African Journal of Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2024.Abstract Anuran species are some of the good environmental indicators of habitat quality and condition in ecosystems. This is due to their amphibious life modes and sensitivity to environmental change caused by rapid expansion of agricultural activities, advancement of forest destruction, climate change and emerging infectious diseases.
Joseph Musonda Kabanze +3 more
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The efficiency of indicator groups for the conservation of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest [PDF]
, 2014 The adequate selection of indicator groups of biodiversity is an important aspect of the systematic conservation planning. However, these assessments differ in the spatial scale, in the methods used and in the groups considered to accomplish this task ...
Ball I. R. +13 more
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Different invasibility of permanent and temporary waterbodies in a semiarid Mediterranean Island [PDF]
, 2019 Nonindigenous species (NIS) represent a threat to aquatic biodiversity worldwide. However, freshwater ecosystems in drylands are potentially more prone to biological invasions than those located in temperate regions because of the higher number of ...
Marrone, F., Naselli-Flores, L.
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Field notes on findings of threatened amphibian species in the central mountain range of western Panama [PDF]
, 2012 During field work along a transect in the Cordillera Central of western Panama between 2008 and 2010, we detected several populations of amphibian species which are considered as “Endangered” or “Critically Endangered” by the IUCN.
Carrizo, Arcadio +5 more
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The tunicate Ciona : a model system for understanding the relationship between regeneration and aging [PDF]
, 2014 © 2014 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article. The definitive version was published in Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 59, Supple. 1 (2015): 17-22, doi:10.1080/07924259.2014.925515.The use of the tunicate Ciona intestinalis as a model ...
Jeffery, William R.
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Muscle opacity (mo), a new mutant gene in Xenopus laevis, linked to the rusty locus [PDF]
, 2017 A new developmental mutant is described in Xenopus laevis (Amphibia, Anura): muscle opacity (mo). Homozygotes die at larval stage 48. The underlying defect, visible at stage 47, is a degeneration of cephalic musculature.
Droin, Anne
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The effect of amidation on the behaviour of antimicrobial peptides [PDF]
, 2016 Aurein 2.6-COOH and aurein 3.1-COOH were studied along with their naturally occurring C-terminally amidated analogues. Circular dichroism (CD) and molecular dynamic (MD) simulations were used to study the effects of amidation on the interaction of ...
Dennison, SR +13 more
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ANFÍBIOS ANUROS DE BREJOS E LAGOAS DE SÃO ROQUE DO CANAÃ, ESPÍRITO SANTO, SUDESTE DO BRASIL
Papéis Avulsos de ZoologiaRESUMO A realização de inventários em regiões onde existem poucos registros de coleta de anfíbios é uma ferramenta fundamental para a conservação. O presente estudo teve como objetivo conhecer a composição dos anfíbios anuros de brejos e lagoas de São ...
ALEXANDER TAMANINI MÔNICO +3 more
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Embryo Development of Tree Frog Polypedates Leucomystax at Campus of State University of Malang [PDF]
, 2012 Tree frogs live in natural places which are unpolluted. Regarding their role as an ecological indicator, the decrease of frogs population in a particular habitat indicates the danger of environment quality decrease.
Kusumawati, E. (Emy) +3 more
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Characterisation of major histocompatibility complex class I genes in Japanese Ranidae frogs. [PDF]
, 2016 The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a key component of adaptive immunity in all jawed vertebrates, and understanding the evolutionary mechanisms that have shaped these genes in amphibians, one of the earliest terrestrial tetrapods, is important.
IGAWA Takeshi +7 more
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