Impacts of rising temperatures and water acidification on the oxidative status and immune system of aquatic ectothermic vertebrates: A meta-analysis

S Messina, D Costantini, M Eens - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Species persistence in the Anthropocene is dramatically threatened by global climate
change. Large emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2) from human activities are driving …

Complex organisms must deal with complex threats: How does amphibian conservation deal with biphasic life cycles?

N Nolan, MW Hayward, K Klop-Toker, M Mahony… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Programs to conserve biphasic amphibians may fail if threats at different
life stages are not addressed. Anthropogenic threats, such as altered hydroperiods and …

Meta‐analysis of global livestock urine‐derived nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils

M López‐Aizpún, CA Horrocks… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an air pollutant of major environmental concern, with agriculture
representing 60% of anthropogenic global N2O emissions. Much of the N2O emissions from …

Amphibian Hymenochirus boettgeri as an experimental model for infection studies with the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

T Carvalho, C Si, RA Clemons, E Faust, TY James - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Model organisms are crucial in research as they can provide key insights applicable to other
species. This study proposes the use of the amphibian species Hymenochirus boettgeri …

Tadpoles develop elevated heat tolerance in urban heat islands regardless of sex

V Bókony, E Balogh, J Ujszegi, N Ujhegyi… - Evolutionary …, 2024 - Springer
The ability of wildlife to endure the effects of high temperatures is increasingly important for
biodiversity conservation under climate change and spreading urbanization. Organisms …

Larval plastic responses to warming and desiccation delay gonadal maturation in postmetamorphic spadefoot toads

P Burraco, JC Torres-Montoro, I Gomez-Mestre - Evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Developmental plasticity allows organisms to adjust life-history traits to varying
environmental conditions, which can have concomitant effects across life stages. Many …

Organismal effects of heat in a fixed ecological niche: Implications on the role of behavioral buffering in our changing world

MJ Woodruff, LO Sermersheim, SE Wolf… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves generate new challenges for many organisms.
Our understanding of the ecological predictors of thermal vulnerability is improving, yet, at …

Does stress make males? An experiment on the role of glucocorticoids in anuran sex reversal

V Bókony, C Kalina, N Ujhegyi, Z Mikó… - … Zoology Part A …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmentally sensitive sex determination may help organisms adapt to environmental
change but also makes them vulnerable to anthropogenic stressors, with diverse …

Asymmetrical sex reversal: Does the type of heterogamety predict propensity for sex reversal?

E Nemesházi, V Bókony - BioEssays, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sex reversal, a mismatch between phenotypic and genetic sex, can be induced by chemical
and thermal insults in ectotherms. Therefore, climate change and environmental pollution …