Reconstruction of the climate envelopes of salamanders and their evolution through time

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr David Vieites

  70. Testing Species-Level Diversification Hypotheses in Madagascar: The Case of Microendemic Brookesia Leaf Chameleons

    Article • Systematic Biology, November 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David Vieites

  71. High haplotype diversity in a microendemic Malagasy gecko species, Lygodactylus mirabilis (Pasteur, 1962)

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2009, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites

  72. Madagascar as a model region of species diversification

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  73. A further new species of limbless skink, genusParacontias, from eastern Madagascar

    Article • African Journal of Herpetology, June 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Vieites

  74. Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr David Vieites

  75. Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2009, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites

  76. Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  77. Description of a new divergent lineage and three new species of Honduran salamanders of the genus Oedipina (Caudata, Plethodontidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2008, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites

  78. Phylogeography and phylogenetic relationships of Malagasy tree and ground boas

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Dr David Vieites, Dr. Zoltan Tamas Nagy

  79. PATTERNS OF ENDEMISM AND SPECIES RICHNESS IN MALAGASY COPHYLINE FROGS SUPPORT A KEY ROLE OF MOUNTAINOUS AREAS FOR SPECIATION

    Article • Evolution, August 2008, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  80. The Challenge of Conserving Amphibian Megadiversity in Madagascar

    Article • PLoS Biology, May 2008, PLOS

    Dr David Vieites, Dr Angus I Carpenter

  81. Cytogenetic analysis of the Asian Plethodontid salamander, Karsenia koreana: Evidence for karyotypic conservation, chromosome repatterning, and genome size evolution

    Article • Chromosome Research, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites

  82. Aligning Conservation Priorities Across Taxa in Madagascar with High-Resolution Planning Tools

    Article • Science, April 2008, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr David Vieites

  83. Individual and Geographic Variation of Skin Alkaloids in Three Species of Madagascan Poison Frogs (Mantella)

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites

  84. Rapid diversification and dispersal during periods of global warming by plethodontid salamanders

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2007, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr David Vieites

  85. Geographical patterns of deep mitochondrial differentiation in widespread Malagasy reptiles

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, December 2007, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  86. The importance of comparative phylogeography in diagnosing introduced species: a lesson from the seal salamander, Desmognathus monticola

    Article • BMC Ecology, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ronald M. Bonett, Dr David Vieites

  87. Mitochondrial evidence for distinct phylogeographic units in the endangered Malagasy poison frog Mantella bernhardi

    Article • Molecular Ecology, March 2006, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  88. Genetic identification of units for conservation in tomato frogs, genus Dyscophus

    Article • Conservation Genetics, March 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Dr David Vieites

  89. Deciphering amphibian diversity through DNA barcoding: chances and challenges

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2005, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David Vieites

  90. Hylid Frog Phylogeny and Sampling Strategies for Speciose Clades

    Article • Systematic Biology, October 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David Vieites

  91. New records, distribution and conservation of Mantella bernhardi, an Endangered frog species from south-eastern Madagascar

    Article • Oryx, May 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Dr David Vieites

  92. Discovery of the first Asian plethodontid salamander

    Article • Nature, May 2005, Nature

    Dr David Vieites

  93. Recurrent ecological adaptations revealed through a molecular analysis of the secretive cophyline frogs of Madagascar

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, February 2005, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  94. Article • Frontiers in Zoology, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites

  95. New evidence for parallel evolution of colour patterns in Malagasy poison frogs (Mantella)

    Article • Molecular Ecology, November 2004, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  96. European Atlantic: the hottest oil spill hotspot worldwide

    Article • The Science of Nature, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites

  97. Post-mating clutch piracy in an amphibian

    Article • Nature, September 2004, Nature

    Dr David Vieites

  98. Natural colonization or introduction? Phylogeographical relationships and morphological differentiation of house geckos (Hemidactylus) from Madagascar

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, August 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David Vieites

  99. Weak expression of reproductive seasonality in a dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus verticillatus) from arid south–western Madagascar

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr David Vieites

  100. Multiple overseas dispersal in amphibians

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2003, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr David Vieites

  101. Phenotypic plasticity of anuran larvae: environmental variables influence body shape and oral morphology in Rana temporaria tadpoles

    Article • Journal of Zoology, June 2002, Wiley

    Dr David Vieites

  102. Amphibians and reptiles of the Ankaratra Massif: Reproductive diversity, biogeography and conservation of a montane fauna in Madagascar

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Vieites