Publications |
| • BLANVILLAIN G., LORCH J.M., JOUDRIER N., BURY S., CUENOT T., FRANZEN M.,MARTINEZ FREIRIA F., GUILLER G. HALPERN V., KOLANEK A., KUREK K., LOURDAIS O., MICHON A., MUSILOVA R., SCHWEIGER S., SZULC B., URSENBACHER S., ZINENKO O. & HOYT J.R. (2024) Contribution of host species and pathogen clade to snake fungal disease hotspots in Europe, Communications Biology 7 440, pdf |
| • MEIER N., LUCEK K., ZUFFI M.A.L., STORNIOLO F., MEZZASALMA M., GENIEZ P., DUBEY S., SACCHI R., SCALI S. & URSENBACHER S. (2024) Extensive gene flow suggests lack of reproductive barriers between the two subspecies of the Green Whip Snake Hierophis viridiflavus (Squamata, Colubridae), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 141 (1) 133–147, pdf |
| • JOUDRIER N., BLANVILLAIN G., MEIER G., HOYT J.R., CHEVRE M., DUBEY S., ORIGGI F.C. & URSENBACHER S. (2024) Unravelling the disease ecology of Snake Fungal Disease: high genetic variability and ecological features of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in Switzerland, Amphibia-Reptilia 45 (1) 85-98, pdf |
| • GUILLON M., MARTINEZ-FREIRIA F., LUCCHINI N., URSENBACHER S., SURGET-GROBA Y., KAGEYAMA M., LAGARDE F., CUBIZOLLE H & LOURDAIS O. (2024) Inferring current and Last Glacial Maximum distributions are improved by physiology-relevant climatic variables in cold-adapted ectotherms, Journal of Biogeography , pdf |
| • RUSTERHOLZ H.-P., URSENBACHER S., WEIBEL U., CORAY A. & BAUR B. (2023) Genetic diversity and population structure derived from body remains of the endangered flightless longhorn beetle Iberodorcadion fuliginator in grassland fragments, Diversity 15(1) 16, pdf |
| • VOROS J., URSENBACHER S., JUELIC D., TOMOVIC L., CRNOBRNJA-ISAILOVIC J., AJTIC R., STERIJOVSKI B., ZINENKO O., GHIRA I., STRUGARIU A., ZAMFIRESCU S., NAGY Z.T., PECHY T., KRIZSIK V., MARTON O. & HALPERN B. (2022) Well-known species, unexpected results: high genetic diversity in declining Vipera ursinii in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Amphibia-Reptilia 43 407-423, pdf |
| • MEIER N., DUBEY S., GLAIZOT O., SCHMITZ A., ZAMBELLI N.& URSENBACHER S. (2022) Where are you from? Origin determination of the introduced green whip snake, Hierophis viridiflavus (Reptilia: Colubridae), in Switzerland, Herpetological Notes 15 (2022) 335-344, pdf |
| • ZWAHLEN V., LOURDAIS O., URSENBACHER. S. & GUILLER G. (2022) Rare genetic admixture and unidirectional gene flow between Vipera aspis and Vipera berus at their contact zone in western , Amphibia-Reptilia 43 181-194, pdf |
| • NANNI-GESER S. & URSENBACHER S. (2022) Multiple paternity in the Asp viper, Journal of Zoology 318 (3) 158-165, pdf |
| • MONDINO A., CROVADORE J., LEFORT F. & URSENBACHER S. (2022) Impact of invading species on biodiversity: Diet study of the green whip snake’s (Hierophis viridiflavus, L. 1789) in Switzerland, Global Ecology and Conservation 38 e02239, pdf |
| • ORIGGI F., PISANO S.R.R., GLAIZOT O., HERTWIG S.T., SCHMITZ A. & URSENBACHER S. (2022) Ophiodiomyces ophiodiicola, the etiologic agent of Snake Fungal Disease, is present in Europe since the late 1950’s, Emerging Infectious Diseases 28 (10) , pdf |
| • DUCHESNE T., GRAITSON E., LOURDAIS O., URSENBACHER S. & DUFRENE M. (2022) Fine-scale vegetation complexity and habitat structure influence predation pressure on a declining snake, Journal of Zoology 318 (3) 205-217, pdf |
| • DUCOTTERD C., CROVADORE J., LEFORT F., RUBIN J.-F. & URSENBACHER S. (2021) A powerful long metabarcoding method for the determination of complex diets from faecal analysis of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis, L. 1758), Molecular Ecology Ressources 21 433–447, pdf |
| • CHEVALIER M., MOD H., BROENNIMANN O., DI COLA V., SCHMID S., NICULITA-HIRZEL H., PRADERVAND J.-N., SCHMIDT B.R., URSENBACHER S., PELLISSIER L., GUISAN A. (2021) Low spatial autocorrelation in mountain biodiversity data and model residuals, Ecosphere 12 (3) e03403, pdf |
| • FRANCOIS D., URSENBACHER S., BOISSINOT A., YSNEL F., LOURDAIS O. (2021) Isolation-by-distance and male-biased dispersal at a fine spatial scale: a study of the common European adder (Vipera berus) in a rural landscape, Conservation Genetics 22 823-837, pdf |
| • VITASSE Y., URSENBACHER S., KLEIN G., BOHNENSTENGEL T., CHITTARO Y., DELESTRADE A., MONNERAT C., REBETEZ M., RIXEN C., STREBEL N., SCHMIDT B.R., WIPF S., WOHLGEMUTH T., YOCCOZ N.G., LENOIR J. (2021) Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps, Biological Reviews 96 (5) 1816-1835, pdf |
| • DONIOL-VALCROZE P., URSENBACHER S., MEBERT K., GHIELMI S., LADDAGA L., SOURROUILLE P., KARIS M., CROCHET P.-A. (2021) Conflicting relationships of Vipera walser inferred from nuclear genes sequences and mitochondrial DNA, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59 (8) 2307-2320, pdf |
| • VACHER J.-P., D'AGOSTINO R. & URSENBACHER S. (2021) Characterizing the taxonomic status of Sphingonotus caerulans in the upper Rhine Valley of Alsace (France)., Bulleting de la Société entomologique de France 126 (4) 513-519, pdf |
| • VACHER J.-P., GRAITSON E., CAUWENBERGH J. & URSENBACHER S. (2021) Conservation genetics of a wide-ranged temperate snake: same species, different locations, and different behaviour, Conservation genetics 23 167-177, pdf |
| • VACHER J., AUMAITRE D. & URSENBACHER S. (2020) Genetic characteristics of an introduced population of Bombina bombina (Linnaeus, 1761) (Amphibia: Bombinatoridae) in Moselle, France, Acta Herpetologica 15(1) 47-54, pdf |
| • MARTINEZ-FREIRIA F., FREITAS I., ZUFFI M.A.L., GOLAY P., URSENBACHER S., VELO-ANTON G. (2020) Climatic refugia boosted allopatric diversification in Western Mediterranean vipers, Journal of Biogeography 47(8) 1698-1713, pdf |
| • GRAITSON E., URSENBACHER S., LOURDAIS O. (2020) Snake conservation in anthropized landscapes: considering artificial habitats and questioning management of semi-natural habitats, European Journal of Wildlife Research 2020 66:39, pdf |
| • FREITAS I., URSENBACHER S., MEBERT K., ZINENKO O., SCHWEIGER S., WÜSTER W., BRITO J.C., CRNOBRNJA-ISAILOVIC J., HALPERN B., FAHD S., SANTOS X., PLEGUEZUELOS J.M., JOGER U., ORLOV N., MIZSEI E., LOURDAIS O., ZUFFI M.A.L. STRUGARIU A., ZAMFIRESCU S.R., MARTINEZ-SOLANO I., VELO-ANTON G., KALIONTZOPOULOU A. & MARTINEZ-FREIRIA F. (2020) Evaluating taxonomic inflation: towards evidence-based species delimitation in Eurasian vipers (Serpentes: Viperinae), Amphibia-Reptilia 41(2) 285–311, pdf |
| • MEBERT K., GOCMEN B., IGCI N., KARIS M., OGUZ M.A., YILDIZ M.Z., TEYNIE A., STUMPEL N., URSENBACHER S. (2020) Mountain Vipers in central-eastern Turkey: Huge range extensions for four taxa reshape Decades of Misleading perspectives, Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15(1) 169–187, pdf |
| • DUCOTTERD C., CROVADORE J., LEFORT F., GUISAN A., URSENBACHER S. & RUBIN J.-F. (2020) The feeding behavior of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis, L. 1758) is not a threat for other endangered species, Global Ecology and Conservation e01133 , pdf |
| • RAMEL C., REY P.-L., FERNANDES R., VINCENT C., CARDOSO A.R., BROENNIMANN O., PELLISSIER L., PRADERVAND J.-N., URSENBACHER S., SCHMIDT B.R. & GUISAN A.
(2020) Integrating ecosystem services within spatial biodiversity conservation prioritization in the Alps, Ecosystem Services 45 (2020) 101186, pdf |
| • MOD H.K., SCHERRER D., DI COLA V., BROENNIMANN O., BLANDENIER Q., BREINER F.T, BURI A., GOUDET J.,GUEX N., LARA E.,MITCHELL E.A.D,NICULITA-HIRZEL H., PAGNI M., PELLISSIER L., PINTO-FIGUEROA E., SANDERS I.R.,SCHMIDT B.R., SEPPEY C.V.W., YASHIRO E.,VAN DER MEER J.R. & GUISAN A.
(2020) Greater topoclimatic control of above- versus belowground communities, Global Change Biology 26 6715-6728, pdf |
| • ZWAHLEN V., NANNI-GESER S., GOLAY J., KAISER L., DUBEY S., URSENBACHER S. (2020) Only males care about their environment: sex-biased dispersal in the asp viper (Vipera aspis), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132(1) 104-115, pdf |
| • VOROS J., URSENBACHER S. & JELIC D. (2019) Population Genetic Analyses Using 10 New Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci Confirms Genetic Subdivision within the Olm, Proteus anguinus, Journal of Heredity 110 (2) 211-218, pdf |
| • VINCENT C., FERNANDES R.F., CARDOSO A., BROENNIMANN O., DI COLA V., D'AMEN M., URSENBACHER S., SCHMIDT B.R., PRADERVANT J.-N., PELLISSIER L., GUISAN A. (2019) Climate and land-use changes reshuffle politically-weighted priority areas of mountain biodiversity
, Global Ecology and Conservation 17, January 2019 e00589, pdf |
| • RAEMY M. & URSENBACHER S. (2018) Detection of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) by environmental DNA: is eDNA adequate for reptiles?, Amphibia-Reptilia 39(2) 135-143, pdf |
| • VOROS J., URSENBACHER S., KISS I., JELIC D., SCHWEIGER S. & SZABO K. (2017) Increased genetic structuring of isolated Salamandra salamandra populations (Caudata: Salamandridae) at the margins of the Carpathian Mountains, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 55 (2) 138-149, pdf |
| • GUILLER G., LOURDAIS O. & URSENBACHER S. (2017) Low hybridization between an Euro-Siberian (Vipera berus) and a Mediterranean (V. aspis) viper at their contact zone in Western France, Journal of Zoology 302 (2) 138-147, pdf |
| • RAEMY M., FRITZ U., CHEYLAN M. & URSENBACHER S. (2017) Hybridisation between turtle subspecies: a case study with the European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis), Conservation Genetics 18 (2) 287-296, pdf |
| • MEBERT K., LUISELLI L., CAFUTA V., GOLAY P., DUBEY S. & URSENBACHER S. (2017) A Home for Three: analyzing ecological correlates of body traits in a triple contact zone of alpine vipers, North-Western Journal of Zoology 13 (2) 251-261, pdf |
| • DUBEY S., URSENBACHER S., SCHUERCH J., GOLAY J., AUBERT P. & DUFRESNES C. (2017) A glitch in the Natrix: cryptic presence of alien grass snakes in Switzerland, Herpetological Notes 10 205-208, pdf |
| • GOCMEN B., MEBERT K., KARIS M., OGUZ M.A.,URSENBACHER S. (2017) A new population and subspecies of the critically endangered Anatolian meadow viper Vipera anatolica (Eiselt and Baran, 1970) in eastern Antalya province
, Amphibia-Reptilia 38 289-305, pdf |
| • KINDLER C., CHEVRE M., URSENBACHER S., BOHME W., HILLE A., JABLONSKI D., VAMBERGER M., FRITZ U. (2017) Hybridization patterns in two contact zones of grass snakes reveal a new Central European snake species, Scientific reports 7 7378, pdf |
| • URSENBACHER S., BEDDEK M., KAISER L., ZWAHLEN V., HOLLIDAY J., REY G. & VANAPPELGHEM C. (2017) Génétique de la population des Vipères péliades (Vipera berus – Linnaeus, 1758 ; Serpentes : Viperidae) dans la région du Hauts-de-France - apport de la génétique à la conservation locale de l'espèce, Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 164 1-14, pdf |
| • SCHMERA D., PIZA J., REINARTZ E., URSENBACHER S., BAUR B. (2016) Breeding system, shell size and age at sexual maturity affect sperm length in stylommatophoran gastropods, BMC Evolutionary Biology 16 89 |
| • GHIELMI S., MENEGON M., MARSDEN S.J.,LADDAGA L.& URSENBACHER S. (2016) A new vertebrate for Europe: the discovery of a range-restricted relict viper in
the western Italian Alps, J Zool Syst Evol Res 54 161-173, pdf |
| • SCHMIDT B.R., URSENBACHER S. (2015) Umwelt-DNA als neue Methode zum Artnachweis in Gewässern, Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 22 1-10, pdf |
| • URSENBACHER S., GUILLON M., CUBIZOLLE H., DUPOUE A., BLOUIN-DEMERS G. & LOURDAIS O. (2015) Postglacial recolonisation in a cold climate specialist in Western Europe: patterns of genetic diversity in the adder (Vipera berus) support the central-marginal hypothesis, Molecular Ecology 24 3639-3651, pdf |
| • MEBERT K., JAGAR T., GRZELJ R., CAFUTA V., LUISELLI L., OSTANEK E., GOLAY P., DUBEY S., GOLAY J., URSENBACHER S. (2015) The dynamics of coexistence: Habitat sharing vs. segregation patterns among three sympatric montane vipers, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116 (2) 364–376, pdf |
| • DUBEY S., ZWAHLEN V., GOLAY P., MEBERT K., MONNEY J.-C., OTT T., DURAND T., THIERY G., KAISER L., GESER S., URSENBACHER S. (2015) Diversifying selection and color-biased dispersal in the asp viper, BMC Evolutionary Biology (2015) 15:99 1-9, pdf |
| • DUBEY S., CHRISTE P., FORMENTI V., STAUB E., SCHUERCH J., GLAIZOT O., URSENBACHER S. (2015) Impact of the recently introduced freshwater blenny in lake Geneva on the diet and body condition of the invasive dice snake, Journal of Wildlife Management 79 (2) 338–343, pdf |
| • MEBERT K., GÖÇMEN B., IGCI N., OGUZ M.A., KARIS M., URSENBACHER S.
(2015) New records and search for contact zones among parapatric vipers in the genus Vipera (barani, kaznakovi, darevskii, eriwanensis), Montivipera (wagneri, raddei), and Macrovipera (lebetina) in northeastern Anatolia, the Herpetological Bulletin 133 13-22, pdf |
| • RUSTERHOLZ H.-P., URSENBACHER S., CORAY A., WEIBEL U. & BAUR B. (2015) DNA quantity and quality in remnants of traffic-killed specimens of an endangered longhorn beetle: A comparison of different methods
, Journal of Insect Science 15 1-5, pdf |
| • DUCREST A.-L., URSENBACHER S., GOLAY P., MONNEY J.-C., MEBERT K., ROULIN A., DUBEY S. (2014) Proopiomelanocortin gene and colour polymorphism in a reptile, Biological Joumal of the Linnean Society 111 160-168, pdf |
| • MENEGON M., LOADER S.P., BRANCH W., DAVENPORT T., MARSDEN S. & URSENBACHER S. (2014) The genus Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) in East Africa: Phylogeny and the role of rifting and climate in shaping the current pattern of species diversity, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79 12-22, pdf |
| • BROENNIMANN O., URSENBACHER S., MEYER A., GOLAY, P. MONNEY J.-C., SCHMOCKER H., GUISAN, A. DUBEY S. (2014) Influence of climate on the presence of colour polymorphism in two montane reptile species, Biology Letters 10 20140638, pdf |
| • GEISER C., RAY N., LEHMANN A. & URSENBACHER S. (2013) Unravelling landscape variables with multiple approaches to overcome scarce species knowledge: a landscape genetic study of the slow worm, Conservation Genetics 14 (4) 783-794, pdf |
| • SCHMIDT B. R., KERY M., URSENBACHER S., HYMAN O.J. & COLLINS J.P. (2013) Site occupancy models in the analysis of environmental DNA presence/absence surveys: A case study of an emerging amphibian pathogen, Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4 (7) 646-653, pdf |
| • RAEMY M., MONNEY J.-C. & URSENBACHER S. (2013) European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) conservation projects in Switzerland, Herpetological Notes 6 111-112, pdf |
| • GESER S., KAISER L., ZWAHLEN V. & URSENBACHER S. (2013) Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the asp viper (Vipera aspis) using high-throughput sequencing and their use for other European vipers, Amphibia-Reptilia 34(1) 109-113, pdf |
| • FERCHAUD A.-L., URSENBACHER S., LUISELLI L., JELIC D., HALPERN B., MAJOR A., KOTENTKO T., CRNOBRNJA-ISAILOVIC J., TOMOVIC L., GHIRA I., IOANNIDIS Y., ARNAL V. & MONTGELARD C. (2012) Phylogeography of the Vipera ursinii complex (Viperidae): mitochondrial markers reveal an east–west disjunction in the Palaearctic region, Journal of Biogeography 39 1836-1847, pdf |
| • MEISTER B., URSENBACHER S. & BAUR B. (2012) Grass snake population differentiation over different geographic scales, Herpetologica 68 134-145, pdf |
| • MEISTER B., URSENBACHER S. & BAUR B. (2012) Frequency of multiple paternity in the grass snake (Natrix natrix), Amphibia-Reptilia 33 (2) 308-312, pdf |
| • RAJABIZADEH M.,YAZDANPANAH A.& URSENBACHER S. (2012) Preliminary analysis of dorsal pattern variation and sexual dimorphism in Montivipera latifi (Mertens, Darevsky and Klemmer, 1967) (Ophidia: Viperidae), Acta Herpetologica 7 (1) 13-21, pdf |
| • SCHMIDLIN S., SCHMERA D., URSENBACHER S. & BAUR B. (2012) Separate introductions but lack of genetic variability in the invasive clam Corbicula spp. in Swiss lakes, Aquatic Invasions 7 73-80 |
| • FERCHAUD A.-L., LYET A., CHEYLAN M., ARNAL V., BARON J.-P., MONGELARD C. & , URSENBACHER, S. (2011) High genetic differentiation among French populations of the Orsini's meadow viper (Vipera ursinii ursinii) based on mitochondrial and microsatellite data: Implications for conservation management, Journal of Heredity 102(1) 67-78, pdf |
| • MAZZA G., MONNEY J.-C. & URSENBACHER S. (2011) Structural Habitat Partitioning of Natrix tessellata and Natrix maura at Lake Geneva, Switzerland, Mertenisiella Band 18: Die Würfelnatter (ed. by K. Mebert and U. Joger). DGHT, Reinach, DE 80-83 |
| • METZGER C., CHRISTE P. & URSENBACHER S. (2011) Diet Variability of Two Convergent Natricine Colubrids in an Invasive-Native Interaction, Mertenisiella Band 18: Die Würfelnatter (ed. by K. Mebert and U. Joger). DGHT, Reinach, DE 86-93 |
| • METZGER C., FERCHAUD A.-L., GEISER C. & URSENBACHER S. (2011) New polymorphic microsatellite markers of the endangered meadow viper (Vipera ursinii) identified by 454 high-throughput sequencing: when innovation meets conservation, Conservation Genetics Resources 3 589-592 |
| • ZSCHOKKE S., ARMBRUSTER G.F.J, URSENBACHER S. & BAUR B. (2011) Genetic differences between the two remaining wild populations of the endangered Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), Biological Conservation 144 2702-2709, pdf |
| • URSENBACHER S., ALVAREZ C., ARMBRUSTER G. F. J. & BAUR B. (2010) High population differentiation in the rock-dwelling land snail (Trochulus caelatus) endemic to the Swiss Jura mountains, Conservation Genetics 11 1265-1271, pdf |
| • MEISTER B., HOFER U., URSENBACHER S. & BAUR B. (2010) Spatial genetic analysis of the grass snake, Natrix natrix (Squamata: Colubridae), in an intensively used agricultural landscape, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 101 (1) 51-58, pdf |
| • DUBEY S., URSENBACHER S., PELLET J. & FUMAGALLI L. (2009) Genetic differentiation in two European tree frog (Hyla arborea) metapopulations in contrasted landscapes of Western Switzerland, Amphibia-Reptilia 30 127-133, pdf |
| • URSENBACHER S., ERNY C. & FUMAGALLI L. (2009) Male reproductive success and multiple paternity in wild, low density populations of the adder (Vipera berus), Journal of Heredity 100 (3) 365-370, pdf |
| • URSENBACHER S., MONNEY J.-C. & FUMAGALLI L. (2009) Limited genetic diversity and high differentiation among the remnant adder (Vipera berus) populations in the Swiss and French Jura Mountains, Conservation Genetics 10 303-315, pdf |
| • METZGER C., URSENBACHER S. & CHRISTE P. (2009) Testing the Competitive Exclusion Principle using various niche parameters in a native (Natrix maura) and an introduced (N. tessellata) colubrid, Amphibia-Reptilia 30 523-531, pdf |
| • GOLAY P., MONNEY J.-C., CONELLI A., DURAND T., THIERY G., ZUFFI M. A. L. & URSENBACHER S. (2008) Systematics of the Swiss asp vipers: some implications for the European Vipera aspis (Linnaeus 1758) complex (Serpentes: Viperidae) ? A tribute to Eugen Kramer, Amphibia-Reptilia 29 71-83, pdf |
| • URSENBACHER S., SCHWEIGER S., TOMOVIC L., CRNOBRNJA-ISAILOVIC J., FUMAGALLI L. & MAYER W. (2008) Molecular phylogeography of the nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes, Linnaeus (1758)): Evidence for high genetic diversity and multiple refugia in the Balkan peninsula, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46 (3) 1116-1128, pdf |
| • DUBEY S., URSENBACHER S. & FUMAGALLI L. (2006) Origine des populations de rainette verte (Hyla ssp.) de l'ouest de la Suisse, Revue Suisse de Zoologie 113 (4) 879-887 |
| • URSENBACHER S., CARLSSON M., HELFER V., TEGELSTROM H. & FUMAGALLI L. (2006) Phylogeography and Pleistocene refugia of the adder (Vipera berus) as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data, Molecular Ecology 15 (11) 3425-3437, pdf |
| • URSENBACHER S., CONELLI A., GOLAY P., MONNEY J.-C., ZUFFI M. A. L., THIERRY G., DURAND T. & FUMAGALLI L. (2006) Phylogeography of the asp viper (Vipera aspis) inferred from mitochondrial DNA: Evidence for multiple Mediterranean refugial areas, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38 (2) 546-552, pdf |
| • URSENBACHER S. & MONNEY J.-C. (2003) Résultats de 5 années de suivi d'une population de Vipères péliades (Vipera berus) dans le Jura suisse: estimation des effectifs et discussion des méthodes d'estimation, Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 107 15-25, pdf |