Florina Stănescu
Project leader, PhD in Biology, scientific researcher and invited lecturer at Ovidius University Constanța.
Dan Cogălniceanu
Mentor, PhD in Ecology, professor at Ovidius University Constanța.
Papers published by the team related to the topic of the project
Cogălniceanu, D., Stănescu, F., Székely, D., Topliceanu, T. S., Iosif, R., & Székely, P. (2021). Age, size and body condition do not equally reflect population response to habitat change in the common spadefoot toad Pelobates fuscus. PeerJ, 9, e11678.
Marangoni, F., Tejedo, M., & Cogălniceanu, D. (2021). Can age and growth patterns explain the geographical variation in the body size of two toad species?. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 93.
Cogălniceanu, D., Stănescu, F., & Arntzen, J. W. (2020). Testing the hybrid superiority hypothesis in crested and marbled newts. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 58(1), 275-283.
Marangoni, F., Courtis, A., Pineiro, J. M., Ingaramo, M. D. R., Cajade, R., & Stănescu, F. (2019). Contrasting life-histories in two syntopic amphibians of the Leptodactylus fuscus group (Heyer 1978). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 91.
Marangoni, F., Stănescu, F., Courtis, A., Piñeiro, J. M., del Rosario Ingaramo, M., Cajade, R., & Cogălniceanu, D. (2018). Coping with aridity: life history of Chacophrys pierottii, a fossorial anuran of Gran Chaco. South American Journal of Herpetology, 13(3), 230-237.
Székely, D., Székely, P., Denoël, M., & Cogălniceanu, D. (2018). Random size‐assortative mating despite size‐dependent fecundity in a Neotropical amphibian with explosive reproduction. Ethology, 124(4), 218-226.
Székely, D., Székely, P., Stănescu, F., Cogalniceanu, D., & Sinsch, U. (2018). Breed fast, die young: demography of a poorly known fossorial frog from the xeric Neotropics. Salamandra, 54(1), 37-44.
Cogălniceanu, D., Băncilă, R. I., Plăiaşu, R., Roşioru, D., & Merilä, J. (2017). Small-scale spatial and temporal variation of life-history traits of common frogs (Rana temporaria) in sub-Arctic Finland. Polar Biology, 40(8), 1581-1592.
Stănescu, F., Marangoni, F., Reinko, I., & Cogălniceanu, D. (2016). Life history traits of a Neotropical microhylid (Dermatonotus muelleri, Boettger 1885) from the Arid Chaco, Argentina. The Herpetological Journal, 26(1), 41-48.
Cogălniceanu, D., Roşioru, D., Székely, P., Székely, D., Buhaciuc, E., Stănescu, F., & Miaud, C. (2014). Age and body size in populations of two syntopic spadefoot toads (genus Pelobates) at the limit of their ranges. Journal of Herpetology, 48(4), 537-545.
Cogălniceanu, D., Székely, P., Székely, D., Roşioru, D., Băncilă, R. I., & Miaud, C. (2013). When males are larger than females in ecthotherms: reproductive investment in the Eastern Spadefoot Toad Pelobates syriacus. Copeia, 2013(4), 699-706.
Cogălniceanu, D., Székely, P., Ruben, I., Székely, D., & Stănescu, F. (2013). Life history and conservation of Spadefoot Toads (genus Pelobates) in Romania. FrogLog, 21(107), 24-26.
Cogălniceanu, D., Buhaciuc, E., Tudor, M., & Rosioru, D. (2013). Is reproductive effort environmentally or energetically controlled? The case of the Danube crested newt (Triturus dobrogicus). Zoological Science, 30(11), 924-928.
Cogălniceanu, D., & Miaud, C. (2004). Variation in life history traits in Bombina bombina from the lower Danube floodplain. Amphibia-Reptilia, 25(1), 115-119.
Cogalniceanu, D., & Miaud, C. (2003). Population age structure and growth in four syntopic amphibian species inhabiting a large river floodplain. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 81(6), 1096-1106.
Cogalniceanu, D., & Miaud, C. (2002). Age, survival and growth in Triturus dobrogicus (Amphibia, Urodela) from the lower Danube floodplain. International Association for Danube Research, 34, 777-784.
Useful papers related to the topic of the project
Burraco, P., Orizaola, G., Monaghan, P., & Metcalfe, N. B. (2020). Climate change and ageing in ectotherms. Global Change Biology, 26(10), 5371-5381.
Stark, G., Pincheira‐Donoso, D., & Meiri, S. (2020). No evidence for the ‘rate‐of‐living’theory across the tetrapod tree of life. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(5), 857-884.
Amat, F., & Meiri, S. (2018). Geographical, climatic and biological constraints on age at sexual maturity in amphibians. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123(1), 34-42.
Stark, G., & Meiri, S. (2018). Cold and dark captivity: drivers of amphibian longevity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(11), 1384-1397.
Sinsch, U. (2015). Skeletochronological assessment of demographic life-history traits in amphibians. The Herpetological Journal, 25(1), 5-13.
Sinsch, U., Pelster, B., & Ludwig, G. (2015). Large‐scale variation of size‐and age‐related life‐history traits in the common frog: a sensitive test case for macroecological rules. Journal of Zoology, 297(1), 32-43.
Trochet, A., Moulherat, S., Calvez, O., Stevens, V. M., Clobert, J., & Schmeller, D. S. (2014). A database of life-history traits of European amphibians. Biodiversity Data Journal, (2).
While, G. M., & Uller, T. (2014). Quo vadis amphibia? Global warming and breeding phenology in frogs, toads and salamanders. Ecography, 37(10), 921-929.
Li, Y., Cohen, J. M., & Rohr, J. R. (2013). Review and synthesis of the effects of climate change on amphibians. Integrative Zoology, 8(2), 145-161.
Sheridan, J. A., & Bickford, D. (2011). Shrinking body size as an ecological response to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 1(8), 401-406.
Reading, C. J. (2007). Linking global warming to amphibian declines through its effects on female body condition and survivorship. Oecologia, 151(1), 125-131.
Carey, C., & Alexander, M. A. (2003). Climate change and amphibian declines: is there a link?. Diversity and distributions, 9(2), 111-121.
Metcalfe, N. B., & Monaghan, P. (2003). Growth versus lifespan: perspectives from evolutionary ecology. Experimental Gerontology, 38(9), 935-940.
Day, T., & Rowe, L. (2002). Developmental thresholds and the evolution of reaction norms for age and size at life-history transitions. The American Naturalist, 159(4), 338-350.
Stearns, S. C. (2000). Life history evolution: successes, limitations, and prospects. Naturwissenschaften, 87(11), 476-486.
Castanet, J. (1990). Introduction to the skeletochronological method in amphibians and reptiles. Ann Sci Nat Zool, 11, 191-196.
Von Bertalanffy, L. (1938). A quantitative theory of organic growth (inquiries on growth laws. II). Human Biology, 10(2), 181-213.
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