A cost-effective mesocosm framework for reptile research: Design, validation, and practical insights

• Giulia Simbula ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giulia Simbula, Frederico M. Barroso

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: giulia.simbula@gmail.com (GS); frederico.m.barroso@gmail.com (FMB)

  Affiliations CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal, BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1118-9158

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• Frederico M. Barroso ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giulia Simbula, Frederico M. Barroso

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Conceptualization

  * E-mail: giulia.simbula@gmail.com (GS); frederico.m.barroso@gmail.com (FMB)

  Affiliations CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal, BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4111-6793

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• Enerit Saçdanaku,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Research Center of Flora and Fauna, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania

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• Gabriel Ene,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ovidius University Constanta, Al. Universitatii, Campus B., Constanta, Romania

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• Geanina Fănaru,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ovidius University Constanta, Al. Universitatii, Campus B., Constanta, Romania, Association Chelonia Romania, Pascani, Bucharest, Romania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1290-1968

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• Lekshmi B. Sreelatha,

  Roles Writing – review & editing, Investigation

  Affiliations CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal, BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6552-4380

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• Miruna-Gabriela Vizireanu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ovidius University Constanta, Al. Universitatii, Campus B., Constanta, Romania

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• Myrto Roumelioti,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal, BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3269-6549

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• Nikoletta-Maria Boskovits,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal, BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-2317

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• Sabina E. Vlad,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ovidius University Constanta, Al. Universitatii, Campus B., Constanta, Romania, Association Chelonia Romania, Pascani, Bucharest, Romania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-669X

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• Prem Aguilar,

  Roles Writing – review & editing, Investigation

  Affiliations CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal, BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

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• Miguel A. Carretero

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing, Funding acquisition

  Affiliations CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal, BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2335-7198

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