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Invasive cane toads: social facilitation depends upon an individual's personality. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Individual variation in behavioural traits (including responses to social cues) may influence the success of invasive populations. We studied the relationship between sociality and personality in invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) from a recently ...
Edna González-Bernal +2 more
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Concentrated vulnerabilities in bees: Diet specialists have smaller geographic ranges
Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.Niche breadth theory predicts a positive association between range size and diet breadth, which could concentrate risk among specialists, but this is not well established for bees. Using global occurrence data (range size) and natural history collection‐derived pollen data (diet breadth), we compared these traits in 633 species from six families and ...
Charles N. Thrift +4 more
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First line of defence: Skin microbiota may protect anurans from infective larval lungworms
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021 Functional roles of the rich microbiota of the skin are not fully understood, but include protection against microbial diseases and other environmental challenges.
Keith Christian +6 more
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Primeiro estudo parasitológico em rã com garras Africano (Xenopus laevis, Anfibia) no Chile [PDF]
, 2017 Introduced species can arrive into new territories with parasites; however, these species are expected to face lower parasite richness than in their original regions. Both introduced hosts and parasites can affect native fauna.
Castillo, Cristóbal +5 more
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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1255-1310, June 2026.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.Our dated phylogeny and biogeographic analysis of Mantophryne, a microhylid frog genus endemic to New Guinea, revealed origins in the East Papuan Composite Terrane (EPCT) in the late Pliocene. Dispersal and diversification out from the EPCT was driven by tectonic activity and climate reorganisation, creating habitat corridors and isolations in the Late
Rebecca S. Morris +5 more
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MALDI-MS argininyl bufadienolide esters fingerprint from parotoid gland secretions of Rhinella arenarum : age, gender and seasonal variation [PDF]
, 2018 In many amphibians, the granular glands can be grouped in special regions forming macroglands. This is the case of toads, characterized by the presence of a pair of parotoid macroglands, strategically located to give protection by poison release in case ...
Erra Balsells, Rosa +4 more
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Invasion, stress, and spinal arthritis in cane toads [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2007 The impact of invasive species on biodiversity has attracted considerable study, but impacts of the invasion process on the invaders themselves remain less clear. Invading species encounter conditions different from those in their ancestral habitats and are subject to intense selection for rapid dispersal.
Gregory P, Brown +3 more
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Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.Risk assessments of invasive species present one of the most challenging applications of species distribution models (SDMs) due to the fundamental issues of distributional disequilibrium, niche changes, and truncation. Invasive species often occupy only a fraction of their potential environmental and geographic ranges, as their spatiotemporal dynamics ...
Erola Fenollosa +4 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013 Mesocoelium lanfrediae sp. nov. (Digenea: Mesocoeliidae) inhabits the small intestine of Rhinella marina (Amphibia: Bufonidae) and is described here, with illustrations provided by light, scanning electron microscopy and molecular approachs.
Tássia FF Gomes +5 more
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