Evaluating the Use of Environmental DNA as a Method to Determine Occupancy and Distribution of Coeur d'Alene Salamanders in Montana. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThe purpose of this project was to evaluate the efficacy of eDNA sampling to determine occupancy of Coeur d'Alene salamanders, an “imperiled” species in Montana. Previous methods used to identify occupied sites were haphazard with no measure of detection probability. Due to the unique habitat used by these salamanders (seeps and waterfall spray zones),
Coltrane JA +5 more
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Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2006 O objetivo deste trabalho foi isolar o agente causador da doença-da-perna-vermelha em girinos de Rana catesbeiana em fase de transformação. Coletaram-se 20 girinos, na fase G4, apresentando prostração, anorexia, pele ressecada, pernas posteriores ...
José Luiz Pedreira Mouriño +4 more
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Mutagenic effect of a commercial fungicide on Rana catesbeiana and Leptodactylus latrans tadpoles
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022 We have examined the mutagenic effects of the fungicide Elatus® on tadpoles of Rana catesbeiana and Leptodactylus latrans. Sixty-four tadpoles of each species have been exposed to three concentrations of Elatus® (10, 20, and 50 µg/L-1) during 96 hours ...
RHAYANE A. ASSIS +7 more
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Fish and amphibians as bat predators [PDF]
, 2015 Although bats (Chiroptera) belong to the most diverse mammalian orders, study of diversity of their natural predators has been seriously neglected for a long time.
Mikula, Peter
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The Medullary Audio-Vocal Network in the Toad Bombina orientalis. [PDF]
J Comp NeurolHypothetical network of audio‐vocal integration of motor neurons (twin circles) and interneurons (circles) in the medulla oblongata of the toad. ABSTRACT Anurans are an established paradigm to study vocal mechanisms in vertebrates. Regarding the motor patterns, airborne vocalization of most evolutionarily old anurans (Archaeobatrachia) resembles ...
Huggenberger S, Walkowiak W.
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Anti-ulcerogenic and antisecretory effects of Celtis iguanaea (Jacq.) Sargent hexane leaf extract
Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais, 2014 The Celtis iguanaea (Jacq.) Sargent (Cannabaceae) is one of the native species of the Cerrado region of Brazil widely used in folk medicine to treat dyspepsia.
J.L.R. Martins +5 more
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Introduced bullfrog facilitates pathogen invasion in the western United States. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a causal agent of the amphibian fungal skin disease chytridiomycosis, has been implicated in the decline and extinction of over 200 species worldwide since the 1970s.
Tiffany A Yap +3 more
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Distribution characteristics of invasive alien amphibians and reptiles in Korean [PDF]
Geo Data, 2022 This study analyzed the distribution and habitat status of 1 species of amphibian and 4 species in 1 genus of reptiles among “ecosystem-disturbing species” designated by the Ministry of Environment through the National Habitat Survey of Alien Species ...
HeeNam Yoon, YongKi Kim, ManSeok Shin
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DISTRIBUTION, DIET, AND PREVALENCE OF AMPHIBIAN CHYTRID FUNGUS IN NON-NATIVE AMERICAN BULLFROGS (LITHOBATES CATESBEIANUS) AT THE VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NEBRASKA, USA [PDF]
, 2014 American Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) have been widely introduced beyond their native range in North America and can negatively affect organisms in wetland environments via a suite of mechanisms including interspecific interactions and disease ...
Geluso, Keith +4 more
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