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  1. Niche Differentiation and Spatial Segregation of Melanistic and Non‐Melanistic Colour Morphs in a Widespread Palearctic Reptile

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, April 2025, Wiley

    Iulian Gherghel

  2. Melanism in Polymorphic Terrestrial Snakes: A Meta‐Analysis and Systematic Review

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, September 2024, Wiley

    Iulian Gherghel

  3. Biotic interactions vary across species' ranges and are likely conserved through geological time

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, January 2024, Wiley

    Iulian Gherghel

  4. Spatial and temporal patterns of road mortality in the Caspian whip snake (Dolichophis caspius Gmelin 1758) in Romania

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, January 2024, Elsevier

    Iulian Gherghel

  5. Melanism in the grass snake Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania

    Article • Herpetozoa, December 2022, Pensoft Publishers

    Iulian Gherghel

  6. Bat dynamics modelling as a tool for conservation management in subterranean environments

    Article • PLOS One, October 2022, PLOS

    Iulian Gherghel, Dragoş Ştefan Măntoiu, Oana Moldovan

  7. Eco-Cultural Niche Breadth and Overlap Within the Cucuteni–Trypillia Culture Groups During the Eneolithic

    Article • Frontiers in Earth Science, June 2022, Frontiers

    Iulian Gherghel

  8. The mitochondrial phylogeography of the Crimean endemic lizard Darevskia lindholmi (Sauria, Lacertidae): Hidden diversity in an isolated mountain system

    Article • Vertebrate Zoology, October 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    Iulian Gherghel

  9. Ecological corridors for the amphibians and reptiles in the Natura 2000 sites of Romania

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Iulian Gherghel

  10. Postglacial recolonization of North America by spadefoot toads: integrating niche and corridor modeling to study species’ range dynamics over geologic time

    Article • Ecography, July 2020, Wiley

    Iulian Gherghel

  11. A simple framework for estimating potential distributions of amphibious marine species and implications for conservation

    Article • Coral Reefs, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Iulian Gherghel

  12. Is Romania ready to face the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak? The role of incoming travelers and that of Romanian diaspora

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, March 2020, Elsevier

    Iulian Gherghel

  13. A regional analysis on the amphibian and reptile communities from the Carpathian Mountains and the abiotic factors that shape their distributions and community assemblages

    Article • Regional Environmental Change, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Iulian Gherghel

  14. Manmade structures are used by an invasive species to colonize new territory across a fragmented landscape

    Article • Acta Oecologica, November 2019, Elsevier

    Iulian Gherghel

  15. Refining model estimates of potential species’ distributions to relevant accessible areas

    Article • Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment, October 2019, SAGE Publications

    Iulian Gherghel

  16. Filling the Gaps: Updated Distribution of the Caspian Whip Snake (Dolichophis caspius, Reptilia: Colubridae) in Romania

    Article • Russian Journal of Herpetology, August 2019, Folium Publishing Company

    Iulian Gherghel

  17. Temperature shapes the costs, benefits and geographic diversification of sexual coloration in a dragonfly

    Article • Ecology Letters, January 2019, Wiley

    Iulian Gherghel

  18. Phenotypic and genotypic variations in Candida albicans isolates from Romanian patients

    Article • Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator, October 2018, De Gruyter

    Iulian Gherghel

  19. Resolving complex phylogeographic patterns in the Balkan Peninsula using closely related wall-lizard species as a model system

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, August 2018, Elsevier

    Iulian Gherghel

  20. Using biotic interactions in broad-scale estimates of species’ distributions

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, July 2018, Wiley

    Iulian Gherghel

  21. Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, January 2017, Elsevier

    Iulian Gherghel

  22. A reinvestigation of phylogeny and divergence times of the Ablepharus kitaibelii species complex (Sauria, Scincidae) based on mtDNA and nuDNA genes

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, October 2016, Elsevier

    Iulian Gherghel

  23. Ecology and biogeography of the endemic scorpionEuscorpius carpathicus(Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae): a multiscale analysis

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, April 2016, American Arachnological Society

    Iulian Gherghel

  24. A revision of the distribution of sea kraits (Reptilia, Laticauda) with an updated occurrence dataset for ecological and conservation research

    Article • ZooKeys, February 2016, Pensoft Publishers

    Iulian Gherghel

  25. New Records for the Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis longissimus) (Reptilia: Colubridae) in Romanian Moldova

    Article • Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Iulian Gherghel

  26. Going west – A subtropical lineage ( Vincetoxicum , Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) expanding into Europe

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, January 2016, Elsevier

    Iulian Gherghel

  27. Morphological characteristics of the elusive blotched snake (Elaphe sauromates)at its northwestern range limit (Romania)

    Article • TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, January 2016, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

    Iulian Gherghel

  28. Landscape as a determinant of dispersal patterns and population connectivity in a newt species

    Article • Ecological Informatics, July 2015, Elsevier

    Iulian Gherghel

  29. Annual Reproduction in Female Adders (Vipera berus) from a Montane Environment

    Article • Journal of Herpetology, December 2014, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

    Iulian Gherghel

  30. Refining Climate Change Projections for Organisms with Low Dispersal Abilities: A Case Study of the Caspian Whip Snake

    Article • PLOS One, March 2014, PLOS

    Iulian Gherghel

  31. Feeding ecology of two newt species (Triturus cristatusandLissotriton vulgaris) during the reproduction season

    Article • Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, January 2013, EDP Sciences

    Iulian Gherghel

  32. A preliminary study on population characteristics and ecology of the critically endangered meadow viper Vipera ursinii in the Romanian Danube Delta

    Article • Biologia, January 2011, De Gruyter

    Iulian Gherghel