• Valerie Braun – Stefanie Gubler - Margreth Keiler (Eds.)

eco.mont 17 No. 1

Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management

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Valerie Braun
is Managing Editor of eco.mont and Project Manager of several projects at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)

Stefanie Gubler
is Head of Research Commission of the Swiss National Park, SCNAT

Margreth Keiler
is Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)

ISSN 2073-106X Print Edition
ISSN 2073-1558 Online Edition

ISBN 978-3-7001-9731-7 Online Edition

Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management 17/1 
01/2025  Online Edition
Die Print-Edition erscheint in der Innsbruck University Press

License: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

“eco.mont – Journal of Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management” was founded as a joint initiative of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC), the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR), the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Innsbruck. “eco.mont” offers a platform specifically for scientists and practitioners working in and on protected mountain areas in Europe and overseas. Target audiences of the journal are scientists from all related disciplines, managers of protected areas and an interested public including practitioners, visitors, teachers, etc.“eco.mont” is available by open access under CC BY-NC-ND-Licence from the Austrian Academy Press and in a printed version from Innsbruck University Press. Alpine protected areas play a key role in biodiversity conservation, but also in monitoring species and habitats. Since its first issue, eco.mont has published articles on long-term monitoring programmes in different areas of the Alps.

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Searching for the missing newts: notes on newt distribution in the Iron Gates Natural Park, Danube Gorge, Romania

    Severus-Daniel Covaciu-Marcov, Amalia-Raluca Dumbravă, Sára Ferenți

Eco.mont Vol. 17 Nr. 1, pp. 17-24, 2025/01/07

Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management

doi: 10.1553/eco.mont-17-1s17

doi: 10.1553/eco.mont-17-1s17


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doi:10.1553/eco.mont-17-1s17

Abstract

Newts are in sharp decline in many regions. They have conservation value; thus, their presence is important in natural protected areas. The Iron Gates Natural Park (IGNP) in the Danube Gorge, Romania, is one protected area where, despite its rich general biodiversity, there are only a few old records of newts. However, several newt species are still present in the park. Between 2018 and 2024, we recorded three newt species in 15 distribution points in IGNP: Triturus cristatus, Lissotriton vulgaris and Ichthyosaura alpestris. The most widespread species was L. vulgaris. Our data prove that newts are still present in the region, especially in isolated habitats in cold wet valleys, and on mountains or hilltops. Nevertheless, newts remain rare within IGNP in the Danube Gorge area. With few exceptions, they are represented by a small number of individuals restricted to small-size habitats in a narrow area of the park. Although the region is considered a hotspot of research on amphibians, our data indicates how little is known about its fauna.

Keywords: amphibians, diversity, habitats, protected area, protected species

Published Online: 2025/01/07

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