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Long-term monitoring of common spadefoot toad activity in a European steppe using barn owl pellets. [PDF]
J Biol Res (Thessalon), 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 ...
Landler L, Stefke K.
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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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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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Evolutionary insights into umami, sweet, and bitter taste receptors in amphibians. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 Amphibians have the largest number of Tas2rs across vertebrates. The repertoire of amphibian Tas1rs and Tas2rs was shaped by massive gene duplications and losses. Bitter detection played an important role in the evolutionary adaptation of vertebrates in the transition from water to land.
Zhong H, Huang J, Shang S, Yuan B.
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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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Detection of environmental DNA from amphibians in Northern Europe applied in citizen science
Environmental DNA, Volume 5, Issue 6, Page 1429-1448, November 2023., 2023 Getting help from high school students for sampling and laboratorial setup allowed for the monitoring of eDNA from amphibians in Denmark. With more than 2000 qPCR setups it was possible to validate species‐specific eDNA assays for detection of nine out of 14 species of amphibians in northern Europe.
Steen Wilhelm Knudsen +10 more
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The Plant Journal, Volume 115, Issue 6, Page 1619-1632, September 2023., 2023 Significance Statement In early stages of adaptation to hotter and drier habitats, an alpine plant in the carnation family shows increased expression plasticity at ecologically relevant genes. This paper investigates two contrasting hypotheses regarding the role of phenotypic plasticity during evolution of alpine/montane plant ecotypes.
Aglaia Szukala +4 more
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Freshwater Biology, Volume 68, Issue 7, Page 1279-1292, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Coastal wetlands are naturally subjected to salinity, which is expected to increase through global climate changes. Most species will be affected by these changes, leading to major consequences for community structure and ecosystem functioning.
Léa Lorrain‐Soligon +3 more
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Re-isolating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from an amphibian host increases pathogenicity in a subsequent exposure. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Controlled exposure experiments can be very informative, however, they are based on the assumption that pathogens maintained on artificial media under long-term storage retain the infective and pathogenic properties of the reproducing pathogen as it ...
Forrest M R Brem +2 more
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