However, the common toad can be an important prey for semiaquatic mustelids under unfavourable feeding conditions. Toads (mainly Bufo bufo, and rarely B. viridis) also occurred in significant numbers in the diets of polecats and badgers, which seemed to prey on frogs and toads with no clear ...
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Amphibian defence against predators and microorganisms is directly related to cutaneous glands that produce a huge number of different toxins. These glands are distributed throughout the body but can form accumulations in specific regions. When grouped in low numbers, poison glands form structures simil...
in the next ten years, three out of four UK species are likely to be listed as threatened. Revealing a host of secrets, including how they migrate, what they eat, and how they got to the UK in the first place, Jules Howard inspires us all to look down, rather than up, in spring....
摘要: 1. If a species is translocated outside its native range, some of its traits (evolved to match conditions in the ancestral range) likely will be maladaptive. Identifying ways in which the invader are poorly suited to its new range might provide novel opportunities for biocontrol.关键词:...
Rainforests like the Amazon are important formopping upCO2from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming. Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million tons of CO2each year: equal to the total amount of CO2giving off in the UK each year. But how will the Amazon reac...
To estimate heritability and repeatability of size and shape of the parotoids, we used ASREML software (VSN International Ltd., Hemel Hempstead, UK) to run an animal model68 incorporating individual ID and family ID as random effects. Ethics statement All procedures in the current study were ...
Kruuk, L. E. B., Gilchrist, J. S. & Barton, N. H. 1999. Hybrid dysfunction in fire-bellied toads (Bombina). Evolution, 53, 1611e 1616.Kruuk, L. E. B., J. S. Gilchrist, and N. H. Barton. 1999 . Hybrid dysfunction in the Fire-Bellied Toads ( Bombina ). Evolution 53:...
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