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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sebastian Steinfartz

Citation names

  • Steinfartz, Sebastian

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0315-AC2D-63F9
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5347-3969
Education
Degree Classification
2003/07/04
Concluded
 Evolutionary Biology (Doktor (PhD))
Universität Leipzig Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften, Germany

Institute of Biology, Germany
"Molecular analysis of adaptive divergence: the impact of ecology on speciation in salamanders" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/04/01 - Current Full Professor (University Teacher) Universität Leipzig Institut für Biologie, Germany
Universität Leipzig, Germany
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/11/13 - 2020/12/31 Monitoring und Entwicklung von Vorsorgenmaßnahmen zum Schutz vor der Ausbreitung des Chytridpilzes Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans im Freiland
351782100A
Principal investigator
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

Universität Leipzig, Germany
Bundesamt fur Naturschutz
Ongoing
2015/02/13 - 2018/02/13 Entwicklung und Erprobung von Schutzstrategien für mitteleuropäische Amphibien angesichts des neuen tödlichen Amphibien-pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bs)
Az 32635-01
Principal investigator
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
 Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Sebastian Steinfartz. Entwicklung und Erprobung von Schutzstrategien fu¨r mitteleuropa¨ische Amphibien angesichts des neuen to¨dlichen Amphibien-Pathogens Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bs), AZ 32635/01. Germany. 2018.
Journal article
  1. Burgon JD; Vieites DR; Jacobs A; Weidt SK; Gunter HM; Steinfartz S; Burgess K; Mable BK; Elmer KR. "Functional colour genes and signals of selection in colour polymorphic salamanders.". Molecular ecology (2020): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32159878.
    10.1111/mec.15411
  2. Sabino-Pinto J; Goedbloed DJ; Sanchez E; Czypionka T; Nolte AW; Steinfartz S. "The Role of Plasticity and Adaptation in the Incipient Speciation of a Fire Salamander Population.". Genes (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31683677.
    10.3390/genes10110875
  3. Wollenberg Valero KC; Marshall JC; Bastiaans E; Caccone A; Camargo A; Morando M; Niemiller ML; et al. "Patterns, Mechanisms and Genetics of Speciation in Reptiles and Amphibians.". Genes (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31455040.
    10.3390/genes10090646
  4. Forough Goudarzi; Mahmoud-Reza Hemami; Loi¨s Rancilhac; Mansoureh Malekian; Sima Fakheran; Kathryn R. Elmer; Sebastian Steinfartz. "Geographic separation and genetic differentiation of populations are not coupled with niche differentiation in threatened Kaiser’s spotted newt (Neurergus kaiseri)". Scientific reports (2019):
    10.1038/s41598-019-41886-8
  5. Sabino-Pinto J; Martel A; Pasmans F; Steinfartz S; Vences M. "Pooling skin swabs does not inhibit qPCR detection of amphibian chytrid infection.". PloS one (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30939146.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0214405
  6. Sanchez E; Pröhl H; Lüddecke T; Schulz S; Steinfartz S; Vences M. "The conspicuous postmetamorphic coloration of fire salamanders, but not their toxicity, is affected by larval background albedo.". Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30729684.
    10.1002/jez.b.22845
  7. Sabino-Pinto, J.; Krause, E.T.; Bletz, M.C.; Martel, A.; Pasmans, F.; Steinfartz, S.; Vences, M.. "Detectability vs. time and costs in pooled DNA extraction of cutaneous swabs: A study on the amphibian chytrid fungi". Amphibia Reptilia 40 1 (2019): 29-39. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85059574917&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-20181011
  8. Preißler, K.; Watzal, A.D.; Vences, M.; Steinfartz, S.. "Detection of elusive fire salamander larvae (Salamandra salamandra) in streams via environmental DNA". Amphibia Reptilia 40 1 (2019): 55-64. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85059589455&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-18000007
  9. Preißler, K.; Gippner, S.; Lüddecke, T.; Krause, E.T.; Schulz, S.; Vences, M.; Steinfartz, S.. "More yellow more toxic? Sex rather than alkaloid content is correlated with yellow coloration in the fire salamander". Journal of Zoology 308 4 (2019): 293-300. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064591126&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jzo.12676
  10. Thomas, V.; Wang, Y.; Van Rooij, P.; Verbrugghe, E.; Baláž, V.; Bosch, J.; Cunningham, A.A.; et al. "Mitigating Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe". Amphibia Reptilia 40 3 (2019): 265-290. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071852511&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-20191157
  11. Steinfartz, S.; Vörös, J.. "SEH News". Amphibia Reptilia 40 3 (2019): 401-402. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071885331&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-2019SEH2
  12. Vences, M.; Bina Perl, R.G.; Giesen, K.; Schluckebier, R.; Simon, K.; Schmidt, E.; Steinfartz, S.; Ziegler, T.. "Development of new microsatellite markers for the green toad, Bufotes viridis, to assess population structure at its northwestern range boundary in Germany". Salamandra 55 3 (2019): 191-198. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85073738747&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  13. Dinis M; Merabet K; Martínez-Freiría F; Steinfartz S; Vences M; Burgon JD; Elmer KR; et al. "Allopatric diversification and evolutionary melting pot in a North African Palearctic relict: The biogeographic history of Salamandra algira.". Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30321698.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.018
  14. Tim Lu¨ddecke; Stefan Schulz; Sebastian Steinfartz; Miguel Vences. "A salamander’s toxic arsenal: review of skin poison diversity and function in true salamanders, genus Salamandra". The Science of nature (2018):
    10.1007/s00114-018-1579-4
  15. Joana Sabino-Pinto; Michael Veith; Miguel Vences; Sebastian Steinfartz. "Asymptomatic infection of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in captivity". Scientific reports (2018):
    10.1038/s41598-018-30240-z
  16. Valbuena-Ureña E; Oromi N; Soler-Membrives A; Carranza S; Amat F; Camarasa S; Denoël M; et al. "Jailed in the mountains: Genetic diversity and structure of an endemic newt species across the Pyrenees.". PloS one (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30071027.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0200214
  17. Bletz MC; Kelly M; Sabino-Pinto J; Bales E; Van Praet S; Bert W; Boyen F; et al. "Disruption of skin microbiota contributes to salamander disease.". Proceedings. Biological sciences (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30135150.
    10.1098/rspb.2018.0758
  18. Canessa S; An Martel; Annemarieke Spitzen-van der Sluijs; Ben C. Scheele; Benedikt R. Schmidt; Claudio Bozzuto; Evan H. Campbell Grant; Stefan Lo¨tters. "Decision-making for mitigating wildlife diseases: From theory to practice for an emerging fungal pathogen of amphibians". Journal of applied ecology. (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/AGR/IND605963932.
    10.1111/1365-2664.13089
  19. Czypionka T; Goedbloed DJ; Steinfartz S; Nolte AW. "Plasticity and evolutionary divergence in gene expression associated with alternative habitat use in larvae of the European Fire Salamander.". Molecular ecology (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29742304.
    10.1111/mec.14713
  20. Sanchez E; Küpfer E; Goedbloed DJ; Nolte AW; Lüddecke T; Schulz S; Vences M; Steinfartz S. "Morphological and transcriptomic analyses reveal three discrete primary stages of postembryonic development in the common fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra.". Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29504232.
    10.1002/jez.b.22792
  21. Annemarieke Spitzen - van der Sluijs; Gwij Stegen; Serge´ Bogaerts; Stefano Canessa; Sebastian Steinfartz; Nico Janssen; Wilbert Bosman; Frank Pasmans; An Martel. "Post-epizootic salamander persistence in a disease-free refugium suggests poor dispersal ability of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans". Scientific reports (2018):
    10.1038/s41598-018-22225-9
  22. Alejandro Iba´n~ez; Corinna Klein; Galo Quezada; Marcus Kru¨ger; Susanne Brodesser; Sebastian Steinfartz. "Characterization of lipid structures in femoral secretions of Gala´pagos marine iguanas by shotgun lipidomics". Chemoecology (2018):
    10.1007/s00049-018-0251-y
  23. Unglaub, B.; Steinfartz, S.; Kühne, D.; Haas, A.; Schmidt, B.R.. "The relationships between habitat suitability, population size and body condition in a pond-breeding amphibian". Basic and Applied Ecology 27 (2018): 20-29. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85040911703&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.baae.2018.01.002
  24. Sanchez, E.; Gippner, S.; Vences, M.; Preißler, K.; Hermanski, I.J.; Caspers, B.A.; Krause, E.T.; Steinfartz, S.; Kastrup, F.-W.. "Automatic quantification of colour proportions in dorsal black-and-yellow coloured amphibians, tested on the fire salamander (Salamandra Salamandra)". Herpetology Notes 11 (2018): 73-76. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045626942&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  25. Lötters, S.; Wagner, N.; Kerres, A.; Vences, M.; Steinfartz, S.; Sabino-Pinto, J.; Seufer, L.; et al. "First report of host co-infection of parasitic amphibian chytrid fungi". Salamandra 54 4 (2018): 287-290. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056622823&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  26. Dalbeck, L.; Diissel-Siebert, H.; Kerres, A.; Kirst, K.; Koch, A.; Lotters, S.; Ohlhoff, D.; et al. "The salamander plague and its pathogen Batra,Die Salamanderpest und ihr Erreger Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal): aktueller Stand in Deutschland". Zeitschrift fur Feldherpetologie 25 1 (2018): 1-22. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045267215&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  27. Hendrix R; Schmidt BR; Schaub M; Krause ET; Steinfartz S. "Differentiation of movement behaviour in an adaptively diverging salamander population.". Molecular ecology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28881403.
    10.1111/mec.14345
  28. Goedbloed DJ; Czypionka T; Altmüller J; Rodriguez A; Küpfer E; Segev O; Blaustein L; et al. "Parallel habitat acclimatization is realized by the expression of different genes in two closely related salamander species (genus Salamandra).". Heredity (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28953268.
    10.1038/hdy.2017.55
  29. Ibáñez A; Menke M; Quezada G; Jiménez-Uzcátegui G; Schulz S; Steinfartz S. "Diversity of compounds in femoral secretions of Galápagos iguanas (genera: Amblyrhynchus and Conolophus), and their potential role in sexual communication in lek-mating marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).". PeerJ (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28828277.
    10.7717/peerj.3689
  30. Matthé M; Sannolo M; Winiarski K; Spitzen-van der Sluijs A; Goedbloed D; Steinfartz S; Stachow U. "Comparison of photo-matching algorithms commonly used for photographic capture-recapture studies.". Ecology and evolution (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28811886.
    10.1002/ece3.3140
  31. Rodríguez A; Burgon JD; Lyra M; Irisarri I; Baurain D; Blaustein L; Göçmen B; et al. "Inferring the shallow phylogeny of true salamanders (Salamandra) by multiple phylogenomic approaches.". Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28716741.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.009
  32. Valbuena-Ureña E; Soler-Membrives A; Steinfartz S; Alonso M; Carbonell F; Larios-Martín R; Obon E; Carranza S. "Getting off to a good start? Genetic evaluation of the ex situ conservation project of the Critically Endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi).". PeerJ (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28626615.
    10.7717/peerj.3447
  33. Timm Reinhardt; Mario Brauns; Sebastian Steinfartz; Markus Weitere. "Effects of salamander larvae on food webs in highly subsidised ephemeral ponds". Hydrobiologia (2017):
    10.1007/s10750-017-3195-2
  34. Schmidt BR; Bozzuto C; Lötters S; Steinfartz S. "Dynamics of host populations affected by the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.". Royal Society open science (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28405365.
    10.1098/rsos.160801
  35. Valbuena-Ureña E; Soler-Membrives A; Steinfartz S; Orozco-terWengel P; Carranza S. "No signs of inbreeding despite long-term isolation and habitat fragmentation in the critically endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi).". Heredity (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28074844.
    10.1038/hdy.2016.123
  36. Braunschweig University of Technology; Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover; University of Glasgow; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); University of Konstanz; University of Liège; University of Haifa; et al. "Inferring the shallow phylogeny of true salamanders (Salamandra) by multiple phylogenomic approaches". (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/11449/174946.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.009
  37. Miralles, A.; Macleod, A.; Rodríguez, A.; Ibáñez, A.; Jiménez-Uzcategui, G.; Quezada, G.; Vences, M.; Steinfartz, S.. "Shedding light on the Imps of Darkness: An integrative taxonomic revision of the Galápagos marine iguanas (genus Amblyrhynchus)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181 3 (2017): 678-710. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85043299569&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx007
  38. Thiesmeier, B.; Steinfartz, S.; Andrä, E.; Brandt, T.; Buschmann, H.; Dalbeck, L.; Göcking, C.; et al. "Position paper on trade in animals, keeping of animals and field herpetology,Positionspapier Tierhandel, Tierhaltung und Feldherpetologie". Zeitschrift fur Feldherpetologie 24 1 (2017): 119-127. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017177191&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  39. Goedbloed, D.; Segev, O.; Küpfer, E.; Pietzsch, N.; Matthe, M.; Steinfartz, S.. "Evaluation of a new amphident module and sources of automated photo identification errors using data from Salamandra infraimmaculata". Salamandra 53 2 (2017): 314-318. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019092559&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  40. Bletz MC; Goedbloed DJ; Sanchez E; Reinhardt T; Tebbe CC; Bhuju S; Geffers R; et al. "Amphibian gut microbiota shifts differentially in community structure but converges on habitat-specific predicted functions.". Nature communications (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27976718.
    10.1038/ncomms13699
  41. Eugenia Sanchez; Molly C. Bletz; Laura Duntsch; Sabin Bhuju; Robert Geffers; Michael Jarek; Anja B. Dohrmann; et al. "Cutaneous Bacterial Communities of a Poisonous Salamander: a Perspective from Life Stages, Body Parts and Environmental Conditions". Microbial ecology (2016):
    10.1007/s00248-016-0863-0
  42. Spitzen-van der Sluijs, Annemarieke; Martel, An; Asselberghs, Johan; Bales, Emma K.; Beukema, Wouter; Bletz, Molly C.; Dalbeck, Lutz; et al. "Expanding Distribution of Lethal Amphibian FungusBatrachochytrium salamandrivoransin Europe". Emerging Infectious Diseases 22 7 (2016): 1286-1288. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2207.160109.
    10.3201/eid2207.160109
  43. Miguel Vences; Mariana L. Lyra; R. G. Bina Perl; Molly C. Bletz; David Stankovic´; Carla Martins Lopes; Michael Jarek; et al. "Freshwater vertebrate metabarcoding on Illumina platforms using double-indexed primers of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene". Conservation genetics resources (2016):
    10.1007/s12686-016-0550-y
  44. Braunschweig Univ Technol; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Univ Trieste; Helmholtz Ctr Infect Res. "Freshwater vertebrate metabarcoding on Illumina platforms using double-indexed primers of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene". (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/11449/161850.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-016-0550-y
  45. Merabet, K.; Sanchez, E.; Dahmana, A.; Bogaerts, S.; Donaire, D.; Steinfartz, S.; Joger, U.; et al. "Phylogeographic relationships and shallow mitochondrial divergence of Algerian populations of Salamandra algira". Amphibia Reptilia 37 1 (2016): 1-8. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959560198&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-00003025
  46. Konowalik, A.; Najbar, A.; Babik, W.; Steinfartz, S.. "Genetic structure of the fire salamander Salamandra salamandra in the Polish Sudetes". Amphibia Reptilia 37 4 (2016): 405-415. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85003666498&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-00003071
  47. MacLeod, A.; Steinfartz, S.. "The conservation status of the Galápagos marine iguanas, Amblyrhynchus cristatus: A molecular perspective". Amphibia Reptilia 37 1 (2016): 91-109. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959519045&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-00003035
  48. Michael Veith; Bayram Göçmen; Konstantinos Sotiropoulos; Sarah Kieren; Olaf Godmann; Sebastian Steinfartz. "Seven at one blow: the origin of major lineages of the viviparous Lycian salamanders (Lyciasalamandra Veith and Steinfartz, 2004) was triggered by a single paleo-historic event". Amphibia-Reptilia 37 4 (2016): 373-387. https://doi.org/10.1163%2F15685381-00003067.
    10.1163/15685381-00003067
  49. Drechsler, A.; Ortmann, D.; Steinfartz, S.. "How do we deal with species of the habitats Directive - The crash of one of the largest great crested newt populations (Tritiirns cristatus) on record to the edge of extinction,Fallstudie zum Umgang mit einer FFH-Art: Wie Kammmolche im FFH-Gebiet Latumer Bruch in Krefeld (NRW) von einer der individuenstärksten Populationen an den Rand des Aussterbens gebracht worden sind". Zeitschrift fur Feldherpetologie 23 2 (2016): 181-202. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84995436818&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  50. MacLeod, A.; Unsworth, L.; Trillmich, F.; Steinfartz, S.. "Mark-resight estimates confirm a critically small population size in threatened marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos". Salamandra 52 1 (2016): 58-62. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84966667803&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  51. MacLeod A; Irisarri I; Vences M; Steinfartz S. "The complete mitochondrial genomes of the Galápagos iguanas, Amblyrhynchus cristatus and Conolophus subcristatus.". Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26357924.
    10.3109/19401736.2015.1079863
  52. MacLeod A; Rodríguez A; Vences M; Orozco-terWengel P; García C; Trillmich F; Gentile G; et al. "Hybridization masks speciation in the evolutionary history of the Galápagos marine iguana.". Proceedings. Biological sciences (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26041359.
    10.1098/rspb.2015.0425
  53. Unglaub B; Steinfartz S; Drechsler A; Schmidt BR. "Linking habitat suitability to demography in a pond-breeding amphibian.". Frontiers in zoology (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25977702.
    10.1186/s12983-015-0103-3
  54. Caspers, B.A.; Steinfartz, S.; Krause, E.T.. "Larval deposition behaviour and maternal investment of females reflect differential habitat adaptation in a genetically diverging salamander population". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69 3 (2015): 407-413. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925484385&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00265-014-1853-1
  55. Sabino-Pinto, J.; Bletz, M.; Hendrix, R.; Perl, R.G.B.; Martel, A.; Pasmans, F.; Lötters, S.; et al. "First detection of the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Germany". Amphibia Reptilia 36 4 (2015): 411-416. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947050542&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-00003008
  56. Weitere, M.; Steinfartz, S.; Reinhardt, T.. "Inter-annual weather variability can drive the outcome of predator prey match in ponds". Amphibia Reptilia 36 2 (2015): 97-109. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84931081631&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-00002982
  57. Czypionka, T.; Krugman, T.; Altmüller, J.; Blaustein, L.; Steinfartz, S.; Templeton, A.R.; Nolte, A.W.. "Ecological transcriptomics - a non-lethal sampling approach for endangered fire salamanders". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6 12 (2015): 1417-1425. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84958751536&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/2041-210X.12431
  58. Drechsler A; Helling T; Steinfartz S. "Genetic fingerprinting proves cross-correlated automatic photo-identification of individuals as highly efficient in large capture-mark-recapture studies.". Ecology and Evolution (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25628871.
    10.1002/ece3.1340
  59. Vences M; Sanchez E; Hauswaldt JS; Eikelmann D; Rodríguez A; Carranza S; Donaire D; et al. "Nuclear and mitochondrial multilocus phylogeny and survey of alkaloid content in true salamanders of the genus Salamandra (Salamandridae).". Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24412216.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2013.12.009
  60. Hendrix, R.; Fleck, J.; Schneider, W.; Schneider, C.; Geller, D.; Avci, A.; Olgun, K.; Steinfartz, S.. "First comprehensive insights into nuclear and mitochondrial DNA based population structure of Near East mountain brook newts (Salamandridae: Genus Neurergus) suggest the resurrection of Neurergus derjugini". Amphibia Reptilia 35 2 (2014): 173-187. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902506928&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-00002939
  61. Valbuena-Ureña, E.; Steinfartz, S.; Carranza, S.. "Characterization of microsatellite loci markers for the critically endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi)". Conservation Genetics Resources 6 2 (2014): 263-265. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84900825303&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12686-013-0082-7
  62. Caspers BA; Krause ET; Hendrix R; Kopp M; Rupp O; Rosentreter K; Steinfartz S. "The more the better - polyandry and genetic similarity are positively linked to reproductive success in a natural population of terrestrial salamanders (Salamandra salamandra).". Molecular ecology (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24168518.
    10.1111/mec.12577
  63. Drechsler A; Geller D; Freund K; Schmeller DS; Künzel S; Rupp O; Loyau A; et al. "What remains from a 454 run: estimation of success rates of microsatellite loci development in selected newt species (Calotriton asper, Lissotriton helveticus, and Triturus cristatus) and comparison with Illumina-based approaches.". Ecology and evolution (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24198952.
    10.1002/ece3.764
  64. Hauswaldt JS; Angelini C; Gehara M; Benavides E; Polok A; Steinfartz S. "From species divergence to population structure: a multimarker approach on the most basal lineage of Salamandridae, the spectacled salamanders (genus Salamandrina) from Italy.". Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24007854.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2013.08.015
  65. Ristau K; Steinfartz S; Traunspurger W. "First evidence of cryptic species diversity and significant population structure in a widespread freshwater nematode morphospecies (Tobrilus gracilis).". Molecular ecology (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23927432.
    10.1111/mec.12414
  66. Vences M; Hauswaldt JS; Steinfartz S; Rupp O; Goesmann A; Künzel S; Orozco-terWengel P; et al. "Radically different phylogeographies and patterns of genetic variation in two European brown frogs, genus Rana.". Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23632031.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.014
  67. Reinhardt T; Steinfartz S; Paetzold A; Weitere M. "Linking the evolution of habitat choice to ecosystem functioning: direct and indirect effects of pond-reproducing fire salamanders on aquatic-terrestrial subsidies.". Oecologia (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23358795.
    10.1007/s00442-013-2592-0
  68. Tobias Krause, E.; von Engelhardt, N.; Steinfartz, S.; Trosien, R.; Caspers, B.A.. "Ultrasonography as a minimally invasive method to assess pregnancy in the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra)". Salamandra 49 4 (2013): 211-214. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84891423123&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  69. Macleod, A.; Koch, V.; García-Parra, C.; Trillmich, F.; Steinfartz, S.. "New highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Galápagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus". Amphibia Reptilia 33 3-4 (2012): 533-536. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881171874&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-00002854
  70. Hauswaldt, J.S.; Polok, A.; Angelini, C.; Steinfartz, S.. "First microsatellite loci for spectacled salamanders (Salamandrina perspicillata and S. terdigitata) endemic to the Apennine peninsula". Conservation Genetics Resources 4 2 (2012): 399-402. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887508920&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12686-011-9559-4
  71. Deborah Lanterbecq; Scott Glaberman; Maren Noelani Vitousek; Sebastian Steinfartz; Edgar Benavides; Martin Wikelski; Adalgisa Caccone. "Genetic Differentiation between Marine Iguanas from Different Breeding Sites on the Island of Santa Fe´ (Gala´pagos Archipelago)". (2011):
  72. Caspers, B.A.; Steinfartz, S.. "Preference for the other sex: Olfactory sex recognition in terrestrial fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra)". Amphibia Reptilia 32 4 (2011): 503-508. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855604030&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853811X603265
  73. Krause, E.T.; Steinfartz, S.; Caspers, B.A.. "Poor Nutritional Conditions During the Early Larval Stage Reduce Risk-Taking Activities of Fire Salamander Larvae (Salamandra salamandra)". Ethology 117 5 (2011): 416-421. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79953709128&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01886.x
  74. Hauswaldt, J.S.; Angelini, C.; Pollok, A.; Steinfartz, S.. "Hybridization of two ancient salamander lineages: Molecular evidence for endemic spectacled salamanders on the Apennine peninsula". Journal of Zoology 284 4 (2011): 248-256. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960560807&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00807.x
  75. Hendrix R; Susanne Hauswaldt J; Veith M; Steinfartz S. "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 (2010): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21565114.
    10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02861.x
  76. Lanterbecq D; Glaberman S; Vitousek MN; Steinfartz S; Benavides E; Wikelski M; Caccone A. "Genetic differentiation between marine iguanas from different breeding sites on the island of Santa Fe (Galapagos Archipelago).". The Journal of heredity (2010): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/20538757.
    10.1093/jhered/esq067
  77. Drechsler, A.; Bock, D.; Ortmann, D.; Steinfartz, S.. "Ortmann's funnel trap - a highly efficient tool for monitoring amphibian species". Herpetology Notes 3 1 (2010): 13-21. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77953088358&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  78. Sebastian Steinfartz; Scott Glaberman; Deborah Lanterbecq; Michael A. Russello; Sabrina Rosa; Torrance C. Hanley; Cruz Marquez; et al. "Progressive colonization and restricted gene flow shape island-dependent population structure in Gala´pagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)". BMC evolutionary biology (2009):
    10.1186/1471-2148-9-297
  79. Caspers BA; Junge C; Weitere M; Steinfartz S. "Habitat adaptation rather than genetic distance correlates with female preference in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra).". Frontiers in zoology (2009): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19563652.
    10.1186/1742-9994-6-13
  80. Sebastian Steinfartz. "Die Amphibien und Reptilien der Südwest-Türkei". Amphibia-Reptilia 30 3 (2009): 446-446. https://doi.org/10.1163%2F156853809788795191.
    10.1163/156853809788795191
  81. Schlegel, P.A.; Steinfartz, S.; Bulog, B.. "Non-visual sensory physiology and magnetic orientation in the Blind Cave Salamander, Proteus anguinus (and some other cave-dwelling urodele species). Review and new results on light-sensitivity and non-visual orientation in subterranean urodeles (Amphibia)". Animal Biology 59 3 (2009): 351-384. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349322729&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/157075609X454971
  82. Hauswaldt JS; Fuessel J; Guenther J; Steinfartz S. "Eight new tetranucleotide microsatellite loci for the agile frog (Rana dalmatina).". Molecular ecology resources (2008): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21586075.
    10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02217.x
  83. Veith M; Lipscher E; Oz M; Kiefer A; Baran I; Polymeni RM; Steinfartz S. "Cracking the nut: geographical adjacency of sister taxa supports vicariance in a polytomic salamander clade in the absence of node support.". Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (2007): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/18455442.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.017
  84. Steinfartz S; Glaberman S; Lanterbecq D; Marquez C; Rassmann K; Caccone A. "Genetic impact of a severe El Niño event on Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).". PloS one (2007): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/18074011.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0001285
  85. STEINFARTZ, SEBASTIAN; WEITERE, MARKUS; TAUTZ, DIETHARD. "Tracing the first step to speciation: ecological and genetic differentiation of a salamander population in a small forest". Molecular Ecology 16 21 (2007): 4550-4561. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03490.x.
    10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03490.x
  86. Steinfartz, Sebastian; Vicario, Saverio; Arntzen, J.W.; Caccone, Adalgisa. "A Bayesian approach on molecules and behavior: reconsidering phylogenetic and evolutionary patterns of the Salamandridae with emphasis onTriturus newts". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 308B 2 (2007): 139-162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.21119.
    10.1002/jez.b.21119
  87. HOFFMAN JI; STEINFARTZ S; WOLF JBW. "Ten novel dinucleotide microsatellite loci cloned from the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki) are polymorphic in other pinniped species". Molecular ecology notes (2007): http://europepmc.org/abstract/AGR/IND43866215.
    10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01544.x
  88. Schmidt, Benedikt R; Schaub, Michael; Steinfartz, Sebastian. "Apparent survival of the salamander Salamandra salamandra is low because of high migratory activity". Frontiers in Zoology 4 1 (2007): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-19.
    10.1186/1742-9994-4-19
  89. Steinfartz, S.; Weitere, M.; Tautz, D.. "Tracing the first step to speciation: Ecological and genetic differentiation of a salamander population in a small forest". Molecular Ecology 16 21 (2007): 4550-4561. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-35448938494&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03490.x
  90. Schulte, U.; Küsters, D.; Steinfartz, S.. "A PIT tag based analysis of annual movement patterns of adult fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) in a Middle European habitat". Amphibia Reptilia 28 4 (2007): 531-536. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-35148892769&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853807782152543
  91. STEINFARTZ S; CACCONE A. "A set of highly discriminating microsatellite loci for the Galápagos marine iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus". Molecular ecology notes (2006): http://europepmc.org/abstract/AGR/IND43829273.
    10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01402.x
  92. Steinfartz, S.; Stemshorn, K.; Kuesters, D.; Tautz, D.. "Patterns of multiple paternity within and between annual reproduction cycles of the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) under natural conditions". Journal of Zoology 268 1 (2006): 1-8. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33645452335&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1469-7998.2005.00001.x
  93. Jochen B.W Wolf; Diethard Tautz; Adalgisa Caccone; Sebastian Steinfartz. "Development of new microsatellite loci and evaluation of loci from other pinniped species for the Gala´pagos sea lion (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki)". Conservation genetics (2005):
    10.1007/s10592-005-9045-1
  94. Bonato, L.; Steinfartz, S.. "Evolution of the melanistic colour in the alpine salamander salamandra atra as revealed by a new subspecies from the venetian prealps". Italian Journal of Zoology 72 3 (2005): 253-260. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27244432594&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/11250000509356680
  95. Weitere, Markus; Tautz, Diethard; Neumann, Dietrich; Steinfartz, Sebastian. "Adaptive divergence vs. environmental plasticity: tracing local genetic adaptation of metamorphosis traits in salamanders". Molecular Ecology 13 6 (2004): 1665-1677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2004.02155.x.
    10.1111/j.1365-294x.2004.02155.x
  96. Weitere, M.; Tautz, D.; Neumann, D.; Steinfartz, S.. "Adaptive divergence vs. environmental plasticity: Tracing local genetic adaptation of metamorphosis traits in salamanders". Molecular Ecology 13 6 (2004): 1665-1677. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2542445603&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02155.x
  97. Steinfartz, S.; Küsters, D.; Tautz, D.. "Isolation and characterization of polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in the fire salamander Salamandra salamandra (Amphibia: Caudata)". Molecular Ecology Notes 4 4 (2004): 626-628. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-9644300853&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00716.x
  98. Sebastian Steinfartz; Diethard Tautz. "The Fire Salamander: Source for New Species". German Research 25 2 (2003): 14-16. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fgerm.200390013.
    10.1002/germ.200390013
  99. Steinfartz, S.; Hwang, U.W.; Tautz, D.; Öz, M.; Veith, M.. "Molecular phylogeny of the salamandrid genus Neurergus: Evidence for an intrageneric switch of reproductive biology". Amphibia Reptilia 23 4 (2002): 419-431. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036999861&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685380260462338
  100. Steinfartz, Sebastian; Veith, Michael; Tautz, Diethard. "Mitochondrial sequence analysis of Salamandra taxa suggests old splits of major lineages and postglacial recolonizations of Central Europe from distinct source populations of Salamandra salamandra". Molecular Ecology 9 4 (2000): 397-410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00870.x.
    10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00870.x
  101. Steinfartz, S.; Veith, M.; Tautz, D.. "Mitochondrial sequence analysis of Salamandra taxa suggests old splits of major lineages and postglacial recolonizations of Central Europe from distinct source populations of Salamandra salamandra". Molecular Ecology 9 4 (2000): 397-410. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034088920&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00870.x
  102. Sebastian Steinfartz; Max Sparreboom; Gunter Schultschik. "Courtship behaviour of Neurergus (Caudata: Salamandridae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 21 1 (2000): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1163%2F156853800507219.
    10.1163/156853800507219
  103. Veith, M.; Steinfartz, S.; Zardoya, R.; Seitz, A.; Meyer, A.. "A molecular phylogeny of 'true' salamanders (family Salamandridae) and the evolution of terrestriality of reproductive modes". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 36 1-2 (1998): 7-16. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031805416&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Steinfartz, Sebastian. "New home, new life: The effect of shifts in the habitat choice of salamander larvae on population performance and their effect on pond invertebrate communities". 2017.
  2. Steinfartz, Sebastian. "Molecular analysis of adaptive divergence: the impact of ecology on speciation in salamanders". 2003.

Other

Other output
  1. Mechanisms of speciation in reptiles and amphibians: a synopsis. 2018. Marshall JC; Bastiaans E; Caccone A; Camargo A; Morando M; Niemiller ML; Pabijan M; et al. http://europepmc.org/abstract/PPR/PPR58833.
    10.7287/peerj.preprints.27279v1
  2. When Hotspots Meet: The Galápagos Islands: A Hotspot of Species Endemism Based on a Volcanic Hotspot Centre. 2011. Sebastian Steinfartz. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-642-20992-5_23.
    10.1007/978-3-642-20992-5_23