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Functional characterization of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases in Asiatic toad reveals an efficient broad substrate specificity of Bg-3βHSD2. [PDF]

Biosci Rep
Meng Q, Hu Y, Chen W, Xiao C, Yang L, Wang R, Zhang B, Zhao S, Wang Z.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

No gain from pain: Lack of nociceptor activation suggests no adaptation for defence in the evolution of European viper venoms

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Snake venoms show variability in composition at all taxonomic levels, both within and between species, and the selective pressures underlying this variation have long been debated.
Bálint Üveges, Samuel D. Robinson, Vanessa Schendel, Edvárd Mizsei, Ana Ćuriċ, Maria Dimaki, Vincenzo Ferri, Silviu Petrovan, Andrea V. Pozzi, Tihomir Radonjiċ, Tibor Sos, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Alexandru Strugariu, Emina Šunje, Ștefan Zamfirescu, Oleksandr Zinenko, Irina Vetter, Wolfgang Wüster   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

A combination of environmental and landscape variables drives movement and habitat use in two Anaxyrus toads. [PDF]

Mov Ecol
Ferentinos AM, Check CE, Windorf O, Leu M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fungal Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections proliferate during amphibian terrestrial dormancy

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The spread and impact of wildlife pathogens is often seasonal, and identifying the season(s) of highest impact can be critical to biodiversity and public health management.
David R. Daversa, Robert L. Grasso, Molly Posta, James O. Lloyd‐Smith, H. Bradley Shaffer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying the potential impact of the cane toad (Rhinella marina) on biodiversity in Australia's Pilbara region. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Dunlop J, von Takach B, Dempster T, Jolly CJ, Letnic M, Lohr C, Shine R, Ward-Fear G, Webb JK, Woinarski JCZ, Phillips BL.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Of Numbers and Frogs: Wending One's Way through the Mind Fields of Symbolic Interaction Identity

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Gary T. Marx
wiley   +1 more source

Spillover dynamics and asynchronous temporal fluctuations in host density and competence drive fungal parasite persistence in multi‐host, seasonal communities

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
In this study, the authors develop a new model to show that species contributions to parasite persistence can have strong, asynchronous temporal variability, often limiting the effectiveness of targeted seasonal parasite control. The model is broadly applicable for partitioning who, when, and what drive parasite persistence in multi‐host seasonal ...
Sarah A. R. Schrock, Joseph A. DeMarchi, Billy J. Gardner, Matthew J. Gray, Michel E. B. Ohmer, Mark Q. Wilber   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Development of the Tree-Toad [PDF]

The American Naturalist, 1882
openaire   +1 more source

Arid habitats intensify sexual conflict in invasive cane toads (<i>Rhinella marina</i>). [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci
Shine R, Ward-Fear G, Jolly CJ, Shine T, Païta A, Funk A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Masculinity, Prostitution, and the Imaginary Northwest in Chinese Travel Writings About Shanxi and Western Inner Mongolia, 1920–1949

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers travel writings by metropolitan men in Republican China about Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia as a case study to further explore the transformations and continuities of Chinese masculinities. Drawing upon a range of popular travel narratives, it shows that so‐called “Worn‐Out Shoes (poxie)” – women perceived as ...
Amanda Zhang
wiley   +1 more source