Citizen science data reveals widespread sexual dichromatism in the European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra)

Max Mühlenhaupt, Rosalie Hey, Michelle Starp, Nils Anthes, Paul Bachhausen, Thomas Bamann, Sabrina Bleidißel, Eike Bovensmann, Jürgen Braunsdorf, J. Maximilian Dehling, Saskia Ebert, Hannes Egle, Karolin Egle, Simeon Egle, Heidi Enderlein, Maximilian Fischer, Lara Gemeinhardt, Sean G. Grond, Ricarda D. Gundert, Oliver Krüger, Lorenz Laux, Pia Oswald, Xenia Schlindwein, Manuela Schmidt, Laura Schulte, Ronny Schwalbe, Theresa Stipp, Michael Veith, Frederik Wietbrok, Barbara A. Caspers

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DOI: 10.1186/s12862-025-02461-0
Published: 2025-11-14
Container: BMC Ecology and Evolution
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s12862-025-02461-0,
  title = {Citizen science data reveals widespread sexual dichromatism in the European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra)},
  author = {Max Mühlenhaupt and Rosalie Hey and Michelle Starp and Nils Anthes and Paul Bachhausen and Thomas Bamann and Sabrina Bleidißel and Eike Bovensmann and Jürgen Braunsdorf and J. Maximilian Dehling and Saskia Ebert and Hannes Egle and Karolin Egle and Simeon Egle and Heidi Enderlein and Maximilian Fischer and Lara Gemeinhardt and Sean G. Grond and Ricarda D. Gundert and Oliver Krüger and Lorenz Laux and Pia Oswald and Xenia Schlindwein and Manuela Schmidt and Laura Schulte and Ronny Schwalbe and Theresa Stipp and Michael Veith and Frederik Wietbrok and Barbara A. Caspers},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {BMC Ecology and Evolution},
  doi = {10.1186/s12862-025-02461-0},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025-02461-0}
}

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TI  - Citizen science data reveals widespread sexual dichromatism in the European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra)
AU  - Max Mühlenhaupt
AU  - Rosalie Hey
AU  - Michelle Starp
AU  - Nils Anthes
AU  - Paul Bachhausen
AU  - Thomas Bamann
AU  - Sabrina Bleidißel
AU  - Eike Bovensmann
AU  - Jürgen Braunsdorf
AU  - J. Maximilian Dehling
AU  - Saskia Ebert
AU  - Hannes Egle
AU  - Karolin Egle
AU  - Simeon Egle
AU  - Heidi Enderlein
AU  - Maximilian Fischer
AU  - Lara Gemeinhardt
AU  - Sean G. Grond
AU  - Ricarda D. Gundert
AU  - Oliver Krüger
AU  - Lorenz Laux
AU  - Pia Oswald
AU  - Xenia Schlindwein
AU  - Manuela Schmidt
AU  - Laura Schulte
AU  - Ronny Schwalbe
AU  - Theresa Stipp
AU  - Michael Veith
AU  - Frederik Wietbrok
AU  - Barbara A. Caspers
PY  - 2025
JO  - BMC Ecology and Evolution
DO  - 10.1186/s12862-025-02461-0
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Mühlenhaupt, M., Hey, R., Starp, M., Anthes, N., Bachhausen, P., Bamann, T., Bleidißel, S., Bovensmann, E., Braunsdorf, J., Dehling, J. M., Ebert, S., Egle, H., Egle, K., Egle, S., Enderlein, H., Fischer, M., Gemeinhardt, L., Grond, S. G., Gundert, R. D., Krüger, O., Laux, L., Oswald, P., Schlindwein, X., Schmidt, M., Schulte, L., Schwalbe, R., Stipp, T., Veith, M., Wietbrok, F., & Caspers, B. A. (2025). Citizen science data reveals widespread sexual dichromatism in the European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra). BMC Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025-02461-0

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