Anthropogenic habitat disturbance is fundamentally altering patterns of disease
transmission and immunity across the vertebrate tree of life. Most studies linking …

Advertisement calls are often used as essential basic information in studies of animal
behaviour, ecology, evolution, conservation, taxonomy or biodiversity inventories. Yet the …

Amphibian reproductive modes (RMs) have been extensively described and applied to
amphibian biology studies. However, due to new behavioural observations and past system …

Anthropogenic climate warming affects many biological systems, ranging in scale from
microbiomes to biomes. In many animals, warming-related fitness depression appears more …

Allometric constraint is a product of natural selection and physical laws, particularly with
respect to body size and traits constrained by properties thereof, such as metabolism …

The recent global spread of the amphibian‐killing fungus [B atrachochytrium dendrobatidis
(Bd)] has been closely tied to anthropogenic activities; however, regional patterns of spread …

Hybridization of parasites can generate new genotypes with high virulence. The fungal
amphibian parasite Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) hybridizes in Brazil's Atlantic …

Extant amphibians are a monophyletic group composed of three distinct lineages: anurans,
salamanders, and caecilians. More than 7,500 species are known today, of which more than …

Understanding the geographical distribution and community composition of species is
crucial to monitor species persistence and define effective conservation strategies …

Scinax is the most species-rich genus of Neotropical treefrogs, with 129 currently recognized
species divided between two major clades, the S. catharinae and S. ruber clades. The S …