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CALL BROADCASTING AND AUTOMATED RECORDERS AS TOOLS FOR ANURAN SURVEYS IN A SUBARCTIC TUNDRA LANDSCAPE [PDF]
, 2014 Relatively little is known about population ecology of anurans in arctic and subarctic tundra regions, in part because it is difficult to survey anurans in these landscapes.
Andersen, David E. +3 more
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Exploring Brain Size Asymmetry and Its Relationship with Predation Risk Among Chinese Anurans [PDF]
BiologyBrain size asymmetry differs considerably across species, including humans, vertebrates, and invertebrates. The subtle structural, functional, or size differences between the two brain sides are associated with processing specific cognitive tasks.
Chuan Chen +4 more
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Testing the Role of Environmental Harshness and Sexual Selection in Limb Muscle Mass in Anurans
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Sexual dimorphism is regarded as the consequence of differential responses by males and females to selection pressures. Limb muscle plays a very important role during amplexus, which is likely to be under both natural and sexual selection in anurans ...
Yue Jun Yang +7 more
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Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2023 Anurans play a central role in food webs, being prey for different vertebrates, like snakes, mammals, fishes, and birds. The snakes from the tribe Tachymenini are known for their preference for preying on anurans, even different animals eventually being
Diego Gomiero Cavalheri +4 more
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Effects of the habitat on anuran blood parasites in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 Biological interactions play an important role in regulating and maintaining natural populations. Like most interactions, parasitism may be influenced by environmental conditions.
SÍLVIA R.C. PINHO +5 more
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Siembra, 2023 Ectothermic inhabitants of tropical forests are subjected to constant environmental temperatures, which determine their passive thermoregulatory strategies.
Marco A. Altamirano-Benavides +1 more
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Biomolecules, 2023 The number of multidrug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms has been growing in recent years, most of which is due to the inappropriate use of the commercial antibiotics that are currently available.
Gabriel Gonçalves de Freitas +17 more
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Anurans of the Reserva Biológica do Parazinho, Municipality of Macapá, state of Amapá, eastern Amazon [PDF]
Check List, 2014 We report a list of anurans from the Reserva Biológica do Parazinho (00°52′30″ N, 49°59′15″ W), a strictly protected area, part of the Bailique archipelago, in the municipality of Macapá, state of Amapá, Brazil.
Ananda Araújo, Carlos Costa-Campos
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Environmental Factors Affecting Amphibian Communities in River Basins of the Southern Apennines
Diversity, 2023 The study of the environmental features affecting amphibian communities is a priority task for addressing effective conservation initiatives. In the southern edge of the Apennines (Sila Massif, Calabria Region, Italy), we surveyed the distribution of ...
Alessandro Nessi +6 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Invasive alien species (IAS) are a threat to biodiversity and ecosystem function worldwide. Unfortunately, researchers, agencies, and other management groups face the unresolved challenge of effectively detecting and monitoring IAS at large spatial and ...
José W. Ribeiro +5 more
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