The increasing role of short-term sperm storage and cryopreservation in conserving threatened amphibian species

ZM Anastas, PG Byrne, JK O'Brien, RJ Hobbs, R Upton… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Integrating reproductive technologies into amphibian conservation
breeding programs can enhance the propagation and the genetic management of …

Larger Body Size at Metamorphosis Enhances Survival, Growth and Performance of Young Cane Toads (Rhinella marina)

E Cabrera-Guzmán, MR Crossland, GP Brown… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Body size at metamorphosis is a key trait in species (such as many anurans) with biphasic
life-histories. Experimental studies have shown that metamorph size is highly plastic …

Effects of glyphosate-based herbicides on survival, development, growth and sex ratios of wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) tadpoles. II: Agriculturally relevant …

C Lanctôt, L Navarro-Martín, C Robertson, B Park… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2014 - Elsevier
Glyphosate-based herbicides are currently the most commonly used herbicides in the world.
They have been shown to affect survival, growth, development and sexual differentiation of …

Two‐hundred million years of anuran body‐size evolution in relation to geography, ecology and life history

MC Womack, RC Bell - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Surprisingly, little is known about body‐size evolution within the most diverse amphibian
order, anurans (frogs and toads), despite known effects of body size on the physiological …

Body size predicts between-individual differences in exploration behaviour in the southern corroboree frog

SR Kelleher, AJ Silla, NJ Dingemanse, PG Byrne - Animal behaviour, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•We tested for animal personality signatures in captive southern corroboree
frogs.•Behaviour along the activity, exploration and boldness axes were …

Ontogenetic change in the diet of the pond frog, Rana nigromaculata

T Hirai - Ecological Research, 2002 - Springer
I analyzed 478 diet samples of Rana nigromaculata across its natural size range to examine
the dietary changes of this species during postmetamorphic ontogeny. As the frogs …

Larval anurans with synchronous and asynchronous development periods: contrasting responses to water reduction and predator presence

SJ Lane, MJ Mahony - Journal of animal ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 The larvae of pond breeding frogs experience high rates of mortality,
predominantly through predation and pond desiccation. We investigated how the tadpoles of …

Influence of land use on postmetamorphic body size of playa lake amphibians

MJ Gray, LM Smith - The Journal of wildlife management, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural land use may indirectly affect the body size of amphibians by altering the
hydroperiods of nearby wetlands and influencing amphibian densities—both factors which …

Biodiversity hotspots are not congruent with conservation areas in the Gulf of California

HN Morzaria-Luna, G Cruz-Piñón, RC Brusca… - Biodiversity and …, 2018 - Springer
As marine systems are threatened by increasing human impacts, mechanisms to maintain
biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services are needed. Protecting areas of …

[PDF][PDF] Dietary resource use by an assemblage of terrestrial frogs from the Brazilian Cerrado.

T Marques-Pinto, AF Barreto-Lima… - North-western journal …, 2019 - biozoojournals.ro
Accepted: 07. April 2018/Available online: 19. April 2018/Printed: December 2019 Abstract.
Diet is an important aspect of the ecological niche, and assemblages are often structured …