Ben Wielstra
Universitair hoofddocent
- Naam
- Dr. B.M. Wielstra
- Telefoon
- +31 71 527 5135
- b.m.wielstra@biology.leidenuniv.nl
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- 0000-0002-7112-5965
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Universitair hoofddocent
- Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen
- Instituut Biologie Leiden
- IBL Animal Sciences
- Struijk R.P.J.H., Prins N., Koster S., Putters N., Jansen N., Esselaar J., Visser M.C. de, France J.M. & Wielstra B.M. (2024), Knoflookpad in Callantsoog: verspreiding, voortplanting en geografische herkomst, RAVON 26(1): 2-5.
- Dufresnes C., Dubey S., Wielstra B.M., Jablonski D. & Denoël M. (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.
- Kazilas C., Dufresnes C., France J.M., Kalaentzis K., Martínez-Solano I., Visser M.C. de, Arntzen J.W. & Wielstra B.M. (2024), Spatial genetic structure in European marbled newts revealed with target enrichment by sequence capture, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 194: 108043.
- Wei J., Xu F., Cole E.F., Sheldon B.C., Boer W.F. de, Wielstra B.M., Fu H., 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(1): e17148.
- Dufresnes C., Monod‐Broca B., Bellati A., Canestrelli D., Ambu J., Wielstra B.M., 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.
- Prins N. & Wielstra B.M. (2024), Moving hybrid zones: when two species meet, mate, and compete, Frontiers for Young Minds 12: 1207354.
- Elfering R., Bijlsma L., Mannix S., Plomp S., Theodoropoulos A. & Wielstra B. (2023), Kamsalamanders met kleurafwijking uit Meijendel, Holland's Duinen 83: 38-39.
- Stark T., Struijk R. & Wielstra B.M. (2023), Speuren naar exotische groene kikkers, Schubben & Slijm 54: 24-24.
- Kalaentzis K., Arntzen J.W., Aziz A., Berg V. van den, Beukema W., France J.M., Olgun K., Riemsdijk I. van, Üzüm N., Visser M.C. de & Wielstra B.M. (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.
- Ambu J., Martínez-Solano Í., Suchan T., Hernandez A., Wielstra B.M., Crochet P.-A. & Dufresnes C. (2023), Genomic phylogeography illuminates deep cyto-nuclear discordances in midwife toads (Alytes), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 183: 107783.
- Riemsdijk I. van, Arntzen J.W., Bucciarelli G.M., McCartney-Melstad E., Rafajlović M., Scott P.A., Toffelmier E., Shaffer H.B. & Wielstra B.M. (2023), Two transects reveal remarkable variation in gene flow on opposite ends of a European toad hybrid zone, Heredity 131: 15-24.
- Visser M.C. de, Prins N., France J.M., Struijk R. & Wielstra B.M. (2023), Exotische amfibieën in de duinen ontmaskerd met mtDNA barcoding, Holland's Duinen 82(1): 25-29.
- Struijk R.P.J.H., Stark T. & Wielstra B.M. (2023), Exotische groene kikkers in Nederland: Ravon, Kijk op Exoten 11(3): 10-11 (42).
- Vliegenthart C., Vrede M. van de, Boer I. den, Gilbert M.J., Lemmers P., France J.M., Visser M.C. de, Struijk R.P.J.H. & Wielstra B.M. (2023), The limits of mtDNA analysis for determining the provenance of invasive species: a midwife toad example, Amphibia-Reptilia 44(1): 27-33.
- Koster S., Prins N., Dufresnes C., France J.M., Visser M.C. de, Struijk R.P.J.H. & Wielstra B.M. (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.
- Brouwer J. de, Helder B., France J.M., Visser M.C. de, Struijk R.P.J.H. & Wielstra B.M. (2023), An isolated crested newt population in Dutch coastal dunes: distribution relict or introduction?, Amphibia-Reptilia 44(1): 19-26.
- Gaczorek T.S., 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.
- Kuijt. M., Oskam L., Boer I. den, Dufresnes C., France J.M., Gilbert M.J., Visser M.C. de, Struijk R.P.J.H. & Wielstra B.M. (2023), The introduction of three cryptic tree frog species in the Dutch coastal dunes challenges conservation paradigms, Amphibia-Reptilia 44(1): 1-10.
- Wielstra B.M., Boer I. den, France J.M., Visser M.C. de & Struijk R. (2023), MtDNA barcoding van exotische amfibieën in de duinen, RAVON 89(2): 26-29.
- Struijk R.P.J.H. & Wielstra B.M. (2023), Hybridisatierisico’s door nieuwe boomkikker-taxa in Nederland: Ravon, Kijk op Exoten 43: 10-11.
- Boer I. den & Wielstra B.M. (2023), Avontuurlijke boomkikker bezoekt de Pier van Scheveningen, Schubben & Slijm 53: 5.
- Robbemont J., Van Veldhuijzen S., Allain S.J.R., Ambu J., Boyle R., Canestrelli D., Cathasaigh É.Ó, 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., Stapleton S., Šunje E., Szabolcs M., Vacheva E., Willis D., Zimić A., France J.M., Meilink W.R.M., Stark T., Struijk R.P.J.H., Theodoropoulos A., De Visser M.C. & Wielstra B.M. (2023), An extended mtDNA phylogeography for the alpine newt illuminates the provenance of introduced populations, Amphibia-Reptilia 44(3): 347-361.
- Wielstra B.M., Visser M.C. de, Stark T. & Struijk R.P.J.H. (2023), Herkomst van exotische Alpenwatersalamanders blootgelegd, Schubben & Slijm 54: 8-9.
- Stark T., Wielstra B., Struijk R. & Graaf R. van de (2023), Genetisch onderzoek groene kikkers, RAVON 25(3): 55.
- Berdan E.L., Flatt T., Kozak G.M., Lotterhos K.E. & Wielstra B. (2022), Genomic architecture of supergenes: connecting form and function, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 377(1856): 20210192.
- Wielstra B.M. (2022), Invasieve hybridisatie: een uitdagend natuurbeschermingsvraagstuk, Kijk op Exoten 38: 2-3.
- Riemsdijk I. van, Arntzen J.W., Babik W., Bogaerts S., Franzen M., Kalaentzis K., Litvinchuk S.N., Olgun K., Wijnands J.W.P.M. & Wielstra B.M. (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.
- Struijk R.P.J.H., Backx B., Demirkapu B., Visser M.C. de & Wielstra B.M. (2022), ‘Rise and fall’ van een populatie westelijke smaragdhagedissen in Scheveningen, RAVON 24(2): 24-27.
- Berdan E.L., Blanckaert A., Butlin R.K., Flatt T., Slotte T. & Wielstra B.M. (2022), Mutation accumulation opposes polymorphism: supergenes and the curious case of balanced lethals, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 377(1856): 20210199.
- 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.M. & Babik W. (2021), Coevolution between MHC class I and antigen-processing genes in salamanders, Molecular Biology and Evolution 38(11): 5092-5106.
- Arntzen J.W., Jehle R. & Wielstra B.M. (2021), Genetic and morphological data demonstrate hybridization and backcrossing in a pair of salamanders at the far end of the speciation continuum, Evolutionary Applications 14(12): 2784-2793.
- Meilink W.R.M., France J., Visser M.C. de & Wielstra B. (2021), Balanced lethal systems: an evolutionary mystery, Frontiers for Young Minds 9: 632945.
- Fahrbach M., Visser M. de & Wielstra B. (2021), The hybrid zone between the Italian and Northern Crested Newts (Triturus carnifex and T. cristatus) reaches Germany, Salamandra: German journal of Herpetology 57(3): 428-434.
- Wielstra B.M. & Arntzen J.W. (2021), Genetic homogeneity in a Pontocaspian crested newt species (Triturus karelinii) suggests recent isolation of its three allopatric range sections, Amphibia-Reptilia 42(2): 179–187.
- 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.
- Visser M.C. de, France J.M., Meilink W.R.M. & Wielstra B.M. (2021), Een evolutionair raadsel: het dodelijke chromosoom 1 syndroom in Triturus-salamanders, RAVON 23(1): 9-12.
- Wielstra B.M. (2021), Hybrid zones, Current Biology 31(3): R108-R109.
- 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 (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae), Salamandra: German journal of Herpetology 57(1): 174-179.
- Wielstra B.M., Saliv D. & Canestrelli D. (2021), Genetic divergence across glacial refugia despite interglacial gene flow in a crested newt, Evolutionary Biology 48(1): 17-26.
- Palomar G., Dudek K., Wielstra B.M., 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 in salamanders: do they coevolve with MHC class I genes?, Genome Biology and Evolution 13(2): evaa259.
- Struijk R.P.J.H., Demirkapu B., Visser M.C. de & Wielstra B.M. (2021), Exotische smaragdhagedissen in de duinen bij Scheveningen, Kijk op Exoten (34): 12-13.
- Helder B., Brouwer J. de, Ouwehand J., Visser M. de & Wielstra B. (2021), Koi-kamsalamander, Schubben & Slijm 48: 8.
- Arntzen J.W., López-Delgado J., Riemsdijk I. & Wielstra B.M. (2021), A genomic footprint of a moving hybrid zone in marbled newts, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(2): 459-465.
- Riemsdijk I. van Struijk R.P.J.H. Pel E. Janssen I.A.W. Wielstra B.M. (2020), Hybridisation complicates the conservation of Natrix snakes in the Netherlands, Salamandra: German journal of Herpetology 56(1): 78-82.
- Xu G. Wielstra B.M. Rich S.M. (2020), Northern and southern blacklegged (deer) ticks are genetically distinct with different histories and Lyme spirochete infection rates, Scientific Reports 10: 10289.
- Wielstra B.M. 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.
- Wielstra B.M. (2020), Balanced lethal systems, Current Biology 30(13): R742-R743.
- Struijk R.P.J.H. Riemsdijk I. van Wielstra B.M. (2020), ‘Gestreepte’ ringslangen in Nederland – Genetica, achtergrond en risico’s, RAVON 22(3): 54-57.
- Si Y., Wei J., Wu W., Zhang W., Hou L., Yu L. & Wielstra B.M. (2020), Reducing human pressure on farmland could rescue China’s declining wintering geese, Movement Ecology 8: 35.
- Wielstra B.M. (2020), Digest: biased male–male competition drives asymmetric introgression in lizards*, Evolution 74(10): 2427-2428.
- Dufresnes C., Strachinis I., Suriadna N., Mykytynets G., Cogalniceanu D., Székely P., Vukov T., Arntzen J.W., Wielstra B., Lymberakis P., Geffen E., Gafny S., Kumlutas Y., Ilgaz C., Candan K., Mizsei E., Szabolcs M., Kolenda K., Smirnov N., Géniez P., Lukanov S., Crochet P.-A., Dubey S., Perrin N., Litvinchuk S.N. & Denoël M. (2019), Phylogeography of a cryptic speciation continuum in Eurasian spadefoot toads (Pelobates), Molecular Ecology 28(13): 3257-3270.
- Wielstra B. (2019), Historical hybrid zone movement: More pervasive than appreciated, Journal of Biogeography 46(7): 1300-1305.
- 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: German journal of Herpetology 55(2): 131-134.
- Wielstra B. (2019), Triturus newts, Current Biology 29(4): R110-R111.
- Riemsdijk I. van, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wielstra B., Canestrelli D., Cvijanovic M., Denoel M., Fijarczyk A., Jablonski D., Liana M., Naumov B., Olgun K., Pabijan M., Pezzarossa A., Popgeorgiev G., Salvi D., Si Y., Sillero N., Sotiropoulos K., Zielinski 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.
- Si Y., Xu Y.J., Xu F., Li X.Y., Zhang W.Y., Wielstra B.M., Wei J., Liu G.H., 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.
- Riemsdijk I. van, Nieuwenhuize L. van, Martinez-Solano I., Arntzen J.W. & Wielstra B.M. (2018), Molecular data reveal the hybrid nature of an introduced population of banded newts (Ommatotriton) in Spain, Conservation Genetics 19(1): 249-254.
- Arntzen J.W., Uzum N., Ajdukovic M.D., Ivanovic A. & Wielstra B.M. (2018), Absence of heterosis in hybrid crested newts, PeerJ 6: e5317.
- Wielstra B.M., Burke T., Butlin R.K., Avcı 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.
- Riemsdijk I. van, Arntzen J.W., Bogaerts S., Franzen M., Litvinchuk S.N., Olgun K. & Wielstra B.M. (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.
- Wielstra B.M., Burke T., Butlin R.K. & Arntzen J.W. (2017), A signature of dynamic biogeography: enclaves indicate past species replacement, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284(1868): 20172014.
- Wielstra B., Zielinski 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.
- Xu Y.J., Gong P., Wielstra B.M. & Si Y. (2016), Southward autumn migration of waterfowl facilitates cross-continental transmission of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, Scientific Reports 6: 30262.
- Mathai J., Duckworth J.W., Meijaard E., Fredriksson G., Hon J., Sebastian A., Ancrenaz M., Hearn A.J., Ross J., Cheyne S., Wilting A. & Borneo Carnivore Consortium (2016), Carnivore conservation planning on Borneo: identifying key carnivore landscapes, research priorities and conservation interventions, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33: 186-217.
- Wielstra B., Burke T., Butlin R.K., Schaap O., Schaffer 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.
- Wielstra B.M., Voros 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.
- Wielstra B.N. & 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.
- Wielstra B.M., 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.
- Bozkurt E., Olgun K. & Wielstra B.M. (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(5): 976-980.
- Wielstra B.M., Bozkurt E. & Olgun K. (2015), The distribution and taxonomy of Lissotriton newts in Turkey (Amphibia, Salamandridae), ZooKeys 484: 11-23.
- Struebig M.J., Wilting A., Gaveau D.L.A., Meijaard E., Smith R.J., Fischer M., Metcalfe K., Kramer-Schadt S. & The Borneo Mammal Distribution Consortium (2015), Targeted conservation to safeguard a biodiversity hotspot from climate and land-cover change, Current Biology 25(3): 372-378.
- Meilink W.R.M., Arntzen J.W., Delft J.J.C.W. van & Wielstra B.M. (2015), Genetic pollution of a threatened native crested newt species through hybridization with an invasive congener in the Netherlands, Biological Conservation 184: 145-153.
- Vukov T.D., Cvijanovic M., Wielstra B.M. & Kalezic M.L. (2014), The roles of phylogeny and climate in shaping variation in life-history traits of the newt genus Triturus (Caudata, Salamandridae), Annales Zoologici Fennici 51(5): 445-456.
- Wielstra B.M. & 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.
- Wielstra B.M. & 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.
- Wielstra B.M., Arntzen J.W., van der Gaag K.J., 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.
- Arntzen J.W., Wielstra B.M. & 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.
- Wielstra B.M., 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.
- Wielstra B.M., 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.
- Zielinski P., Nadachowska-Brzyska K., Wielstra B.M., Szkotak R., Covaciu-Marcov S.D., Cogalniceanu 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.
- Ivanovic A., Uzum N., Wielstra B.M., Olgun K., Litvinchuk S.N., Kalezic 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.
- Wielstra B.M., 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.
- Wielstra B., Crnobrnja-Isailovic J., Litvinchuk S.N., Reijnen B.T., 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.
- Wielstra B.M., 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.
- Wielstra B., Beukema W., Arntzen J.W., Skidmore A.K., Toxopeus A.G. & Raes N. (2012), Corresponding mitochondrial DNA and niche divergence for crested new candidate species, PLoS ONE 7(9): e46671.
- Wielstra B.M. & 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.
- Wielstra B.M. & Arntzen J.W. (2011), Unraveling the rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) using complete mitogenomic sequences, BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 162.
- Vukov T.D., Sotiropoulos K., Wielstra B.M., Dzukic G. & Kalezic 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.
- Wielstra B., Boorsma T., Pieterse S.M. & Iongh H.H. de (2011), The use of avian feeding guilds to detect small-scale forest distrubance: a case study in East Kalimantan, Borneo, Forktail 27: 60-67.
- Arntzen J.W. & Wielstra B.M. (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.
- Wielstra B., Themudo G.E., Guclu O., Olgun K., Poyarkov N.A. & Arntzen J.W. (2010), Cryptic crested newt diversity at the Eurasian transition: t, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(3): 888-896.
- Themudo G.E., Wielstra B.M. & 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.
- Arntzen J.W., Themudo G.E. & Wielstra B.M. (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.