Prof. Dr. Michael Veith

Publications

Selected publications since 2000

last update: 06.10.21

2021

Beninde, J., Keltsch, F., Veith, M., Hochkirch, A., Wagner, N. (2021): Connectivity of Alpine newt populations (Ichthyosaura alpestris) exacerbates the risk of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans outbreaks in European fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra). Conservation Genetics. doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01377-8

Laudor, J., Schulze, A., Veith, M., Viertel, B., Elle, O. & Lötters, L. (2021): Morphology of lentic and lotic tadpoles from Madagascar. BMC Zoology 6: 28. doi.org/10.1186/s40850-021-00091-9

Mezzasalma, M., Odierna, G., Petraccioli, A., Veith, M. & Maria Guarino, F.M. (2021): Karyological diversification in the genus Lyciasalamandra. Animals 11: 1709 (special issue: Chromosomal variations in amphibians and reptiles).

Najibzadeh, M., Ehl, S., Feldmeier, S., Pesarakloo, A. & Veith, M. (2021): Unequal sisters – past and potential future range development of Anatolian and Hyrcanian Mountain frogs. Zoology 144: 125873.

Rancilhac, L., Irisarri, I., Angelini, C., Arntzen, J.W.E., Babik, W., Bossuyt, F., Künzel, S., Lüddecke, T., Pasmans, F., Sanchez, E., Weisrock, D., Veith, M., Wielstra, B., Steinfartz, S., Hofreiter, M., Philippe, H. & Vences, M. (2021): Phylotranscriptomic evidence for pervasive ancient hybridization among Old World salamanders. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155: 106967.

2020

Feldmeier, S., Schmidt, B.R., Zimmermann, N.E., Veith, M., Ficetola, F.G. & Lötters, S. (2020): Shifting aspect or elevation? The climate change response of ectotherms in a complex mountain topography. Diversity and Distribution 26: 1483-1495.

Gilbert M.J., Spitzen–van der Sluijs, A.M., Canessa, S., Bosch, J., Cunningham, A., Grasselli, E., Laudelout, A., Lötters, S., Miaud, C., Salvidio, S., Veith, M., Martel, A. & Pasmans, F. (2020): Mitigating Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans emergency action plan for European urodeles. Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Li, Z., Martel, A., Bogaerts, S., Göçmen, B., Pafilis, P., Lymberakis, P., Woeltjes, T., Veith, M., Pasmans, F. (2000): Landscape connectivity limits the predicted impact of fungal pathogen invasion. Journal of Fungi 6, 205; doi:10.3390/jof6040205.

Lötters, S., Veith, M., Wagner, N., Martel, A. & Pasmans, F. (2020): Bsal-driven salamander mortality pre-dates the European index outbreak. Salamandra 56: 239-242.

Lötters, S., Wagner, N., Albaladejo, G., Dalbeck, L., Düssel, H., Feldmeier, S., Guschal, M., Kirst, K., Ohlhoff, D., Preißler, K., Reinhardt, T., Schlüpmann, M., Schulte, U., Schulz, V., Steinfartz, S., Twietmeyer, S., Veith, M., Vences, M. & Wegge, J. (2020): The amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the hotspot of its European invasive range: past – present – future. Salamandra 56: 173-188.

Lunghi, E., Corti, C., Mulargia, M., Zhao, Y., Manenti, R., Ficetola, G.F. & Veith, M. (2020): Cave morphology, microclimate and abundance of five cave predators from the Monte Albo (Sardinia, Italy). Biodiversity Data Journal (https://arpha.pensoft.net/ preview.php?document_id=12986).

Lunghi, E., Manenti, R., Cianferoni, F., Ceccolini, F., Veith, M., Corti, C., Ficetola, G. & Mancinelli, G. (2020): Inter-specific and inter-population variation in individual diet specialization: do bioclimatic factors have a role? Bull. Ecol. Soc. Am. 101(3):e01728. doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1728.

Lunghi, E., Manenti, R., Cianferoni, F., Ceccolini, F., Veith, M., Corti, C., Ficetola, G. & Mancinelli, G. (2020): Inter-specific and inter-population variation in individual diet specialization: do bioclimatic factors have a role? Ecology 101(8), c03088.

Oğuz, M.A., Göçmen, B., Karış, M., Ehl, S. & Veith, M. (2020): Two new populations of Lyciasalamandra flavimembris substantially extend the genus’ distribution range. Biharean Biologist 14: 36-40.

Rößler, D., Lötters, S., Veith, M., Fugmann, M., Peters, C., Künzel, S. & Krehenwinkel, H. (2020): An amplicon  protocol for attacker identification from DNA traces left on artificial prey. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1338-1347.

Sandvoß, M., Wagner, N., Lötters, S., Feldmeier, S., Schulz, V., Steinfartz, S. & Veith, M. (2020): Spread of the pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans and large-scale absence of larvae suggests unnoticed declines of the European fire salamander in the Southern Eifel Mountains. Salamandra 56: 215-226.

Schlüpmann, M. & Veith, M. (2020): Feuersalamander. In: Rote-Liste-Gremium Amphibien und Reptilien: Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Amphibien (Amphibia) Deutschlands. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 170 (4): 34–35.

Schulz, V., Schulz, A., Klampke, M., Preißler, K., Sabino-Pinto, J., Müsken, M., Schlüpmann, M., Heldt, L., Kamprad, F., Enß, J., Schweinsberg, M., Rau, H., Veith, M., Lötters, S., Wagner, N., Steinfartz, S. & Vences, M. (2020): Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Ruhr District, Germany: History, distribution, decline dynamics and disease symptoms of the salamander plague. Salamandra 56: 189-214.

Veith, M., Göçmen, B., Sotiropoulos, K., Eleftherakos, K., Godmann, O., Lötters, S., Karış, M., Oğuz, A. & Ehl, S. (2020): Phylogeographic analyses point to long-term survival on the spot in micro-endemic Lycian salamanders. PlosONE 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0226326

Wagner N., Harms, W., Hildebrandt, F., Martens, A., Ong, S.I., Wallrich, K., Lötters, L. & Veith, M. (2020): Do habitat preferences of European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) larvae differ among landscapes? A case study from Western Germany. Salamandra 56: 254-264.

Wagner, N., Lötters, S., Dahlbeck, L., Düssel, H., Guschal, M., Kirst, K., Ohlhoff, D., Wegge, J., Reinhardt, T. & Veith, M. (2020): Long-term monitoring of European fire salamander populations (Salamandra salamandra) in the Eifel Mountains (Germany): five years of removal sampling of larvae. Salamandra 56: 243-253.

Wagner, N., Pfrommer, J. & Veith, M. (2020): Comparison of different methods to estimate abundance of larval European fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758)) in first-order creeks. Salamandra 56: 265-274.

Weber, T., Koschorreck, J., Rüther, M., Körner, A., Knopf, B., Kotthoff, M., Rüdel, H., Lermen, D., Bartel-Steinbach, M., Göen, T., Paulus, M., Klein, R., Veith, M. & Kolossa-Gehring, M. (2019): Die Umweltprobenbank des Bundes – Umwelt- und Humanproben. In: Handbuch der Umweltmedizin - 65. Erg.Lfg. Kapitel IV – 7.

2019

Batsleer, F., Portelli, E., Borg, J.J., Kiefer, A., Veith, M. & Dekeukeleire, D. (2020): Cryptic diversity in Maltese bats reveals links with North African bat fauna: implications for conservation. Hystrix 30: 172-177.

Ehl, S., Vences, M. & Veith, M. (2019): Reconstructing evolution at the community level: a case study on Mediterranean amphibians. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134: 211-225.

Feldmeier, S., Lötters, S., & Veith, M. (2019): The importance of biological plausibility for data poor models in the face of an immediate threat by an emerging infectious disease – a reply to Katz and Zellmer (2019). Biological Invasions 21: 2789–2793. DOI:10.1007/s10530-019-02035-4.

Lunghi, E., Romeo, D., Mulargia, M., Cogoni, R., Manenti, R., Corti, C., Ficetola, G.F. & Veith, M. (2019): On the stability of the dorsal pattern of the European cave salamanders (genus Hydromantes). Herpetozoa 32: 249-253.

Portik, D.M., Bell, R.C., Blackburn, D.C., Bauer, A.M., Barratt, C.D., Branch, W.R., Burger, M., Channing, A., Colston, T.J., Conradie, W., Dehling, J.M., Drewes, R.C., Ernst, R., Greenbaum, E., Gvoždík, V., Harvey, J., Hillers, A., Hirschfeld, M., Jongsma, G.F.M., Kielgast, J., Kouete, M.T., Lawson, L., Leaché, A.D., Loader, S.P., Lötters, S., Meijden, A. van der, Menegon, M., Müller, S., Nagy, Z.T., Boateng, C.O., Ohler, A., Papenfuss, T.J., Rössler, D., Sinsch, U., Rödel, M.-O., Veith, M., Vindum, J., Zassi-Boulou, A.-G. & McGuire, M.A. (2019): Sexual dichromatism drives diversification within a major radiation of African amphibians. Systematic Biology 68: 859-875.

Thomas, V., Wang, Y., Van Rooij, P., Verbrugghe, E., Baláž, V., Bosch, J., Cunningham, A., Fisher, M., Garner, T., Gilbert, M., Grasselli, E., Kinet, T., Laudelout, A., Lötters, S., Loyau, A., Miaud, C., Salvidio, S., Schmeller, D., Schmidt, B., Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A., Steinfartz, S., Veith, M., Vences, M., Wagner, N., Canessa, S., Martel, A. & Pasmans, F. (2019): Mitigating Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia 40: 265-290.

Veith, M., Baubkus, M., Kugel, S., Kulpa, K., Reifenrath, T., Schafft, M. & Wagner, N. (2019): Drift compensation in larval fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra)? Hydrobiologia 828: 315-325.

Wagner, N., Backes, L., Dierking, S., Gussone, L., Heiglauer, A.A., Jacob, J., Junk, L., Klemmer, C., Lanfer, M.J.L., Merten, F.B., Raubuch, G., Reinhardt, N., Richter, N., Römer, N., Schafft, M., Segschneider, A., Seibert, M., Sterk, M., Thiel, N., Zoller J. & Veith, M. (2019): Überprüfung der Bestände streng geschützter Amphibienarten im Kreis Trier-Saarburg und der Stadt Trier. Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 26: 41-68.

Wagner, N., Lötters, S., Feldmeier, S., Beninde, J., Bredimus, K., Christiansen, D.C., Ewen, J., Feiler, L., Fichera, G., Fontaine, B., Kolwelter, C., Harms, W., Hildebrandt, F., Keltsch, F., Marin da Fonte, L.F., Martens, A., Ong, S.L., Schmitz, L., Schulte, U., Schulz, V., Steinfartz, S., Vences, M., Viebahn, J., Wagner, M., Wallrich, K. & Veith, M. (2019): Aktueller Kenntnisstand zur Verbreitung des Erregers der Salamanderpest (Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans) in Rheinland-Pfalz. Dendrocopos 46: 35-66.

Wagner, N., Schulz, V., Steinfartz, S., Reinhardt, T., Vences, M., Lötters, L., Dalbeck, L., Düssel-Siebert, H., Guschal, M., Kirst, K., Ohlhoff, D., Wegge, J. & Veith, M. (2019): Aktuelle Erkenntnisse zum Status der Salamanderpest in Deutschland. Natur und Landschaft 94(11): 463-471.

2018

Beninde, J., Feldmeier, S., Veith, M. & Hochkirch, A. (2018): Admixture of hybrid swarms of native and introduced lizards in cities is determined by the cityscape structure and invasion history. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20180143. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0143.

Dalbeck, L., Düssel-Siebert, H., Kerres, A., Kirst, K., Koch, A., Lötters, S., Ohlhoff, D., Sabino-Pinto, J., Schulte, U., Schulz, V., Steinfartz, S., Veith, M., Vences, M., Wagner, N. & Wegge, J.: Aktueller Stand zur Salamanderpest Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) in Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 25: 1-22.

Feldmeier, S., Schefczyk, L., Hochkirch, A., Lötters, S., Pfeifer, A.M., Heinemann, G. & Veith, M. (2018): Climate vs weather extremes: Temporal predictor resolution matters for future rather than current regional species distribution models. Diversity and Distribution 24: 1047-1060.

Hochkirch, A., Beninde, J., Fischer, M., Krahner, A., Lindemann, C., Matenaar, D., Rohde, K., Wagner, N., Wesch, C., Wirtz, S., Zink, A., Lötters, S., Schmitt, T., Proelss, A. & Veith, M. (2018): License to kill? – Disease eradication programs may not be in line with the Convention on Biological Diversity. Conservation Letters 11: 1-6.

Kieren, S., Sparreboom, M., Hochkirch, A. & Veith, M. (2018): A biogeographic and ecological perspective to the evolution of reproductive behaviour in the family Salamandridae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 121: 98-109.

Lindemann, C., Runkel, V., Kiefer, A., Lukas, A. & Veith, M. (2018): Abschaltalgorithmen für Fledermäuse an Windenergieanlagen – Eine naturschutzfachliche Bewertung. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 50: 418-425.

Lötters, L., Wagner, N., Kerres, A., Vences, M., Steinfartz, S., Sabino Pinto, J. & Veith, M. (2018): First report of host co-infection of parasitic amphibian chytrid fungi (Bd, Bsal). Salamandra 54: 287-290.

Lunghi, E., Cianferoni, F., Ceccolini, F., Mulargia, M., Cogoni, R., Barzaghi, B., Cornago, L., Avitabile, D., Veith, M., Manenti, R., Ficetola, G.F. & Corti, C. (2018): Recording information on the diet of six species of European Hydromantes (Speleomantes) (Amphibia, Caudata). Scientific Data 5:180083. DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2018.83.

Lunghi, E., Cianferoni, F., Ceccolini, F., Veith, M., Manenti, R., Mancinelli, G., Corti, C., Ficetola, G.F (2018): What shapes the trophic niche of European plethodontid salamanders? PlosOne. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205672.

Lunghi, E., Corti, C., Manenti, R., Barzaghi, B., Buschettu, S., Canedoli, C., Cogoni, R., De Falco, G., Fais, F., Manca, A., Mirimin, V., Mulargia, M., Mulas, C., Muraro, M., Murgia, R., Veith, M. & Ficetola, G.F. (2018): Comparative reproductive biology of European cave salamanders (genus Hydromantes): nesting selection and multiple annual breeding. Salamandra 54: 101-108.

Lunghi, E., Ficetola, G.F., Mulargia, M., Cogoni, R., Veith, M., Corti, C. & Manenti, R. (2018): Batracobdella leeches, environmental features and Hydromantes salamanders. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 7: 48-53.

Lunghi, E., Manenti, R., Mulargia, M., Corti, C., Veith, M. & Ficetola, G.F. (2018): Environmental suitability models predict population density, performance and body condition for microendemic salamanders. Scientific Reports 8: 7527. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-25704-1.

Oğuz, M.A., Kariş, M., Göçmen, B., Veith, M. & Godmann, O. (2018): An additional population of Lyciasalamandra atifi veithi. Biharean Biologist 12: 118-120.

Sabino-Pinto, J., Veith, M., Vences, M. & Steinfartz, S.: Asymptomatic infection of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in captivity. Scientific Reports 8: 11767.DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-30240-z.

Veith, M., Bogaerts, S., Pasmans, F. & Kieren, S. (2018): The changing views on the evolutionary relationships of extant Salamandridae (Amphibia: Urodela). PlosOne. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198237.

Wirtz, S., Böhm, C., Fritz, J., Kotrscha, J., Veith, M. & Hochkirch, A. (2018): Optimizing the genetic management of reintroduction projects: Genetic population structure of the captive Northern Bald Ibis population. Conservation Genetics 19: 853-864.

2017

Budenz, T., Gessner, B., Lüttmann, J., Molitor, F., Servatius, K. & Veith, M. (2017): Up and down: Western barbastelles actively explore lattice towers – implications for mortality at wind turbines? Hystrix 28: 272-276.

Guicking, D., Finke, L., Wittich, M., Pfeiffer, I., Veith, M., Geske, C., Braukmann, U., Weising, K. & Neubeck, C. (2017): Conservation genetics of the yellow-bellied toad (Bombina v. variegata) in Northern Hesse, Germany. Salamandra 53: 201-211.

Kariş, M., Veith, M., Göçmen, B., Oguz, M.A., Şener, D. & Kurt, B. (2017): Genetic confirmation of the occurrence and notes on the ecology of the yellow-bellied toad, Bombina variegata (L., 1758) (Amphibia: Bombinatoridae) in the European part of Turkey. TheHerpetological Bulletin 139: 25-27.

Lunghi, E., & Veith, M. (2017): Are Visual Implant Alpha tags adequate for individually marking European cave salamanders (genus Hydromantes)? Amphibia-Reptilia 53: 541-544.

Najibzadeh, M., Veith, M., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Gharzi, M., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Kieren, S. & Pesarakloo, A. (2017): Molecular phylogenetic relationships among Anatolian-Hyrcanian brown frog taxa (Ranidae: Rana). Amphibia-Reptilia 38: 339-350.

Rodriguez, R., Burgon, J., Lyra, M., Irisarri, I., Baurain, D., Blaustein, L., Göҫmen, B., Künzel, S., Nolte, A., Veith, M., Steinfartz, S., Elmer, K., Philippe, H. & Vences, M. (2017): Inferring the shallow phylogeny of true salamanders (Salamandra) by multiple phylogenomic approaches. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 115: 16-26.

Sinsch, U., Böcking, H., Leskovar, C., Öz, M. & Veith, M. (2017): Demography and lifetime growth patterns in Lyciasalamandra spp.: Living underground attenuates among-species variation. Zoologischer Anzeiger 269: 48-56.

Wagner, N., Hochkirch, A., Martin, H., Matenaar, D., Rohde, K., Wacht, F., Wesch, C., Wirtz, S., Klein, R., Lötters, S., Proelss, A. & Veith, M. (2017): De-extinction, nomenclature, and the law - How we name resurrected species can have legal impacts. Science 356: 1016-1017.

Wagner, N., Neubeck, C., Guicking, D., Finke, L., Wittich, M., Weising, K., Geske, C. & Veith, M. (2017): No evidence for effects of infection with the amphibian chytrid fungus on populations of Yellow-bellied toads. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 123: 55-65.

Wagner, N., Veith, M., Lötters, S. & Viertel, B. (2017): Population and life-stage specific effects of two herbicide formulations on the aquatic development of European Common Frogs (Rana temporaria). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 36: 190-200.

Wagner, N., Lötters, S., Bauer, S.D., Beninde, J., Ewen, J., Fichera, G., Feiler, L., Feldmeier, S., Göb, D., Gussone, L., Harms, W., Harzheim, M., Hassenjürgen, L., Kolwelter, C., Krone, S., Lambing, A., Marin da Fonte, L.F., Martens, A., Peters, J., Pfeifer, L., Pfrommer, J., Reinhardt, N., Sandvoß, M., Schafft, M., Schulte, U., Tull, F., Unterberg, K. & Veith, M. (2017): Zur Verbreitung des Gebänderten Feuersalamanders (Salamandra salamandra terrestris Lacépède, 1788) im Naturpark Südeifel sowie im rheinland-pfälzischen Teil des Naturparks Nordeifel (Amphibia Urodela Salamandridae). Dendrocopos 44: 7-20.

2016

Beninde, J., Feldmeier, F., Werner, M., Peroverde, D., Schulte, U., Hochkirch, A. & Veith, M. (2016): Cityscape genetics: structural versus functional connectivity of an urban wall lizard population. Molecular Ecology 25: 4984-5000.

Beninde, J., Hochkirch, A., Veith, M. & Proelß, A. (2016): Artenschutz, genetische Diversität und die Mauereidechse in Deutschland. In: Korn, H. & Bockmühl, K. (eds.): Treffpunkt Biologische Vielfalt XV - Interdisziplinärer Forschungsaustausch im Rahmen des Übereinkommens über die biologische Vielfalt. BfN-Skripten 436: 133-137. Bonn-Bad Godesberg.

Feldmeier, S., Schefczyk, L., Wagner, N., Heinemann, G., Veith, M. & Lötters, S. (2016): Exploring the distribution of the spreading lethal salamander chytrid fungus in its invasive range in Europe - a macroecological approach. PlosOne, 11(10): e0165682. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165682.

Gebhard, F., Kötteritzsch, A., Lüttmann, J., Kiefer, A., Hendler, R. & Veith, M. (2016): Bewirken Arbeitshilfen eine Qualitätssteigerung von Fachgutachten zu Fledermäusen bei der Planung von Windenergieanlagen? Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 48(6): 177-183.

Schulte, U., Alfermann, D., Böhme, W., Joger, U., Sound, P., Veith, M., Wagner, N. & Heym, A. (2016): Vernetzung und Autochthonie nördlicher Arealrandpopulationen der Westlichen Smaragdeidechse (Lacerta bilineata). Natur und Landschaft 91(2): 66-72.

Spitzen-van der Sluys, A., Martel, A., Asselberghs, J., Bales, E., Beukema, W., Bletz, M., Dalbeck, L., Goverse, E., Kerres, A., Kinet, T., Kirst, K., Landelout, A., Marin da Fonte, L., Nöllert, A., Ohlhoff, D., Sabino-Pinto, J., Schmidt, B., Speybroeck, J., Spiksmans, F., Steinfartz, S., Veith, M., Vences, M., Wagner, N., Passmans, F. & Lötters, S. (2016): Expanding distribution of the lethal amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 22: 1286-1288.

Teubner, D., Wesslein, A.-K., Rønne, P.B., Veith, M., Frings, C. & Paulus, M. (2016): Is a visuo-haptic differentiation of zebra mussel and quagga mussel based on a single external morphometric shell character possible? Aquatic Invasions 11: 145-154.

Veith, M., Göçmen, B., Sotiropoulos, K., Kieren, S., Godmann, O. & Steinfartz, S. (2016): Seven at one blow: The origin of major lineages of the viviparous Lycian salamanders (Lyciasalamandra) was triggered by a single paleo-historic event. Amphibia-Reptilia 37: 373-387.

2015

Beninde, J., Hochkirch, A. & Veith, M. (2015): Biodiversität in Städten braucht (mehr) Platz. ANLiegen Natur 37: 54-57.

Beninde, J., Veith, M. & Hochkirch, A. (2015): Biodiversity in cities needs space: A meta-analysis of factors determining intra-urban biodiversity variation. Ecology Letters 18: 581-592.

Lötters, S., Geiger, A., Kerres, A., Krebs, B., Ohlhoff, D., Schmeller, D.S., Schmidt, B.R., Steinfartz, S., Veith, M., Vences, M. & Wagner, N. (2015): Handlungsbedarf und anlaufende Aktivitäten vor dem Hintergrund der Bedrohung einheimischer Schwanzlurche durch einen neuen Salamander-Chytridpilz.Feldherpetologisches Magazin, 3: 39-40.

Mingo, V., Modica, C., Hochkirch, A., Veith, M. & Schulte, U. (2015): Rekonstruktion der Ausbreitungshistorie langjährig etablierter eingeschleppter Mauereidechsen-Vorkommen in Deutschland. In: Laufer, H. & Schulte, U., Verbreitung, Biologie und Schutz der Mauereidechse Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768). Mertensiella 22: 94-100.

Sabino-Pinto, J., Bletz, M., Hendrix, R., Bina Perl, R.G., Martel, A., Pasmans, F., Lötters, F., Mutschmann, F., Schmeller, D., Schmidt, B., Veith, M., Wagner, N., Vences, M., Steinfartz, S. (2015): First evidence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Germany. Amphibia-Reptilia, 36: 411-416.

Schulte, U., Hochkirch, A. & Veith, M. (2015): Intraspezifische Hybridisierungen zwischen eingeschleppten und heimischen Mauereidechsen als Gefahr für autochthone Bestände in Südwest-Deutschland. In: Laufer, H. & Schulte, U., Verbreitung, Biologie und Schutz der Mauereidechse Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768).Mertensiella 22: 101-113.

Teubner, D., Paulus, M., Veith, M. & Klein, R. (2015). Biometric parameters of the bream (Abramis brama) as indicators for long-term changes in fish health and environmental quality – Data from the German ESB. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22: 1620–1627 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3008-3.

Wagner, N., S. Lötters, M. Veith & B. Viertel (2015): Effects of an environmentally relevant temporal application scheme of low herbicide concentrations on larvae of two anuran species.Chemosphere 135: 175-181.

Wagner, N., S. Lötters, M. Veith & B. Viertel (2015): Acute toxic effects of the herbicide formulation and the active ingredient used in Cycloxydim-tolerant maize cultivation on embryos and larvae of the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 94: 412-418.

Wagner, N., S. Lötters, M. Veith & B. Viertel (2015): Acute toxic effects of the herbicide formulation Focus® Ultra on embryos and larvae of the Moroccan painted frog, Discoglossus scovazzi. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. DOI 10.1007/s00244-015-0176-1.

While, G.M., Michaelides, S., Heathcote, R.J.P., MacGregor, H.E.A., Zajac, N., Beninde, J., Carazo, P., Pérez i de Lanuza, G., Sacchi, R., Zuffi, M.A.L., Horváthová, T., Fresnillo, B., Schulte, U., Veith, M., Hochkirch, A. & Uller, T. (2015): Sexual selection drives asymmetric introgression in wall lizards. Ecology Letters 18: 1366-1375.

2014

Lötters, S., Filz, K. J., Wagner, N., Schmidt, B. R., Emmerling, C. & Veith, M. (2014): Hypothesizing if responses to climate change affect herbicide exposure risk for amphibians. Environmental Sciences Europe 26: 1-5.

Paulus, M., Teubner, D.; Hochkirch, A. & Veith, M. (2014): Journey into the past: Using cryogenically stored samples to reconstruct the invasion history of the quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis) in German river systems. Biological Invasions 16: 2591–2597.

Schulte, L. M., & Veith, M. (2014): Is the response of a Neotropical poison frog (Ranitomeya variabilis) to larval chemical cues influenced by relatedness? The Herpetological Journal, 24: 189-192.

Schulte, U. & Veith, M. (2014): Kann man Reptilien-Populationen erfolgreich umsiedeln? Eine populationsbiologische Betrachtung. Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 21: 219–235.

Veith, M. & Schulte, U. (2014): Zur Problematik von Umsiedlungen am Beispiel von Eidechsenpopulationen. - Tagungsband: Artenschutz in der Praxis - Erfahrungen mit Ersatzquartieren und der Umsiedlung von streng geschützten Arten, Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (bfg), Koblenz.

Wagner, N., Rödder, D., Veith, M., Brühl, C.A., Lenhardt, P.P. & Lötters, S. (2014): Evaluating the risk of pesticide exposure for amphibian species listed in Annex II of the European Union Habitats Directive. Biological Conservation 176: 64-70.

2013

Akman, B., Göçmen, B., Veith, M., Oğuz, M.A. & Yalçinkaya, D. (2013): New localities of Lyciasalamandra luschani luschani (Steindachner, 1891) (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae). Herpetologica Romanica 7: 29-39.

Böll, S., Schmidt, B.R., Veith, M., Wagner, N., Rödder, D., Weimann, C., Kirschey, T. & Lötters, S. (2013): Anuran amphibians as indicators of changes in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems following GM crop cultivation: a monitoring guideline. BioRisk 8: 39-51.

Chiari, Y., Van der Meijden, A., Mucedda, M., Wagner, N. & Veith, M. (2013): No detection of the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Sardinian cave salamanders, genus Hydromantes. Amphibia-Reptilia 34: 136-141.

Göçmen, B., Veith, M., Akman, B., Godmann, O., İğci, N. & Oğuz, M.A. (2013): New records of the Turkish Lycian salamanders (Lyciasalamandra, Salamandridae). Northwestern Journal of Zoology 9: 319-328.

Göçmen, B., Veith, M., İğci, N., Akman, B., Godmann, O. & Wagner, N. (2013): No detection of the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in in terrestrial Turkish salamanders (Lyciasalamandra) despite its occurrence in syntopic frogs (Pelophylax bedriagae). Salamandra49: 51-55.

Heym, A., Deichsel, G., Hochkirch, A., Veith, M. & Schulte, U. (2013): Do introduced wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) cause niche shifts in a native sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) population? A case study from south-western Germany. Salamandra 49: 97-104.

Hillen, J. & Veith, M. (2013): Resource partitioning in three syntopic forest-dwelling European bat species (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Mammalia77: 71-80.

Hochkirch, A., Schmitt, T., Beninde, J., Hiery, M., Kinitz, T., Kirschey, J., Matenaar, D., Rohde, K., Stoefen, A., Wagner, N., Zink, A., Lötters, S., Veith, M. & Proelß, A. (2013): Europe needs a new vision for a Natura 2020 network. ConservationLetters 6: 462-467.

Hochkirch, A., Schmitt, T., Beninde, J., Hiery, M., Kinitz, T., Kirschey, J., Matenaar, D., Rohde, K., Stoefen, A., Wagner, N., Zink, A., Lötters, S., Veith, M. & Proelß, A. (2013): How much biodiversity does Nature 2000 cover?. ConservationLetters DOI: 10.1111/conl.12006.

Kinitz, T., Quack, M., Paulus, M., Veith, M., Bergek, S., Strand, J., Tuvikened, A., Soirinsuoe, A. & Hochkirch, A. (2013): Strong isolation-by-distance in the absence of genetic population structure in the eelpout (Zoarces viviparus, Linnaeus 1758). EcologicalIndicators 27: 116-122.

Müller, J., R. Brandl, J. Buchner, H. Pretzsch, S. Seifert, C. Strätz, M. Veith & B. Fenton (2013): From ground to above canopy—Bat activity in mature forests is driven by vegetation density and height. Forest Ecology and Management 306: 179-184.

Schulte, U., Veith, M., Mingo, V., Modica, C. & Hochkirch, A. (2013): Strong genetic differentiation due to multiple founder effects during a range expansion of an introduced wall lizard population. Biological Invasions DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0480-5.

Schulte, U., Alfermann, D., Wagner, N., Joger, U. & Veith, M. (2013): Überprüfung von Isolation und Autochthonie der Westlichen Smaragdeidechse (Lacerta bilineata) an der Untermosel sowie im hessischen Lahntal. Terraria/elaphe 2013: 102-103.

Veith, M. & Schulte, U. (2013): Zur Problematik von Umsiedlungen am Beispiel von Eidechsenpopulationen. - Tagungsband: Artenschutz in der Praxis - Erfahrungen mit Ersatzquartieren und der Umsiedlung von streng geschützten Arten, Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (bfg), Koblenz.

2012

Bidinger, K., Lötters, S., Rödder, D. & Veith, M. (2012): Species distribution models for the alien invasive Asian Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis). Journal of Applied Entomology 136: 109-123.

Chiari, Y., Van der Meijden, A., Mucedda, M., Lourenco, J., Hochkirch, A. & Veith, M. (2012): Phylogeography of Sardinian cave salamanders (genus Hydromantes) is mainly determined by geomorphology. PLosOne 7(3): e32332.

Hillen, J. & Veith, M. (2012): Mopsfledermäuse am Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn: Ergebnisse aus sieben Jahren Monitoring. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 128: 63-80.

Klein, R., Bartel-Steinbach, M., Koschorreck, J., Paulus, M., Tarricone, K., Teubner, D., Wagner, G., Weimann, T. & Veith, M. (2012): Standardization of egg collection from aquatic birds for biomonitoring - a critical review. Environmental Science and Technology 46, 5273−5284.

Malonza, P.K. & Veith, M. (2012): Amphibian community along elevational and habitat disturbance gradients in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Herpetotropicos 7: 7-16.

Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, …, Hochkirch, A., …, Kinitz, T., …, Quack, M.,… Veith, M. …et al. (2012): Permanent genetic resources added to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 October 2011 - 30 November 2011. MolecularEcology Resources 12: 374-376.

Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, Altmann, C.,…, Hochkirch, A., …, Schmitt, T., …, Weyer, J.,… Veith, M. …et al. (2012): Permanent genetic resources added to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 March 2012 - 30 April 2012. Molecular Ecology Resources 12: 972-974.

Schulte, U., Gassert, F., Geniez, P., Veith, M. & Hochkirch, A. (2012): Origin and genetic diversity of an invasive wall lizard population and its cryptic congener. Amphibia-Reptilia 33: 129-140.

Schulte, U., Hochkirch, A., Lötters, S., Rödder, D., Schweiger, S., Weimann, T. & Veith, M. (2012): Cryptic niche conservatism among evolutionary lineages of an invasive lizard. GlobalEcology and Biogeography 21: 198-211.

Schulte, U., Veith, M. & Hochkirch, A. (2012): Rapid genetic assimilation of native wall lizard populations (Podarcis muralis) through extensive hybridization with introduced lineages. Molecular Ecology 21: 4313-4326.

Strunk, H., Hochkirch, A., Veith, M., Hankeln, T. & Emmerling, C. (2012): Isolation and characterization of eleven polymorphic microsatellite markers for the earthworm Aporrectodea longa (Ude). European Journal of Soil Biology 48: 56-58.

Trautmann, S., Lötters, S., Ott, J., Buse, J., Filz, K., Rödder, D., Wagner, N., Jaeschke, A., Schulte, U., Veith, M., Griebeler, E.-M., Böhning-Gaese, K. (2012): Auswirkungen auf geschützte und schutzwürdige Arten. In: Stribrny B., Krohmer B., Schaller M. (eds.): Statusreport „Klimawandel und Biodiversität – Folgen für Deutschland“, pp. 260-289. WBG Press.

Viertel, B., M. Veith, S. Schick, A. Channing, S. Kigoolo, O. Baeza-Urrea, U. Sinsch & Lötters, S. (2012): The stream-dwelling larva of the Ruwenzori river frog, Amietia ruwenzorica, its oral cavity and pathology of chytridiomycosis. Zootaxa 3400: 43-57.

Veith, M., Baumgart, A., Dubois, A., Ohler, A., Galán, P., Vieites, D.R., Nieto-Román, S. & Vences, M. (2012): Discordant patterns of nuclear and mitochondrial introgression in Iberian populations of the Common frog. Journal of Heredity 103: 240-249.

Veith, M., Bonn, S., Sander, U., Albrech, J. & Poschlod, P. (2012): Nachhaltige Entwicklung xerothermer Hanglagen am Beispiel des Mittelrheintals. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 121, 357 S. Bonn.

2011

Bidinger, K., S. Lötters, M. Veith, D. Rödder, C. Krahmer, J. Amelong, P. Reiff & Hendler, R. (2011): Wer haftet für Folgeschäden von Neozoen? Das Problem des Asiatischen Marienkäfers. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 43: 133-137.

Heym, A., Deichsel, G., Hochkirch, A., Werner, G., Veith, M. & Schulte, U. (2011): Etablierung eingeschleppter Mauereidechsen (Podarcis muralis) zu Lasten heimischer Zauneidechsen? Elaphe 19(4): 26-29.

Hillen, J., Kaster, T., Pahle, J., Kiefer, A., Elle, O., Griebeler, E.-M. & Veith, M. (2011): Sex-specific habitat selection in an edge specialist, the western barbastelle bat. Annales Zoologici Fennici 48: 180-190.

Lötters, S., A. van der Meijden, L.A. Coloma, R. Boistel, P. Cloetens, R. Ernst, E. Lehr & M. Veith (2011): Assessing the molecular phylogeny of a near extinct group of vertebrates: the Neotropical harlequin frogs (Bufonidae; Atelopus). Systematics and Biodiversity 9: 45-57.

Rödder, D., S. Lötters, M. Öz, S. Bogaerts, K. Eleftherakos & M. Veith (2011): A novel method to calculate climatic niche similarity among species with restricted ranges – the case of terrestrial Lycian salamanders. Organism, Diversity & Evolution, 11:409-423.

Schulte, U., Bidinger, K., Deichsel, G., Hochkirch, A., Thiesmeier, B., Veith, M. (2011): Verbreitung, geografische Herkunft und naturschutzrechtliche Aspekte allochthoner Vorkommen der Mauereidechse(Podarcis muralis) in Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 18: 161-180.

Schulte, U., Gebhard, F., Heinz, L., Veith, M. & Hochkirch, A. (2011): Buccal swabs as a reliable non-invasive tissue sampling method for DNA analysis in lacertid lizards. Northwestern Journal of Zoology 7: 325-328.

Schulte, U., Hochkirch, A., Mayer, W., Schweiger, S. & Veith, M. (2011): Multipler Ursprung allochthoner Mauereidechsen (Podarcismuralis) in Kamenz. Veröff. Mus. Westlausitz Kamenz 30 (2010): 65-68.

Schulte, L.M., Yaeger, J., Schulte, R., Veith, M., Werner, P., Beck, L.A., Lötters, S. (2011): The smell of success: choice of larva rearing sites by means of chemical cues in a Peruvian poison frog (Ranitomeya variabilis). Animal Behaviour 81: 1147-1154.

Schulte, L.M., J. Yeager, R. Schulte, M. Veith, P. Werner, L.A. Beck & S. Lötters (2011): The smell of success: choice of larval rearing sites by means of chemical cues in a Peruvian poison frog. FrogLog 96: 38-39.

Teubner, D., Tarricone, K., Veith, M., Wagner, G., Bartel-Steinbach, M., Klein, R., Körner, A., Quack, M. & Paulus, M. (2011): Use of sex ratio of bream (Abramis brama L.) as an indicator of endocrine effects: results from the German Environmental Specimen Bank. EcologicalIndicators 11: 1487-1489.

Veith, M., Mucedda, M., Kiefer, A., Pidinchedda, E. (2011): On the presence of pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus and Hypsugo; Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Sardinia. Acta Chiropterologica 13: 89-99.

2010

Hendler, R., Rödder, D., Veith, M. (2010): Flexibilisierung des Schutzgebietsnetzes Natura 2000 vor dem Hintergrund des Klimawandels. Natur und Recht 32: 685-692.

Hendrix, R., Hauswaldt, J.S., Veith, M., Steinfartz, S. (2010): Strong correlation between cross-amplification success and genetic distance across all members of ‘True Salamanders’ (Amphibia: Salamandridae) revealed by Salamandra salamandra-specific microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 1038-1047.

Hillen, J., Kiefer, A., Veith, M. (2010): Interannual fidelity to roosting habitat and flight paths by female western barbastelle bats. Acta Chiropterologica 12: 187-195.

Kielgast, J., Rödder, D., Veith, M., Lötters, S. (2010): Widespread occurrence of the amphibian chytrid fungus in Kenya. Animal Conservation. 13 (Suppl. 1): 36-43.

Lötters, S., Kielgast, J., Bielby, J., Schmidtlein, S., Bosch, J., Veith, M., Walker, S., Fisher, M.C., Rödder, D. (2010): The link between rapid enigmatic amphibian decline and the globally emerging chytrid fungus. Ecohealth 6: 358-372.

Lötters, S., van der Meijden, A., Rödder, D., Koester, T.E., Kraus, T., La Marca, E., Haddad, C.F.B., Veith, M. (2010): Reinforcing and expanding the predictions of the disturbance vicariance hypothesis in Amazonian harlequin frogs: a molecular phylogenetic and climate envelope modelling approach. Biodiversity and Conservation 19: 2125-2146.

Paulus, M., Quack, M., Teubner, D., Bartel-Steinbach, M., Klein, R., Tarricone, K., Wagner, G., Körner, A., Veith, M. (2010): Climate Impact Research - Contributions and Options of the German ESB. In: Isobe, T., Nomiyama, K., Subramanian, A., Tanabe, S. (Eds.), Proceedings of Interdisciplinary Studies on Environmental Chemistry Vol.4: Environmental Specimen Bank: Exploring Possibility of Setting-up ESBs in Developing Countries, pp. 95-101.

Wibbelt, G., Kurth, A., Hellmann, D., Weishaar, M., Barlow, A., Veith, M., Prüger, J., Görföl, T., Grosche, L., Bontadina, F., Zöphel, U., Seidl, H.-P., Cryan, P.M., Blehert, D.S. (2010): Fungus associated with white-nose syndrome in North America also occurs on bats in several European countries. Emerging Infectious Diseases 16: 1237-1242.

2009

Bonn, S., Albrech, J., Bylebyl, K., Driessen, N., Poschlod, P., Sander, U., Veith, M. (2009): Mechanische Störungen als Ersatz für natürliche Dynamik? Jahrbuch für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege 57: 306-314.

Bonn, S., Albrech, J., Bylebyl, K., Driessen, N., Poschlod, P., Sander, U., Veith, M. (2009): Offenlandmanagement mit Panzerketten. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 73: 189-205.

Bwong, B.A., Chira, R., Schick, S., Veith, M., Lötters, L. (2009): Diversity of Ridged Frogs (Ptychadena) in the easternmost remnant of the Guineo-Congolian rain forest: morphology, bioacoustics, molecular genetics. Salamandra 45: 129-146.

Hammouti, N., Schmitt, T., Seitz, A., Kosuch, J., Veith, M. (209): Combining mitochondrial and nuclear evidences: A refined evolutionary history of Erebia medusa in Central Europe based on the COI gene. J. Zool Syst. Evol. Res. 48: 115-125.

Hillen, J., Kiefer, A., Veith, M. (2009): Foraging site fidelity shapes the spatial organisation of a population of female western barbastelle bats. Biological Conservation. 142: 817–823.

Lermen, D., Blömeke, B., Browne, R., Clarke, A., Dyce, P.W., Fixemer, T., Fuhr, G.R., Holt, W.V., Jewgenow, K., Lloyd, R.E., Lötters, S., Paulus, M., 1, Reid, G.M., Rapoport, D.H., Rawson, D., Ringleb, J., Ryder, O.A., Spörl, G., Schmitt, T., Veith, M., Müller, P. (2009): Cryobanking of viable biomaterials - implementation of new strategies for conservation purposes. Molecular Ecology 18: 1030–1033.

Meijden, A.v.d., Chiari, Y., Mucedda, M., Carranza, S., Corti, C., Veith, M. (2009): Phylogenetic relationships of Sardinian cave salamanders, genus Hydromantes, based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 51: 399–404.

Rödel, M.-O., Kosuch, J., Grafe, T.U., Boistel, R., Assemian, N.E., Kouamé, N.G., Tohé, B., Gourène, G., Perret, J.-L., Henle, K., Tafforeau, P., Pollet, N., Veith, M. (2009): A new tree-frog genus and species from Ivory Coast, West Africa (Amphibia, Anura, Hyperoliidae). Zootaxa 2044: 23–45.

Rödder, D., Kielgast, J., Bielby, J., Schmidtlein, S., Bosch, J., Garner, T.W.J., Veith, M., Walker, S., Fisher, M.C., Lötters, L. (2009): Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus. Diversity 2009, 1: 52-66.

Rödder, D., Schmidtlein, S., Veith, M., Lötters, S. (2009): Alien invasive slider in unpredicted habitat: a matter of niche shift or of variables studied? PLoS ONE 4: e7843 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007843 [online].

Veith, M., Kosuch, J., Rödel, M.-O., Schmitz, A., Burger, M., Lötters, S. (2009): Multiple evolution of ontogenetic color change in afrotropical tree frogs.Mol. Phyl. Evol. 51: 388-393.

Veith, M., Schmitt, T. (2009): Naturschutzgenetik bei Amphibien: Von der Theorie zur Praxis. In: Hachtel, M., M. Schlüppmann, B. Thiesmeier & K. Weddeling (eds): Methoden der Feldherpetologie. Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie, Supplement pp. 153-184.

2008

Griebeler, E.-M., Maas, H., Veith, M. (2008): Enhanced survival in a dynamic landscape due to artificial ephemeral source habitats. In: Fattorini, S. (ed): Insect Ecology and Conservation, pp.115-134.

Hillers, A., Veith, M., Rödel, M.-O. (2008): Effects of forest fragmentation and habitat degradation on West African leaf litter frogs. Conservation Biology 22: 762–772

Lötters, S., Rödder, D., Bielby, J., Bosch, J., Garner, T.W.J., Kielgast, J., Schmidtlein, S., Veith, M., Walker, S., Weldon, C., Aansen, D.M., Fisher, M.C. (2008): Meeting the challenge of conserving Madagascar's megadiverse amphibians: addition of a risk-assessment for the chytrid fungus. PLoS BIOLOGY 6 (online).

Pagano, A., Lesbarreres, D., O’Hara, R., Crivelli, A., Veith, M., Lodé, T., Schmeller, D.S. (2008): Geographical and ecological distributions of frog hemiclones suggest occurrence of both "General-Purpose Genotype" and "Frozen Niche Variation" clones. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 46(2): 162–168.

Rödder, D., Veith, M., Lötters, S. (2008): Environmental gradients explaining the prevalence and intensity of infection with the amphibian chytrid fungus: the host’s perspective. Animal Conservation,11: 513–517.

Veith, M., Lipscher, E., Öz, M., Kiefer, A., Baran, I., Polymeni, R.M., Steinfartz, S. (2008): Cracking the nut: Geographical adjacency of sister taxa supports vicariance in a polytomic salamander clade in the absence of node support. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 47: 916-931.

Veith, M., Schmitt, T. (2008): Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Naturschutzgenetik. Z.Feldherpetologie 15: 119-138.

Wollenberg, K.C., Lötters, S., Mora-Ferrer, C., Veith, M. (2008): Disentangeling composite colour patterns in a poison frog species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 433-444.

2007

Crottini, A., Andreone, F., Kosuch, J., Borkin, L., Litvinchuk, S.N., Eggert, C., Veith, M. (2007): Fossorial but widespread: the phylogeography of the common spadefoot toad (Pelobates fuscus), and the role of the Po Valley as a major source of genetic variability. Molecular Ecology 16: 2734-2754.

Lötters, S., Wagner, P., Bwong, B.A., Schick, S., Malonza, P.K., Muchai, V., Wasonga, D.V., Veith, M. (2007): A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Kakamega Forest (Kielezo cha amfibia na reptilia wanaopatikana Msitu wa Kakamega). Chimaira, Frankfurt.112 S.

Schmeller, D.S., Pagano, A., Plenet, S., Veith, M. (2007): Introducing water frogs - Is there a risk for indigenous species in France? Comptes Rendus Biologies 330: 684-690.

Schmeller, D., Schregel, J., Veith, M. (2007): The importance of heterozygosity in a frog’s life. Naturwissenschaften 94: 360-366.

Viertel, B., Lötters, S., Baumgart, A., Oberst, M., Eisenbeis, G., Veith, M. (2007): Larval morphology of reed frogs, Hyperolius kivuensis and H. viridiflavus, from western Kenya (Anura: Hyperoliidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 114(4): 825-837.

2006

Böhning-Gaese, K., Caprano, T., Ewijk, K. Van, Veith, M. (2006): Range size: Disentangling ecological, biogeographic and phylogenetic factors. The American Naturalist 167: 555-567.

Driessen, N., Albrech, J., Bonn, S., Bylebyl, K., Poschlod, P., Sander, U., Sound, P., Veith, M. (2006): Nachhaltige Entwicklung xerothermer Hanglagen am Beispiel des Mittelrheintals.Natur und Landschaft 81: 130-137

Eggert, C., Coaglniceanu, D., Veith, M., Dzukic, G., Taberlet, P. (2006): The declining Spadefoot toad, Pelobates fuscus (Pelobatidae): Paleo and recent environmental changes as a major influence on current population structure and status. Conservation Genetics 7: 185-195.

Johannesen, J., Johannesen, B., Baran, I., Rizvan-Tunc, M., Kiefer, A., Veith, M. (2006): Distortion of symmetrical introgression in a hybrid zone: evidence for locus-specific selection and uni-directional range expansion. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 705-716.

Köhler, J., Bwong, B.A., Schick, S., Veith, M., Lötter, S. (2006): A new species of arboreal Leptopelis (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from forests of western Kenya. The Herpetological Journal 16: 183-189.

Lötters, S., Rotich, D., Köster, T.E., Kosuch, J., Muchai, V., Scheelke, K., Schick, S., Teege, P., Wasonga, V.D., Veith, M. (2006): What do we know about the amphibians from the Kenyan central and western highlands? A review and recommendations. Salamandra 42: 165-179.

Sound, P., Kosuch, J., Vences, M., Seitz, A., Veith, M. (2006): Preliminary molecular relationships of Comoran day geckos (Phelsuma). In: Vences, M., Köhler, J., Ziegler, T., Böhme, W. (eds), Herpetologica Bonnensis II. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Societas Europea Herpetologica. pp. 175-179.

Veith, M., Fromhage, L., Kosuch, J., Vences, M. (2006): Historical biogeography of Western Palearctic pelobatid and pelodytid frogs: a molecular phylogenetic perspective. Contributions to Zoology 75: 109-120.

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 2006(4): 623–629

2005

Johannesen, J., Kiefer, A., Veith, M., Kral, J. (2005): Genetic cohesion of Eresus walckenaeri (Araneae, Eresidae) in the eastern Mediterranean. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 86: 1-9.

Köhler, J., Scheelke, K., Schick, S., Veith, M., Lötters, S. (2005): Contribution to the taxonomy of hyperoliid frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae): Advertisement calls of twelve species from East and Central Africa. African Zoology 40: 127-142.

Lötters, S., La Marca, E., Gagliardo, R.W., Señaris, C.J., Veith, M. (2005): Harlequin frogs back? Some thoughts and speculations. Froglog 70: 1-3.

Lötters, S., Schulte, R., Córdova, J.H., Veith, M. (2005): Conservation priorities for harlequin frogs (Atelopus spp.) of Peru. Oryx 39: 343-346.

Päckert, M., Mertens, J., Nazarenko, A.A., Valchuk, O., Petri, B., Veith, M. (2005): The great tit (Parus major) – a misclassified ring species. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 86: 153-174.

Rödel, M.-O., Kosuch, J., Kouamé. N.G., Ernst, R., Veith, M. (2005): Phrynobatrachus alticola Guibé & Lamotte, 1961 is a junior synonyme of Phrynobatrachus tokba (Chabanaud, 1921). African J. Herpetology 54: 93-98.

Schick, S., Veith, M., Lötters, S (2005): Distribution patterns of amphibians from the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. African Journal of Herpetology 54: 185-190.

Schmeller, D.S., Seitz, A., Crivelli, A., Veith, M. (2005): Crossing species’ range borders: interspecific gene exchange mediated by hybridogenesis. Proc. Roy. Soc. London, Ser. B 272: 1625-1631.

2004

Benda, P., Kiefer, A., Hanák, V., Veith, M. (2004): Systematic status of African populations of long-eared bats, genus Plecotus (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Folia Zoologica, Monograph 1, 53: 1-47.

Fromhage, L., Vences, M., Veith, M. (2004): Testing alternative vicariance scenarios in Western Mediterranean discoglosside frogs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 308-322.

Lötters, S., La Marca, E., Stuart, S., Gagliardo, R., Veith, M. (2004): A new dimension in current biodiversity loss? Herpetotropicos 1: 29-31.

Lötters, S., Schick, S., Scheelke, K., Teege, P., Kosuch, J., Rotich, D., Veith, M. (2004): Bio-sketches and partitioning of sympatric reed frogs, genus Hyperolius (Amphibia; Hyperoliidae), in two humid tropical African forest regions. Journal of Natural History 38: 1969-1997.

Martens, J., Tietze, D.-T., Eck, S., Veith, M. (2004): Radiation and species limits of the Asian Pallas’s warbler complex (Phylloscopus proregulus s.l.). Journal of Ornithology 145: 206-222.

Päckert, M., Martens, J., Sun, Y.-S., Veith, M. (2004): The radiation of the Seicercus burkii complex and its congeners, part 3: molecular genetics and bioacoustics (Aves: Sylviidae). Org. Divers. Evol. 4: 341-364.

Veith, M., Beer, N., Kiefer, A., Johannesen, J., Seitz, A. (2004): The role of swarming sites for maintaining gene flow in the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus). Heredity 93: 342-349.

Veith, M., Lötters, S., Andreone, F., Rödel, M.-O. (2004): Measuring and monitoring amphibian diversity in tropical rainforests. II. Estimating species richness from standardised transect census. Ecotropica 10: 85-99.

Veith, M., Mayer, C., Samraoui, B., Donaire Barroso, D., Bogaerts, S. (2004): From Europe to Africa and vice versa: evidence for multiple intercontinental dispersal in ribbed salamanders (genus Pleurodeles). Journal of Biogeography 31: 159-171.

Veith, M., Steinfartz, S. (2004): When non-monophyly results in taxonomic consequences – the case of Mertensiella within the Salamandridae (Amphibia: Urodela).Salamandra 40: 67-80.

Veith, M., Wulfraat, S., Kosuch, J., Hallmann, G., Henkel, W., Sound, P., Samsu, Rudhimanto, L., Iskandar, D. (2004): Frogs of the Kayan Mentarang National Park (East Kalimantan, Indonesia): Estimating overall and local species richness. Tropical Zoology 17: 1-23.

2003

Jakob, C., Miaud, C., Crivelli, A.J., Veith, M. (2003): How to cope with periods of drought? Age at maturity, longevity and growth of marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus) in temporary Mediterranean ponds. Can. J. Zoology. 81: 1905-1911.

Jakob, C., Poizat, G., Veith, M., Seitz, A., Crivelli, A.J (2003): Breeding phenology and larval distribution of amphibians in a Mediterranean pond network with unpredictable hydrology. Hydrobiologia 499: 51-61.

Päckert, M., Martens, J., Kosuch, J., Nazarenko, A.A., Veith, M. (2003): Phylogenetic signal in the song of crests and kinglets (Aves: Regulus). Evolution 57(3): 616-629.

Rödel, M.-O., Kosuch, J., Ernst, R., Veith, M. (2003): First record of the genus Acanthixalus Laurent, 1944 from the Upper Guinean rain forest, West Africa, with the description of a new species. J. Herpetology. 37: 43-52.

Veith, M., Kosuch, J., Vences, M. (2003): Climatic oscillations triggered post-Messinian speciation of Western Palearctic brown frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae). Mol. Phyl. Evol. 26: 310-327.

Veith, M., Schmidtler, F.J., Kosuch, J., Baran, I., Seitz, A. (2003): Paleoclimatic changes explain Anatolian mountain frogs: evolution: a test for alternating vicariance and dispersal events. Molecular Ecology 12: 185-199.

Vences, M., Kosuch, J., Boistel, R., Haddad, C.F.B., La Marca, E., Löttersd, S., Veith, M. (2003): Convergent evolution of aposematic coloration in Neotropical poison frogs: a molecular phylogenetic perspective. Org. Divers. Evol. 3(3): 215-226.

Vences, M., Kosuch, J., Glaw, F., Böhme, W., Veith, M. (2003): Molecular phylogeny of hyperoliid treefrogs: biogeographic origin of Malagasy and Seychellean taxa and re-analysis of familial paraphyly. J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 41: 205-215.

Vences, M., Vieites, D.R., Glaw, F., Brinkmann, H., Kosuch, J., Veith, M., Meyer, A. (2003): Multiple overseas dispersal in amphibians challenges biogeographic paradigms. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Ser. B. 270: 2435-2442.

Zardoya, R., Malaga-Trillo, E., Veith, M., García-Paris, M., Meyer, A. (2003): Complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of a salamander, Mertensiella luschani. Gene 317: 17-27.

2002

Jakob, C., Poizat, G., Veith, M., Crivelli, A.J (2002): Laval growth variation in marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus) from temporary Mediterranean ponds. Amph.-Rept. 23: 359-362.

Kiefer, A., Mayer, F., Kosuch, J., Von Helversen, O., Veith, M. (2002): Conflicting molecular phylogenies of European long-eared bats (Plecotus) can be explained by cryptic diversity. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 25: 557-566.

Mucedda, M., Kiefer, A., Pidinchedda, E., Veith, M. (2002): A new species of long-eared bat (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Sardinia (Italy). Acta Chiropterologica 4: 121-135.

Schäfer, H.-C., Vences, M., Veith, M. (2002): Molecular phylogeny of Malagasy poison frogs, genus Mantella: Parallel evolution of colour pattern in aposematic amphibians. Org. Divers. Evol. 2: 97-105.

Steinfartz, S., Hwand, U., Tautz, D., Veith, M. (2002): Molecular phylogeny of the salamandrid genus Neurergus within the Salamandridae: Evidence for an intrageneric switch of reproductive biology. Amph.-Rept. 23 (4) 419-431.

Veith, M., Vences, M., Rodriguez Vieitie, D., Nieto Roman, S., Palanca-Soler, A. (2002): Genetic differentiation and population structure within the Spanish Rana temporaria complex (Amphibia: Ranidae). Folia Zool. 51: 307-318.

Vences, M., Andreone, F., Glaw, F., Kosuch, J., Meyer, A., Schäfer, H.-C., Veith, M. (2002): Exploring the potential of life-history key innovation: brook breeding in the radiation of the Malagasy tree-frog genus Boophis.Mol. Ecol., 11: 1453-1463.

2001

Joger, U., Amann, T., Veith, M. (2001): Phylogeographie und genetische Differenzierung im Lacerta viridis/bilineata Komplex. – In: Elbing, K., Nettmann, H.-K. (Hrsg.), Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte und zum Schutz der Smaragdeidechsen (Lacerta s. str.). Mertensiella 13: 60-68.

Johannesen, J., Veith, M. (2001): Population history of Eresus cinnaberinus (Araneae: Eresidae) colour variants at a putative species transition. Heredity 87: 114-124.

Kiefer, A., Veith, M. (2001): A new species of long-eared bat from Europe (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Myotis 39: 5-16.

Schmeller, D., Crivelli, A., Pagano, A., Seitz, A., Veith, M. (2001): Inheritance in the waterfrog Rana ridibunda (Pallas, 1771) – Is it Mendelian or hemiclonal? Mitt. Mus. Nat.-kde. Berlin, Zool. Reihe 77: 39-42.

Schmeller, D., Crivelli, A., Veith, M. (2001): Is triploidy indisputably determinable in hybridogenetic hybrids by planimetric analyses of erythrocytes? Mitt. Mus. Nat.-kde. Berlin., Zool. Reihe 77: 71-77.

Sound, P., Seitz, A., Veith, M. (2001): Anwendung und Verträglichkeit der Radiotelemetrie bei der Westlichen Smaragdeidechse (Lacerta bilineata DAUDIN 1802) - In: Elbing, K., Nettmann, H.-K. (Hrsg.), Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte und zum Schutz der Smaragdeidechsen (Lacerta s. str.)., Mertensiella 13:188-194.

Sound, P., Veith, M. (2001): Radiotelemetrische Untersuchungen zu Raumbedarf, Habitatwahl und Innerhabitatbewegungen der Westlichen Smaragdeidechse (Lacerta bilineata DAUDIN 1802) im Mittelrheintal, mit Vergleichen zwischen Männchen und Weibchen. In: Elbing, K., Nettmann, H.-K. (Hrsg.), Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte und zum Schutz der Smaragdeidechsen (Lacerta s. str.)., Mertensiella 13:195-203.

Veith, M., Baran, I., Godmann, O., Kiefer, A., Öz, M., Tunc, M.R. (2001): A revision of population designation and geographic distribution of Mertensiella luschani (STEINDACHNER, 1891). Fauna in the Middle East 22: 67-82.

Veith, M., Kosuch, J., Ohler, A., Dubois, A. (2001): Systematics of Fejervarya limnocharis (Gravenhorst, 1829). 2. Morphological and molecular variation in frogs from the Great Sunda Islands (Sumatra, Java, Borneo) with the definition of two species. Alytes 19(1): 2-28.

Vences, M., Feyhof, J., Sonnenberg, R., Kosuch, J., Veith, M. (2001): Reconciling fossils and molecules: Cenozoic versus Mesozoic divergence of cichlid fishes, and the biogeography of Madagascar.J. Biogeography, 28: 1091-1099.

Vences, M., Glaw, F., Kosuch, J., Böhme, W., Veith, M. (2001): Phylogeny of South American and Malagasy boine snakes: Molecular evidence of the validity of Sanzinia and Acranthopis and biogeographic implications. Copeia 2001: 1151-1154.

2000

Mausfeld, P., Vences, M., Schmitz, A., Veith, M. (2000): Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of scincid lizards of the genus Mabuya. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 17: 11-14.

Sound, P., Veith, M. (2000): Weather effects on intra-habitat movements of the Western green lizard, Lacerta bilineata (Daudin, 1802), at its northern distribution range border: A radio-tracking study. Can. J. Zool. 78: 1831-1839.

Steinfartz, S., Veith, M., Tautz, D. (2000): Mitochondrial sequence analysis of Salamandra taxa suggests old splits of major lineages and postglacial recolonization of Central Europe from distinct source populations of S. salamandra.Mol. Ecol. 9: 397-410.

Veith, M., Kosuch, J., Feldmann, R., Martens, H., Seitz, A. (2000): A test for correct declaration of frog leg imports from Indonesia into the European Union. Biodiversity and Conservation 9: 333-341.

Vences, M., Glaw, F., Kosuch, J., Das, I., Veith, M. (2000): Polyphyly of Tomopterna (Amphibia: Ranidae) and ecological biogeography of Malagasy relict amphibian groups. In: Lourenco, W.R., Goodman, S.M. (Eds.), Diversité et Endémisme à Madagascar, Mem. Soc. Biogeography pp. 229-242. Paris.

Vences, M., Kosuch, J., Lötters, S., Widmer, A., Jungfer, K.-H., Köhler, J., Veith, M. (2000): Phylogeny and classification of poison frogs (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae), based on mitochondrial 16S and 12S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 15: 34-40.

Vences, M., Wanke, S., Odierna, G., Kosuch, J., Veith, M. (2000): Molecular and karyological data on the South Asian ranid genera Indirana, Nyctibatrachus and Nannophrys (Anura: Ranidae). Hamadryad 25(2): 9-16.

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