Publications

  1. Driessen, J., Cannavacciuolo, G., Breeuwer, H., Jablonski, D., van der Sar, X., Struijk, R.P.J.H., Stark, T., Theodoropoulos, A., Wielstra, B. (2026). MtDNA barcoding illuminates native diversity and introduction pathways of slow worms in the Netherlands. Amphibia-Reptilia TBA. Open Access PDF
  2. France, J., Babik, W., Dudek, K., Marszałek, M., Wielstra, B. (2025). Linkage mapping vs Association: A comparison of two RADseq-based approaches to identify markers for homomorphic sex chromosomes in large genomes. Molecular Ecology Resources 25(7): e70019. Open Access PDF
  3. France, J., Babik, W., Cvijanović, M., Dudek, K., Ivanović, A., Vučić, T., Wielstra, B. (2025). Identification of Y-chromosome turnover in newts fails to support a sex chromosome origin for the Triturus balanced lethal system. Genome Biology and Evolution 17(9): evaf155. Open Access PDF
  4. Theodoropoulos, A., Stewart, K.A., Wielstra, B. (2025). Scientists’ warning on genetic pollution. Discover Conservation 2: 20. Open Access PDF
  5. Meilink, W.R.M., Cvijanović, M., de Visser, M.C., France, J., Ivanović, A., Theodoropoulos, A., Vučić, T., Wielstra, B. (2025). Exposing selection and genetic linkage in the evolutionary enigmatic balanced lethal system in Triturus newts. Ecology and Evolution 15(6): e71591. Open Access PDF
  6. Meilink, W.R.M., de Visser, M.C., Theodoropoulos, A., Fahrbach, M., Wielstra, B. (2025). Determining zygosity with multiplex Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (mxKASP) genotyping. Ecology and Evolution 15(6): e71642. Open Access PDF
  7. de Visser, M.C., France, J., McCartney-Melstad, E., Bucciarelli, G., Theodoropoulos, A., Shaffer, H.B., Wielstra, B. (2025). NewtCap: an efficient target capture approach to boost genomic studies in Salamandridae (true salamanders and newts). Ecology and Evolution 15(8): e71835. Open Access PDF
  8. Koster, S., Polanen, R., Avcı, A., Bogaerts, S., Bozkurt, E., Goudarzi, F., Hemami, M.-R., Olgun, K., Pasmans, F., Steinfartz, S., Üzüm, N., de Visser, M.C., France, J., Theodoropoulos, A., Wielstra, B. (2025). Discordance between phylogenomic methods in Near Eastern mountain newts (Neurergus, Salamandridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 211: 108386. Open Access PDF
  9. Mars, J., Koster, S., Babik, W., France, J., Kalaentzis, K., Kazilas, C., Martínez-Solano, I., de Visser, M.C., Wielstra, B. (2025). Phylogenomics yields new systematic and taxonomical insights for Lissotriton newts, a genus with a strong legacy of introgressive hybridization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 204: 108282. Open Access PDF
  10. Kalaentzis, K., Koster, S., Arntzen, J.W., Bogaerts, S., France, J., Franzen, M., Kazilas, C., Litvinchuk, S.N., Olgun, K., de Visser, M.C., Wielstra, B.(2025). Phylogenomics resolves the puzzling phylogeny of banded newts (genus Ommatotriton). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 203: 108237. Open Access PDF
  11. Theodoropoulos, A., Barten, R., Bijlsma, L., Couweleers, T., van Eden, A., Gosselink, M., Martinali, M., Plomp, S., Twilt, S., Hop, S., van der Maat, Z., Dufresnes, C., France, J., Struijk, R.P.J.H., Stark, T., Wielstra, B. (2025). The invasive marsh frogs advancing into the Netherlands carry a diverse mix of mtDNA. Amphibia-Reptilia 46(4): 477-485. Open Access PDF
  12. van Kuijk, J.L., van den Burg, M.P., Didaskalou, E.A., de Boer, M., Debrot, A.O., Wielstra, B., Stewart, K.A. (2025). Safeguarding Iguana diversity: Enabling rapid and low-effort tracking of non-native iguanas through terrestrial eDNA innovations. Biological Invasions 27: 63. Open Access PDF
  13. Ambu, J, Caballero Díaz, C., Sánchez-Montes, G., Nicieza, A.G., Velo-Antón, G., Hernandez, A., Delmas, C., Trochet, A., Wielstra, B., Crochet, P.-A., Martínez-Solano, I., Dufresnes, C. (2025). Genome-wide patterns of diversity in the European midwife toad complex: Phylogeographic and conservation prospects. Conservation Genetics 26(2): 361-379. Open Access PDF
  14. Kazilas, C., Dufresnes, C., France, J., Martínez-Solano, Í., Kalaentzis, K., de Visser, M.C., Arntzen, J.W., Wielstra, B. (2024). Spatial genetic structure in European marbled newts revealed with target enrichment by sequence capture. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 194: 108043. Open Access PDF
  15. Elfering, R., Mannix, S., Allain, S., Ambu, J., Crochet, P.-A., van Doorn, L., Dufresnes, C., Jehle, R., Julian, A., Kirkpatrick Baird, F., ‘O Brien, D., Secondi, J., Speybroeck, J., Theodoropoulos, A., Stark, T., Wielstra, B. (2024). Extreme genetic depletion upon postglacial colonization hampers determining the provenance of introduced palmate newt populations. Amphibia-Reptilia 45(3): 349-356. Open Access PDF
  16. Meilink, W.R.M., van Beek, D., van de Breevaart, I., de Geus, S., Hellendoorn, C., Jahangier, F., Lim, A., Sluimers, M., Wali, M., van Delft, J.J.C.W., Herder, J.E., France, J., Wielstra, B. (2024). Difficulties in species identification in water frogs (genus Pelophylax) using morphological and molecular markers in the Netherlands. Alytes 41(1-4): 49-55. Open Access PDF
  17. Wei, J., Cole, E.F., Sheldon, B.C., de Boer, W.F., Wielstra, B., Xu, F., Gong, P., Si, Y. (2024). Spatially heterogeneous shifts in vegetation phenology induced by climate change threaten the integrity of the avian migration network. Global Change Biology 30: e17148. Open Access PDF
  18. Xu, F., Wu, W., Wei, J., Xin, Q., Wielstra, B., La Sorte, F.A., Ma, Z., Lei, G., Lei, J., Wu, W., Yang, Y., Gong, P., Xu, B., Si, Y. (2024). Migratory herbivorous waterfowl couple the seed wave and the green wave during spring migration. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 291 (2030): 20241448. Open Access PDF
  19. Dufresnes, C., Monod-Broca, B., Bellati, A., Canestrelli, D., Ambu, J., Wielstra, B., Dubey, S., Crochet, P-A., Denoël, M., Jablonski, D. (2024). Piecing the barcoding puzzle of Palearctic water frogs (Pelophylax) sheds light on amphibian biogeography and global invasions. Global Change Biology 30(3): e17180. Open Access PDF
  20. Vućič, T., Drobnjaković, M., Ajduković, M., Bugarčić, M., Wielstra, B., Ivanović, A., Cvijanović, M. (2024). A staging table of Balkan crested newt embryonic development to serve as a baseline in evolutionary developmental studies. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 342(7): 465-482. Open Access PDF
  21. Dufresnes, C., Dubey, S., Denoël, M., Wielstra, B., Jablonski, D. (2024). Panacea or Nemesis? Re-assessing the reliability of serum-albumin intron 1 for genetic analyses in Western Palearctic water frogs. Alytes 41(1-4): 5-17. Open Access PDF
  22. van Riemsdijk, I., Arntzen, J.W., Bucchiarelli, G.M., McCartney-Melstad, E., Rafajlović, M., Scott, P.A., Toffelmier, E., Shaffer, H.B., Wielstra, B. (2023). Two transects reveal remarkable variation in gene flow on opposite ends of a European toad hybrid zone. Heredity 131(1): 15-24. Open Access PDF
  23. Kalaentzis, K., Arntzen, J.W. Avcı, A., van den Berg, V., Beukema, W. France, J., Olgun, K., van Riemsdijk, I., Üzüm, N., de Visser, M.C., Wielstra, B. (2023). Hybrid zone analysis confirms cryptic species of banded newt and does not support competitive displacement since secondary contact. Ecology and Evolution 13(9): e10442. Open Access PDF
  24. Robbemont, J., van Veldhuijzen, S., Allain, S.J.R., Ambu, J., Boyle, R., Canestrelli, D., Ó Cathasaigh, É., Cathrine, C., Chiocchio, A., Cogalniceanu, D., Cvijanović, M., Dufresnes, C., Ennis, C., Gandola, R., Jablonski, D., Julian, A., Kranželić, D., Lukanov, S., Martínez-Solano, I., Montgomery, R., Naumov, B., O’Neill, M., North, A., Pabijan, M., Pushendorf, R., Salvi, D., Schmidt, B., Sotiropoulos, K., Stanescu, F., Stanković, D., Stapelton, S., Šunje, E., Szabolcs, M., Vacheva, E., Willis, D., Zimić, A., France, J., Meilink, W.R.M., Stark, T., Struijk, R.P.J.H., Theodoropoulos, A., de Visser, M.C., Wielstra, B. (2023). An extended mtDNA phylogeography for the alpine newt illuminates the provenance of introduced populations. Amphibia-Reptilia 44(3): 347-361. Open Access PDF
  25. Kuijt, M., Oskam, L., den Boer, I., Dufresnes, C., France, J., Gilbert, M.J., de Visser, M.C., Struijk, R.P.J.H., Wielstra, B. (2023). The introduction of three cryptic tree frog species in the Dutch coastal dunes challenges conservation paradigms. Amphibia- Reptilia 44(1): 1-10. Open Access PDF
  26. Koster, S., Prins, N., Dufresnes, C., France, J., de Visser, M.C., Struijk, R.P.J.H., Wielstra, B. (2023). The conservation paradox of an introduced population of a threatened species: spadefoot toads in the coastal dunes of the Netherlands. Amphibia- Reptilia 44(1): 11-18. Open Access PDF
  27. de Brouwer, J., Helder, B., France, J., de Visser, M.C., Struijk, R.P.J.H., Wielstra, B. (2023). An isolated crested newt population in Dutch coastal dunes: distribution relict or introduction? Amphibia- Reptilia 44(1): 19-26. Open Access PDF
  28. Vliegenthart, C., van de Vrede, M., den Boer, I., Gilbert, M.J., Lemmers, P., France, J., de Visser, M.C., Struijk, R.P.J.H., Wielstra, B. (2023). The limits of mtDNA analysis for determining the provenance of invasive species: a midwife toad example. Amphibia- Reptilia 44(1): 27-33. Open Access PDF
  29. Gaczorek, T., Marszałek, M., Dudek, K., Arntzen, J.W., Wielstra, B., Babik, W. (2023) Interspecific introgression of MHC genes in Triturus newts: evidence from multiple contact zones. Molecular Ecology 32(4): 867-880. Open Access PDF
  30. Ambu, J., Martínez-Solano, I., Suchan, T., Hernandez, A., Wielstra, B., Crochet, P.-A., Dufresnes, C. (2023). Genomic phylogeography illuminates deep cyto-nuclear discordances in midwife toads (Alytes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 183: 107783. Open Access PDF
  31. Berdan, E.L., Blanckaert, A., Butlin, R.K., Flatt, T., Slotte, T., Wielstra, B. (2022). Mutation accumulation opposes polymorphism: supergenes and the curious case of balanced lethals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 377(1856): 20210199. Open Access PDF
  32. Berdan, E.L., Flatt, T., Kozak, G., Lotterhos, K., Wielstra, B. (2022). Genomic architecture of supergenes: connecting form and function. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 377(1856): 20210192. Open Access PDF
  33. van Riemsdijk, I. Arntzen, J.W., Babik, W., Bogaerts, S., Franzen, M., Kalaentzis, K., Litvinchuk, S.N., Olgun, K. Wijnands, J.W.P.M., Wielstra, B. (2022). Next-generation phylogeography of the banded newts (Ommatotriton): a phylogenetic hypothesis for three ancient species with geographically restricted interspecific gene flow and deep intraspecific genetic structure. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 167: 107361. Open Access PDF
  34. Wielstra, B., Salvi, D., Canestrelli, D. (2021). Genetic divergence across glacial refugia despite interglacial gene flow in a crested newt. Evolutionary Biology 48(1): 17-26. Open Access PDF
  35. Wielstra, B., Arntzen, J.W. (2021). Genetic homogeneity in a Pontocaspian crested newt (Triturus karelinii) suggests recent isolation of its three allopatric range sections. Amphibia-Reptilia 42(2): 179-187. Open Access PDF
  36. Wielstra, B. (2021). Hybrid zones. Current Biology 31(3): PR108-R109. Open Access PDF
  37. Arntzen, J.W., Jehle, R., Wielstra, B. (2021). Genetic and morphological data demonstrate hybridization and backcrossing in salamanders at the far end of the speciation continuum. Evolutionary Applications 14(12): 2784-2793. Open Access PDF
  38. Arntzen, J.W., López-Delgado, J., van Riemsdijk, I., Wielstra, B. (2021). A genomic footprint of a moving hybrid zone in marbled newts. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research  59(2): 459-465. Open Access PDF
  39. Fahrbach, M., de Visser, M., Wielstra, B. (2021). The hybrid zone between the Italian and Northern crested newts (Triturus carnifex and T. cristatus) reaches Germany. Salamandra 57(3): 428-434. Open Access PDF
  40. Palomar, G., Dudek, K., Migalska, M., Arntzen, J.W., Ficetola, G.F., Jelić, D., Jockusch, E., Martínez-Solano, I., Matsunami, M., Shaffer, H.B., Vörös, J., Waldman, B., Wielstra, B., Babik, W. (2021). Coevolution between MHC class I and Antigen Processing Genes in salamanders. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38(11): 5092-5106. Open Access PDF
  41. Palomar, G., Dudek, K., Wielstra, B., Jockusch, E.L., Vinkler, M., Arntzen, J.W., Ficetola, G.F., Matsunami, M., Waldman, B., Těšický, M., Zieliński, P., Babik, W. (2021) Molecular evolution of antigen processing genes casts doubts on their coevolution with MHC class I genes in salamanders. Genome Biology and Evolution 13(2): evaa259. Open Access PDF
  42. Rancilhac, L., Irisarri, I., Angelini, C., Arntzen, J.W., 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. Open Access PDF
  43. Asztalos, M., Wielstra, B., Struijk, R.P.J.H., Ayaz, D., Fritz, U. (2021). Aliens in the Netherlands: local genetic pollution of barred grass snakes. Salamandra 57(1): 174-179. Open Access PDF
  44. Wielstra, B., Arntzen, J.W. (2020). Extensive cytonuclear discordance in a crested newt from the Balkan Peninsula glacial refugium. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 130(3): 578-585. Open Access PDF
  45. Wielstra, B. (2020). Balanced lethal systems. Current Biology 30(13): R742-R743. Open Access PDF
  46. Wielstra, B. (2020). Digest: Biased male-male competition drives asymmetric introgression in lizards. Evolution 74(10): 2427-2428. Open Access PDF
  47. Si, Y., Wei, J., Wu, W., Zhang, W., Hou, L., Yu, L., Wielstra, B. (2020). Reducing human pressure on farmland could rescue China’s declining wintering geese. Movement Ecology 8: 35. Open Access PDF
  48. van Riemsdijk, I., Struijk, R.P.J.H., Pel, E., Janssen, I.A.W., Wielstra, B. (2020). Hybridisation complicates the conservation of Natrix snakes in the Netherlands. Salamandra 56(1): 78-82. Open Access PDF
  49. Xu, G., Wielstra, B., Rich, S.M. (2020). Northern and southern blacklegged (deer) ticks are distinct with different histories and Lyme spirochete infection rates. Scientific Reports 10: 10289 . Open Access PDF
  50. Wielstra, B. (2019). Historical hybrid zone movement: more pervasive than appreciated? Journal of Biogeography 46(7): 1300-1305. Open Access PDF
  51. Wielstra, B., McCartney-Melstad, E., Arntzen, J.W., Butlin, R.K., Shaffer, H.B. (2019). Phylogenomics of the adaptive radiation of Triturus newts supports gradual ecological niche expansion towards an incrementally aquatic lifestyle. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133: 120-127. Open Access PDF
  52. Wielstra, B. (2019). Triturus newts. Current Biology 29(4): R110-R111. Open Access PDF
  53. Üzüm, N., Avcı, A., Olgun, K., Bülbül, U., Fahrbach, M., Litvinchuk, S.N., Wielstra, B. (2019). Cracking cryptic species: external characters to distinguish two recently recognized banded newt species (Ommatotriton ophryticus and O. nesterovi). Salamandra 55(2): 131-134. Open Access PDF
  54. van Riemsdijk, I., Butlin, R.K., Wielstra, B., Arntzen, J. W. (2019). Testing an hypothesis of hybrid zone movement for toads in France. Molecular Ecology 28(5): 1070-1083. Open Access PDF
  55. Dufresnes, C., Strachinis, I., Suriadna, N., Mykytynets, G., Cogalniceanu, D., Vukov, T., Arntzen, J.W., Wielstra, B., Lymberakis, P., Geffen, E., Gafny, S., Kumlutas, Y., Ilgaz, Ç, Candan, K., Mizsei, E., Szabolcs, M., Kolenda, K., Smirnov, N., Geniez, P., Lukanov, S., Crochet, P.-A., Dubey, S., Perrin, N., Litvinchuk, S.N., Denoël, M. (2019). Phylogeography of a cryptic speciation continuum in spadefoot toads (Pelobates). Molecular Ecology 28(13): 3257-3270. Open Access PDF
  56. Lv, Z., Yang, J., Wielstra, B., Wei, J., Xu, F., Si, Y. (2019). Prioritizing green spaces for biodiversity conservation in Beijing based on habitat network connectivity. Sustainability 11(7): 2042. Open Access PDF
  57. Wielstra, B., Canestrelli, D., Cvijanović, M., Denoel, M., Fijarczyk, A., Jablonski, D., Liana, M., Naumov, B., Olgun, K., B., Pabijan, M., Pezzarossa, A., Popgeorgiev, G., Salvi, D., Si, Y., Sillero, N., Sotiropoulos, K., Zieliński, P., Babik, W. (2018). The distributions of the six species constituting the smooth newt species complex (Lissotriton vulgaris sensu lato and L. montandoni) – an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia 39(2): 252-259. Open Access PDF
  58. Arntzen, J.W., Üzüm, N., Ajduković, M., Ivanović, A., Wielstra, B. (2018). Absence of heterosis in hybrid crested newts (Triturus ivanbureschi x T. macedonicus). PeerJ 6: e5317. Open Access PDF
  59. van Riemsdijk, I., van Nieuwenhuize, L., Martinez-Solano, I., Arntzen, J.W., Wielstra, B. (2018). Molecular data reveal the hybrid nature of an introduced population of banded newts (Ommatotriton) in Spain. Conservation Genetics 19(1): 249-254. Open Access PDF
  60. Si, Y., Xu, Y., Xu, F., Li, X., Zhang, W., Wielstra, B., Wei, J., Liu, G., Luo, H., Takekawa, J., Balachandran, S., Zhang, T., de Boer, W.F., Prins, H.H.T., Gong, P. (2018). Spring migration patterns, habitat use and stopover site protection status for two declining waterfowl species wintering in China as revealed by satellite tracking. Ecology and Evolution 8(12): 6280-6289. Open Access PDF
  61. Wielstra, B., Burke, T., Butlin, R.K., Arntzen, J.W. (2017). A signature of dynamic biogeography: enclaves indicate past species replacement. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 284 (1868): 20172014. Open Access PDF
  62. Wielstra, B., Burke, T., Butlin, R.K., Avcıc, A., Üzüm, N., Bozkurt, E., Olgun, K., Arntzen, J.W. (2017). A genomic footprint of hybrid zone movement in crested newts. Evolution Letters 1(2): 93-101. Open Access PDF
  63. Wielstra, B., Zieliński, P., Babik, W. (2017) The Carpathians hosted extra-Mediterranean refugia-within-refugia during the Pleistocene Ice Age: genomic evidence from two newt genera. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 122(3): 605–613. Open Access PDF
  64. van Riemsdijk, I., Arntzen, J.W., Bogaerts, S., Franzen, M., Litvinchuk, S.N., Olgun, K., Wielstra, B. (2017). The Near East as a cradle of biodiversity: a phylogeography of banded newts (genus Ommatotriton) reveals extensive inter- and intraspecific genetic differentiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114: 73-81. Open Access PDF
  65. Wielstra, B., Burke, T., Butlin, R.K., Schaap, O., Shaffer, H.B., Vrieling, K., Arntzen, J.W. (2016). Efficient screening for ‘genetic pollution’ in an anthropogenic crested newt hybrid zone. Conservation Genetics Resources 8(4): 553-560. Open Access PDF
  66. Wielstra, B., Arntzen, J.W. (2016). Description of a new species of crested newt, previously subsumed in Triturus ivanbureschi (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae). Zootaxa 4109(1): 73-80. Open Access PDF
  67. Wielstra, B., Vörös, J., Arntzen, J.W. (2016). Is the Danube crested newt Triturus dobrogicus polytypic? A review and new nuclear DNA data. Amphibia-Reptilia 37(2): 167-177. Open Access PDF
  68. Xu, Y., Gong, P., Wielstra, B., Si, Y. (2016). Southward autumn migration of waterfowl facilitates cross-continental transmission of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus. Scientific Reports 6: 30262. Open Access PDF
  69. Mathai, J., Duckworth, J.W., Meijaard, E., Fredriksson, G., Hon, J., Sebastian, A., Ancrenaz, M., Hearn, A.J., Ross, J., Cheyne, S., Borneo Carnivore Consortium, Wilting, A. (2016). Carnivore conservation planning on Borneo: identifying key carnivore landscapes, research priorities and conservation interventions. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 33: 186-217. [as consortium member] Open Access PDF
  70. Wielstra, B., Babik, W., Arntzen, J.W. (2015). The crested newt Triturus cristatus recolonized temperate Eurasia from an extra-Mediterranean glacial refugium. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114(3): 574–587. Open Access PDF
  71. Wielstra, B., Bozkurt, E., Olgun, K. (2015). The distribution and taxonomy of Lissotriton newts (Amphibia, Salamandridae) in Turkey. ZooKeys 484: 11-23. Open Access PDF
  72. Meilink, W.R.M., Arntzen, J.W., van Delft, J.J.C.W., Wielstra, B. (2015). Genetic pollution of a native threatened crested newt species through hybridization with an invasive congener in the Netherlands. Biological Conservation 184: 145-153. Open Access PDF
  73. Bozkurt, E., Olgun, K., Wielstra, B. (2015). First record of facultative paedomorphism in the Kosswig’s newt Lissotriton (vulgaris) kosswigi (Freytag, 1955) (Urodela; Salamandridae), endemic to northwestern Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 976-980. Open Access PDF
  74. Struebig, M.J., Wilting, A. Gaveau, D., Meijaard, E., Smith, R.J., The Borneo Mammal Distribution Consortium, Fischer, M., Metcalfe, K., Kramer-Schadt, S. (2015). Targeted conservation to safeguard a biodiversity hotspot from climate and land-cover change. Current Biology 25(3): 372-378. [as consortium member] Open Access PDF
  75. Wielstra, B., Duijm, E., Lagler, P., Lammers, Y., Meilink, W.R.M., Ziermann, J.M., Arntzen, J.W. (2014). Parallel tagged amplicon sequencing of transcriptome-based genetic markers for Triturus newts with the Ion Torrent next-generation sequencing platform. Molecular Ecology Resources 14(5): 1080-1089. Open Access PDF
  76. Wielstra, B., Arntzen, J.W., van der Gaag, K., Pabijan, M., Babik, W. (2014). Data concatenation, Bayesian concordance and coalescent-based analyses of the species tree for the rapid radiation of Triturus newts. PLoS ONE 9(10): e111011. Open Access PDF
  77. Wielstra, B., Arntzen, J.W. (2014). Exploring the effect of asymmetric mitochondrial DNA introgression on estimating niche divergence in morphologically cryptic species. PLoS ONE 9(4): e95504. Open Access PDF
  78. Wielstra, B., Arntzen, J.W. (2014). Kicking Triturus arntzeni when it’s down: large-scale nuclear genetic data confirm that newts from the type locality are genetically admixed. Zootaxa 3802(3): 381-388. Open Access PDF
  79. Wielstra, B., Sillero, N., Vörös, J., Arntzen, J.W. (2014). The distribution of the crested and marbled newt species (Amphibia: Salamandridae: Triturus) – an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia 35(3): 376 –381. Open Access PDF
  80. Arntzen, J.W., Wielstra, B., Wallis, G.P. (2014). The modality of nine Triturus newt hybrid zones, assessed with nuclear, mitochondrial and morphological data. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113(2): 604-622. Open Access PDF
  81. Vukov, T.D., Cvijanović, M., Wielstra, B., Kalezić M.L. (2014). The roles of phylogeny and climate in shaping the variation in life-history traits observed in the newt genus Triturus (Caudata, Salamandridae). Annales Zoologici Fennici 51(5): 445-456. Open Access PDF
  82. Wielstra, B., Baird, A.B., Arntzen, J.W. (2013). A multimarker phylogeography of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) reveals cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67(1): 167-175. Open Access PDF
  83. Wielstra, B., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Litvinchuk, S.N., Reijnen, B., Skidmore, A.K., Sotiropoulos, K., Toxopeus, A.G., Tzankov, N., Vukov, T., Arntzen, J.W. (2013). Tracing glacial refugia of Triturus newts based on mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and species distribution modeling. Frontiers in Zoology 10: 13. Open Access PDF
  84. Wielstra, B., Litvinchuk, S.N., Naumov, B., Tzankov, N., Arntzen, J.W. (2013). A revised taxonomy of crested newts in the Triturus karelinii group (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3682(3): 441-453. Open Access PDF
  85. Zieliński, P., Nadachowska-Brzyska, K., Wielstra, B., Szkotak, R., Covaciu-Marcov, S., Cogălniceanu, D., Babik, W. (2013). No evidence for nuclear introgression despite complete mtDNA replacement in the Carpathian newt (Lissotriton montandoni). Molecular Ecology 22(7): 1884-1903. Open Access PDF
  86. Ivanović, A., Üzüm, N., Wielstra, B., Olgun, K., Litvinchuk, S.N., Kalezić, M.L., Arntzen, J.W. (2013) Is mitochondrial DNA divergence of Near Eastern crested newts (Triturus karelinii group) reflected by differentiation of skull shape? Zoologischer Anzeiger 252(2): 269-277. Open Access PDF
  87. Wielstra, B., Arntzen, J.W. (2012). Postglacial species displacement in Triturus newts deduced from asymmetrically introgressed mitochondrial DNA and ecological niche models. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 161. Open Access PDF
  88. Wielstra, B., Beukema, W., Arntzen, J.W., Skidmore, A.K., Toxopeus, A.G., Raes, N. (2012). Corresponding mitochondrial DNA and niche divergence for crested newt candidate species. PLoS ONE 7(9): e47771. Open Access PDF
  89. Wielstra, B., Arntzen, J.W. (2011). Unraveling the rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) using complete mitogenomic sequences. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 162. Open Access PDF
  90. Wielstra, B., Boorsma, T., Pieterse, S.M., de Iongh, H.H. (2011). The use of avian feeding guilds to detect small-scale forest disturbance: a case study in East Kalimantan, Borneo. Forktail 27: 60-67. Open Access PDF
  91. Vukov, T.D., Sotiropoulos, K., Wielstra, B., Džukić, G., Kalezić, M.L. (2011). The evolution of the adult body form of the crested newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies, Caudata, Salamandridae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49(4): 324-334. Open Access PDF
  92. Wielstra, B., Espregueira Themudo, G., Güclü, Ö., Olgun, K., Poyarkov, N.A., Arntzen, J.W. (2010). Cryptic crested newt diversity at the Eurasian transition: the mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of Near Eastern Triturus newts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(3): 888-896. Open Access PDF
  93. Arntzen, J.W., Wielstra, B. (2010). Where to draw the line? A nuclear genetic perspective on proposed range boundaries of the crested newts Triturus karelinii and T. arntzeni. Amphibia-Reptilia 31(3): 311-322. Open Access PDF
  94. Esprequeira Themudo, G., Wielstra, B., Arntzen, J.W. (2009). Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genes resolve the branching order of a rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus, Salamandridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52(2): 321-328. Open Access PDF
  95. Arntzen, J.W., Esprequeira Themudo, G., Wielstra, B. (2007). The phylogeny of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies): nuclear and mitochondrial genetic characters suggest a hard polytomy, in line with the paleogeography of the centre of origin. Contributions to Zoology 76(4): 261-278. Open Access PDF

Additional peer reviewed non-SCI publications:

  1. Prins, N., Wielstra, B. (2024). Moving hybrid zones; when two species meet, mate, and compete. Frontiers for Young Minds 12: 1207354. Open Access PDF
  2. Meilink, W.R.M., France, J., de Visser, M.C., Wielstra, B. (2021). Balanced lethal systems: an evolutionary mystery. Frontiers for Young Minds 9: 632945. Open Access PDF
  3. Chao, X., Mujiao, H., Holt, P., Townshend, T., Wielstra, B. (2016). First Jankowski’s Bunting Emberiza jankowskii wintering in Beijing for 75 years. Birding Asia 25: 62-68. Open Access PDF
  4. Wielstra, B., Boorsma, T., Pieterse, S.M. (2012). An update on the avifauna of Gunung Lumut Protection Forest (East Kalimantan) reinforcing the potential conservation value of hutan adat. Kukila 16: 1-15. Open Access PDF
  5. Wielstra, B., Pieterse, S.M. (2009). A bird survey of Gunung Lumut Protection Forest, East Kalimantan and a recommendation for its designation as an Important Bird Area. Kukila 14: 1-15. Open Access PDF
  6. Van Bemmelen, R., Wielstra, B. (2008). Vagrancy of Brünnich’s Guillemot Uria lomvia in Europe. Seabird 21: 16-31. Open Access PDF

Articles about my work in Dutch:

  1. Wielstra, B., Stark, T., Struijk, R. (2025). Herkomst exotische Alpenwatersalamander en vinpootsalamander blootgelegd. Kijk op Exoten 49: 10-11. Open Access PDF
  2. Struijk, R.P.J.H., Prins, N., Koster, S., Putters, N., Jansen, N., Esselaar, J., de Visser, M., France, J., Wielstra, B. (2024). Knoflookpad in Callantsoog: Verspreiding, voortplanting en geografische herkomst. RAVON 26(1): 2-5. Open Access PDF
  3. Stark, T., Wielstra, B. (2024). De herkomst van geïntroduceerde populaties vinpootsalamander. Schubben en Slijm 57: 8. Open Access PDF
  4. Stark, T., Struijk, R., Wielstra, B. (2024). Exoten alert: Oostelijke ringslang gezocht in Limburg! Schubben en Slijm 56: 10-11. Open Access PDF
  5. Wielstra, B., Boer, I. den, France, J., de Visser, M., Struijk, R. (2023). MtDNA barcoding van exotische amfibieën in de duinen. RAVON 89(2): 26-29. Open Access PDF
  6. Wielstra, B., de Visser, M., Stark, T., Struijk, R.P.J.H. (2023). Herkomst van exotische Alpenwatersalamanders blootgelegd. Schubben en Slijm 54: 8-9. Open Access PDF
  7. de Visser, M., Prins, N., France, J., Struijk, R., Wielstra, B. (2023). Exotische amfibieën in de duinen ontmaskerd met mtDNA barcoding. Holland’s Duinen 82(1): 25-29. Open Access PDF
  8. Elfering, R., Bijlsma, L., Mannix, S., Plomp, S., Theodoropoulos, A., Wielstra, B. (2023). Kamsalamanders met kleurafwijking uit Meijendel. Holland’s Duinen 83: 38-39. Open Access PDF
  9. Struijk, R.P.J.H., Wielstra, B. (2023). Hybridisatierisico’s door nieuwe boomkikker-taxa in Nederland. Kijk op Exoten 43: 10-11. Open Access PDF
  10. Struijk, R.P.J.H., Stark, T., Wielstra, B. (2023). Exotische groene kikkers in Nederland. Kijk op Exoten 42: 10-11. Open Access PDF
  11. den Boer, I., Wielstra, B. (2023). Avontuurlijke boomkikker bezoekt de Pier van Scheveningen. Schubben en Slijm 53: 5. Open Access PDF
  12. Stark, T., Wielstra, B., Struijk, R., van de Graaf, R. (2023). Genetisch onderzoek groene kikkers. RAVON 25(3): 55. Open Access PDF
  13. Stark, T., Struijk, R., Wielstra, B. (2023). Speuren naar exotische groene kikkers. Schubben en Slijm 54: 24. Open Access PDF
  14. Struijk, R.P.J.H., Backx, B., Demirkapu, B., de Visser, M., Wielstra, B. (2022). ‘Rise and fall’ van een populatie westelijke smaragdhagedissen in Scheveningen. RAVON 24(2): 24-27. Open Access PDF
  15. Wielstra, B. (2022). Invasieve hybridisatie: een uitdagend natuurbeschermingsvraagstuk. Kijk op Exoten 38: 2-3. Open Access PDF
  16. de Visser, M., France, J., Meilink, W., Wielstra, B. (2021). Een evolutionair raadsel: het dodelijke chromosoom 1 syndroom in Triturus salamanders. RAVON 23(1): 9-12. Open Access PDF
  17. Struijk, R.P.J.H., Demirkapu, B., de Visser, M., Wielstra, B. (2021). Exotische smaragdhagedissen in de duinen bij Scheveningen. Kijk op Exoten 34(1): 12-13. Open Access PDF
  18. Helder, B., de Brouwer, J., Ouwehand, J., de Visser, M., Wielstra, B. (2021). Koi-kamsalamander. Schubben & Slijm 48: 8. Open Access PDF
  19. Struijk, R.P.J.H., van Riemsdijk, I., Wielstra, B. (2020). ‘Gestreepte’ ringslangen in Nederland – Genetica, achtergrond en risico’s. RAVON 22 (3): 54-57. Open Access PDF
  20. Wielstra, B., Arntzen, P. (2018). Schuivende hybridezones in kamsalamanders: hybridezones blijken beweeglijker dan gedacht. RAVON 20(4): 64-67. Open Access PDF
  21. Bogaerts, S., van Hoof, P., Hollanders, M., Artnzen, P., Wielstra, B. (2018). Uit de validatiefabriek: Kamsalam’anders’. Schubben en Slijm 37: 20-21. Open Access PDF
  22. Wielstra, B., Arntzen, P., van Delft, J., Meilink, W. (2015). Genetische vervuiling op de Veluwe: hybridisatie tussen een inheemse en een exotische kamsalamandersoort. RAVON 17(2): 36-39. Open Access PDF
  23. Pieterse S., Wielstra, B. (2007). Inventariseren in onbekend gebied: een stage op Borneo. Het Vogeljaar 55(1): 3-9. Open Access PDF

Book chapters, conference proceedings

  1. Wielstra, B. (2024). Taxonomy, systematics and distribution of banded newts. In: Fahrbach, M. & U. Gerlach. The genus Ommatotriton. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  2. de Iongh, H.H., Pieterse, S., van Weerd, M., Wielstra, B. (2007). Chapter 8: using avian guilds for monitoring Bornean lowland forests. In: H.H. de Iongh, G.A. Persoon & W. Kustiawan (eds.). Options for Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in lowland forests of southeast Borneo: proceedings of a workshop organized on 19 May 2006 in Leiden, The Netherlands.

Consultancy reports

  1. Gilbert, M., Schippers, T., ter Harmsel, R., Theodoropoulos, A., Wielstra, B. (2023). Versterking leefgebied kamsalamander Veluwe. Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Conservation Netherlands (RAVON), Nijmegen.
  2. Wielstra, B., Arntzen, J.W., Butlin, R.K., van Delft, J.J.C.W., Vrieling, K., Shaffer, H.B. (2018). Molecular toolkit and guidelines for the management of genetic pollution. Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Conservation Netherlands (RAVON), Nijmegen. Open Access PDF
  3. Meilink, W.R.M., Arntzen, J.W., Wielstra, B. (2013). Genetische vervuiling op de Veluwe: Hybridisatie tussen de inheemse Noordelijke kamsalamander en de invasieve exoot Italiaanse kamsalamander. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden. Open Access PDF

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