For the Love of Frogs.Focuses on the impact of frogs on gardening and on the environment. Role of frogs in controlling insects; Use of information on frog population in determining environmental condition; Role of frogs in determining the growing seasons.Studebaker...
thereby passing on those traits that promote successful reproduction to future generations. The problem is that many pathogens change their environment in a way that makes their environment less hospitable for their own survival or reproduction. For example, the fungal pathogenBatrachochytrium dendrobatidis...
In a 4-year experiment, we simulated the impact of peccaries on a population of Allobates femoralis (Dendrobatidae) by installing an array of artificial pools to mimic a forest patch modified by peccaries. The data were analyzed using a gradual before-after control-impact (gBACI) model. ...
They can really reduce pressures on the environment and on lost biodiversity when they are used for that purpose. We will have to see if there is the will to use the new innovations in that way. Q: Is it possible to be truly sustainable without the world being digitally connected? A:...
broaden support for colour lightness-environment relationships in ectotherms. Results Global assemblage-level analyses In models of the average colour lightness of assemblages (co-occurring species) and environmental factors, colour lightness increased with increasing temperature and elevation as well as ...
Environmentalists have now called on France to protect the declining number of frog species and to ensure that there is better monitoring and regulation of the importation of this delicacy into the country. Whether or not the letter will have an effect remains to be seen. This, of course, ...
Additionally, we tested if variation in locomotor performance was mediated through larval-environment effects on frog size and shape. We captured metamorphosing frogs as they emerged from open-canopy and closed-canopy ponds, and measured locomotor performance, body length, and hindlimb length. Frogs...
Environmental DNA, or eDNA, refers to samples that can be found in the environment, that is thesoil water, rather than taking direct samples from a given species. Using eDNA has strong advantages when it can be very difficult to capture and test animals, particularly ones that are critically...
We also assessed the impact of plant provision on the abiotic environment in the enclosure as a potential driver of these behavioural and fitness effects. Together this data provides valuable information regarding enclosure design for a non-model amphibian species and has implications for amphibian ...
Dr. Jodi Rowley explains why frogs are so vital for healthy ecosystems, how she is working to conserve them and the positive impact she has already made to the study of amphibians in Southeast Asia. Dr. Jodi Rowley has dedicated much of her career to illuminating what she calls 'the black...