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Environmental DNA metabarcoding facilitates integrative conservation assessments and species rediscoveries in tropical biodiversity hotspots. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Plewnia A, Hildwein T, Quezada Riera AB, Terán-Valdez A, Crawford AJ, Heine C, Franco-Mena D, Székely D, Armijos-Ojeda D, Siavichay FR, Arpi JD, Salazar J, Erens J, Páez-Vacas MI, Székely P, Böning P, Stassen R, Carvajal-Endara S, Lötters S, Guayasamin JM.   +19 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Tale of Appendages: Investigating Limb and Tail Variation in Salamanders

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We analyzed limb and tail proportions in 44% of known salamander species using a phylogenetic comparative approach. Our results revealed significant variation among families and ecological groups, with aquatic species showing longer limbs and basal lineages having shorter tails.
Giacomo Rosa, Andrea Costa, Matteo Bozzo, Sebastiano Salvidio, Sara Ferrando   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the efficacy of skin swabbing as a minimally invasive method of genetic sampling from Indian amphibians. [PDF]

Biol Methods Protoc
Vaibhavi G, Aravind CK, Borkar SK, Sebastian SM, Thunga PK, Ravikanth G, Gururaja KV, Hebbar P.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Climate Niche Pressure on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau Predominates the Diversification of Advertisement Calls in Frogs (Leptobrachella)

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The diversification of advertisement calls is largely driven by climatic niche differentiation. Our results provide acoustic evidence for studies on ecological speciation in anurans.
Tuo Shen, Shize Li, Jing Liu, Lang Mu, Guangmei Yang, Yixin Diao, Haijun Su, Bin Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clashing in Murky Waters: On Amphibian Mosquito Suppression. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Boerlijst SP, Ummels A, Spitzen-van der Sluijs AM, Spitzen J, Bouman RW, Boelee E, van Bodegom PM, Schrama M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Extinction Debt Paid Off: The Demise of the European Polecat (Mustela putorius) in NE Iberia

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We studied a vanishing polecat population for a decade, until its ultimate demise, using camera trap and roadkill data, landscape descriptors and dietary and toxicological analyses.Polecat favoured farmland and avoided forests and water bodies occupied by the invasive American mink.
Salvador Salvador, Roger Puig‐Gironès, Xavier Llopart, Santiago Palazón, Miguel Clavero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leaf Litter Leachate Limits Fungal Pathogen Growth but Not Amphibian Infection. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Martin EL, Adarve-Rengifo I, Siddons SR, Blackwood PE, Hua J, Searle CL.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Wonder Years: A Demographic Approach to Revisit the Age‐at‐Size Conundrum in Amphibians

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We combined repeated body size measurements of marked individuals of unknown age throughout their adult life with growth records of individuals marked as postmetamorphic juveniles and recaptured years later as sexually mature adults, focusing on 10 amphibian species in central Spain.
Gregorio Sánchez‐Montes, Andreu Rotger, Carlos Caballero‐Díaz, Giacomo Tavecchia, Jorge Gutiérrez‐Rodríguez, Íñigo Martínez‐Solano   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carcass-Based Surveillance of Amphibian Herpesviruses, Ranaviruses and <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany. [PDF]

Pathogens
Steiner N, Striewe LC, Leineweber C, Camps SG, Wohlsein P, Elze F, Rohner S, Marschang RE, Siebert U.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Warm Spring Weather Alters Calling Phenology of Four Sympatric Early‐Breeding Anurans

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
An unusually warm March in 2024 (“false spring”) followed by freezing temperatures allowed us to assess the impact of a weather event on an amphibian community. The calling activity of all four species was associated with increasing temperature, and the first date of calling was advanced by 11–18 days.
Jeffrey P. Ethier, Nionta Habib, Marc J. Mazerolle, Vance L. Trudeau   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source