Amphibian Contributions to Ecosystem Services [PDF]
, 2014 Ecosystems provide essential services for human society, which include provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services. Amphibians provide provisioning services by serving as a food source for some human societies ...
Babbitt, Kimberly J., Hocking, Daniel J.
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CHEMICAL SIGNALS IN VERTEBRATE PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEMS INVOLVING COMMON MUSK TURTLES, STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS, AND THEIR PREDATORS [PDF]
, 2014 Rathke’s gland secretions (RGS) of Common Musk Turtles have a variety of proposed functions including predator deterrence and attraction, but experimental studies testing these hypotheses are lacking.
Dazet, Neil, Moll, Don
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Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 5, March 2026.ABSTRACT Invasive species that undergo a founder event may experience a decline in genetic diversity yet still establish successful populations. A possible example is a population of the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, which was founded following an introduction in the 1950s of a small number of individuals from Europe ...
Emily R. Bode +5 more
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Osmoregulation of the Cane Toad, Bufo Marinus, in Salt Water [PDF]
, 1985 1. Adult cane toads, B. marinus, survived in salinities up to 40% sea-water (SW). 2. Pre-exposure to 30, then 40% SW, increased the survival time of toads in 50% SW. 3.
Ackrill +12 more
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Orchisauvage.fr: an ambitious participatory science project supporting the knowledge and conservation of wild orchids [PDF]
, 2015 Orchisauvage.fr is a collaborative project which aims at collecting and sharing orchid data throughout France using ITC and Internet tools. It is coordinated by the French Orchid Society (SFO).
Daulmerie, Sophie +5 more
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Understanding evolutionary processes during past Quaternary climatic cycles: Can it be applied to the future? [PDF]
, 2010 Climate change affected ecological community make-up during the Quaternary which was probably both the cause of, and was caused by, evolutionary processes such as species evolution, adaptation and extinction of species and ...
Stewart, John R.
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Preliminary Ecological Assessment of Waller Creek [PDF]
, 1975 This report assesses the ecological character of Waller Creek. This includes a general description, its physical setting, vegetation and habitat descriptions, ecological value indexes, and other ecological metrics.Waller Creek Working ...
Espey, Huston and Associates, Inc. +1 more
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Amphibians and Reptiles of United States Department of Defense Installations [PDF]
, 2018 The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) occupies approximately 10.1 million ha of land within the U.S. spanning most ecosystems contained therein. To date, no comprehensive agency-wide inventory of amphibian and reptile species has been compiled.
Lovich, Robert E. +2 more
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Leap, frog: Toad-proof agricultural infrastructure for landscape-level management of cane toads.
Global Ecology and ConservationAgriculture is an increasingly dominant land use across the globe. Habitat modification associated with agricultural expansion is both directly and indirectly impacting biodiversity.
Judy Dunlop +5 more
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Crowd Sourcing for Conservation: Web 2.0 a Powerful Tool for Biologists
Future Internet, 2012 The advent and adoption of Web 2.0 technologies offers a powerful approach to enhancing the capture of information in natural resource ecology, notably community knowledge of species distributions.
William E. Boyd +2 more
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