Annual climatic fluctuations and short-term genetic variation in the eastern spadefoot toad [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 In addition to variations on the spatial scale, short- and long-term temporal variations, too, can impose intense selection on the overall genetic diversity and composition of a population.
Orly Cohen +4 more
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Herpetofauna Richness, Diversity, and Occurrence at the Northern Ecotone of Longleaf Pine. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThe longleaf pine ecosystem is recognized for its value in providing habitat to a variety of specialist and endemic species, especially herpetofauna; however, at the northernmost ecotone of longleaf pine (in southeastern Virginia) little is known about the denizen reptiles and amphibians.
Jones J, Bryant D, Yando E.
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Competition's Role in Shaping Cryptic Genetic Variation. [PDF]
Evol DevNovel and stressful environments can lead to the expression of previously cryptic genetic variation. Using spadefoot tadpoles, we show that the expression of cryptic genetic variation depends on interacting environmental factors, such as diet and competition, suggesting that it contributes to evolutionary change only under specific environmental ...
Terry CH +4 more
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Estimating Area of Occupancy From Incomplete Occurrence Records: Reproducible Workflow Illustrated on a Comprehensive Dataset of Georgian Snakes. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThe workflow is presented that helps to optimize grid‐cell size by breakpoint search and to estimate the area of occupancy (AOO) more precisely, if the occurrence data are incomplete. The model was validated on 13 colubrid snakes found in Georgia. The scripts in R and full statistical workflow are provided in the paper and the Supporting Information ...
Iankoshvili G, Tarkhnishvili D.
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Long‐term monitoring of common spadefoot toad activity in a European steppe using barn owl pellets [PDF]
Journal of Biological Research - Thessaloniki, 2021 Background One third of the worldwide amphibian species are threatened, therefore, efficient monitoring efforts are needed. Amphibians which adopt a hidden lifestyle, such as the common spadefoot toad, are often missed with standard surveying efforts ...
Lukas Landler, Katharina Stefke
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EDIS, 2020 Eastern spadefoots are a common but largely unappreciated species of native toad in Florida. Following torrential rains they emerge from hiding and breed in shallow pools.
Steve A Johnson, Candace D Furhmann
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The eastern boundary of the geographic range of the Pallas’ spadefoot Pelobates vespertinus (Anura, Amphibia) is limited by overwintering temperatures [PDF]
Herpetozoa, 2020 We studied the relationship between the geographic distribution of the Pallas’ spadefoot (Pelobates vespertinus) and the soil temperature regime at the eastern boundary of this species’ range (south-western West Siberia and northwest Kazakhstan).
Nina Bulakhova +2 more
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The effect of habitat and climatic on microsatellite diversity and allele length variation
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Microsatellite loci have been shown to vary according to environment. We studied allelic length variation and diversity in eight microsatellite loci along a sharp climatic and habitat gradient in Israel, using the eastern spadefoot toad (Pelobates ...
Orly Cohen +4 more
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Call a spade a spade: taxonomy and distribution of Pelobates, with description of a new Balkan endemic [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 The genomic era contributes to update the taxonomy of many debated terrestrial vertebrates. In an accompanying work, we provided a comprehensive molecular assessment of spadefoot toads (Pelobates) using genomic data.
Christophe Dufresnes +4 more
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Ecosphere, 2022 Biotic and abiotic factors drive assortative mixing (preference for or sorting with individuals with similar characteristics) in animal populations on a landscape, with implications for dispersal, population structuring, and other ecological and ...
Anne Devan‐Song +5 more
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