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Ecophysiology of an Avian Invader: Body Condition and Metabolic Rate Adjustments to Ambient Temperature

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study examines the ecophysiological responses of common waxbills to temperature variation in Portugal. We measured body condition and basal metabolic rate (BMR) during summer and winter across two regions in Portugal. Body condition was negatively correlated with temperature, while the relationship between BMR and temperature varied seasonally. In
Marina Sentís, Cesare Pacioni, Emma Bossuyt, Andrey Bushuev, Anvar Kerimov, Luís Reino, Luc Lens, Diederik Strubbe   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of parental care on skin microbial community composition in poison frogs. [PDF]

Elife
Fischer MT, Xue KS, Costello EK, Dvorak M, Raboisson G, Robaczewska A, Caty SN, Relman DA, O'Connell LA.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cretaceous Anuran And Dinosaur Footprints From The Patuxent Formation Of Virginia

, 1997
Robert E. Weems, Jon M Bachman
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UV‐Induced Fluorescence in the Balance: Mate Choice and Predation Risk in the Female Ornamented Jumping Spiders

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study investigates the potential adaptive advantages of female‐specific UV‐induced fluorescence in male mate‐choice and predation risk, as fitness costs, using two species of ornate jumping spiders Phintella vittata and Ph. bifurcilinea. Our findings provide empirical evidence of a trade‐off: While fluorescence enhances male mate preference, it ...
Yingna Zhou, Long Yu, Xiaoyan Wang, Daiqin Li, Xin Xu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ambush Site Selection by a Green Bamboo Pit Viper: Relation to Prey Abundance and Comparison between Juveniles and Adults. [PDF]

Zool Stud
Yang CK, Yang YJ, Mori A.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Evolution of Male Weapons Is Associated with the Type of Breeding Site in a Clade of Neotropical Frogs

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Male weaponry evolution is often linked to male–male competition, but its relationship with breeding site type remains unclear. Using Leptodactylinae frogs, we found a macroevolutionary correlation between breeding site type and weapon evolution. Also, gains and losses of weapons occurred more frequently in exposed‐breeding sites, an unexpected finding.
Erika M. Santana, Daniel S. Caetano, Alexandre V. Palaoro, Glauco Machado   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

First report of flesh-fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) myiasis in little-devil poison frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Ecuador. [PDF]

Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl
Vélez M, Rödel MO, Carvajal V, Donoso DA, Guerra MA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Volumetric Comparison of Overall Brain and Neuropil Size Between Social and Non‐social Spiders: Exploring the Social Brain Hypothesis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Brain size may be influenced by the cognitive demands of sociality (social brain hypothesis). We used microCT to compare CNS and brain volumes in social versus solitary huntsman and crab spiders. Social huntsman spiders had larger arcuate and mushroom bodies, while social crab spiders had larger visual neuropils.
Vanessa Penna‐Gonçalves, Donald James Mclean, Nikolas J. Willmott, Michael B. J. Kelly, Jay R. Black, Elizabeth C. Lowe, Marie E. Herberstein   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatio-temporal infection and diversity indices of gastrointestinal helminths in Xenopus species from Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya. [PDF]

Parasitol Res
Ochieng KMA, Rindoria NM, Morara GN, Luus-Powell WJ, Smit WJ.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing the Presence, Pattern, and Environmental Correlates of Seasonal Skin Thickening in Anurans

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Histological sections, like that of the ventral pectoral skin of Lithobates pipiens, were measured to assess variation in skin thickness throughout the year in three North American anuran species. After correcting for individual body size, we test whether skin thickness changes throughout the year and which factors (environment or life history) explain
Collin S. VanBuren, Lily K. Bentley, David B. Norman, Nadia B. Fröbisch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source