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A Novel Multidisciplinary Approach for Reptile Movement and Behavior Analysis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We present a novel multidisciplinary approach capable of advancing research on reptiles’ behavior. Our approach uses integrated tools and methods for the digitization, reconstruction, and visualization of reptiles and their behavior. We (i) record movement through tri‐axial accelerometers, video cameras, and motion capture systems; (ii) ground‐truth ...
Savvas Zotos, Marilena Stamatiou, Sofia‐Zacharenia Marketaki, Michael Konstantinou, Andreas Aristidou, Duncan J. Irschick, Jeremy A. Bot, Emily L. C. Shepard, Mark D. Holton, Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wind farm noise negatively impacts the calling behavior of three frogs in Caatinga dry forests. [PDF]

PLoS One
de Oliveira RF, de Araujo Lira AF, Zaffaroni-Caorsi V, Feitosa MLB, de Moura GJB.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Investigating the Antimicrobial Activity of Anuran Toxins. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Pucca MB, Marques AGAC, Pereira AFM, Melo-Dos-Santos G, Cerni FA, Jacob BCS, Ferreira IG, Piccolo RL, Sartim MA, Monteiro WM, Oliveira IS.   +10 more
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

The Medullary Audio-Vocal Network in the Toad Bombina orientalis. [PDF]

J Comp Neurol
Huggenberger S, Walkowiak W.
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

Larval strigeoid trematodes in anurans from southern Nigeria

Helminthologia, 2014
Edo-Taiwo O., Ovwah E., Imasuen A., Aisien M.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trypanosomes in Neotropical frogs: unveiling hidden megadiversity and complex host-parasite patterns. [PDF]

Open Biol
Votýpka J, Jirků M, Spodareva V, Režnarová J, Poloprutská K, Pajer P, Milner D, Richards T, Yurchenko V, Ibáñez R, Lukeš J, Kostygov AY.   +11 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