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Privation and uncertainty in the small nursery of Peruvian laughing frogs: Larval ecology shapes the parental mating system.
(2002)
To determine how ecological factors of both offspring and adults can influence the adult mating system, I studied the parental care and mating behavior of the laughing frog, Osteocephalus planiceps. This species uses the ...
TROPHIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STREAM AND TERRESTRIAL FOOD WEBS
(2010)
Most animals have complex life histories (CLH) in which an individual's niche shifts through ontogeny. These organisms often cross habitat or ecosystem boundaries as they develop from larvae to adults, coupling energy ...
Erythrocytic phosphates in amphibians.
(1981)
Enzymatic, colorimetric and/or ion-exchange chromatographic analyses of amphibian erythrocytic organic phosphates (EOPs) were performed to: (1) explore interspecific diversity, (2) determine the intraspecific effects of ...
Sexual selection in a livebearing fish with a coercive mating system (western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis).
(2006)
The livebearing fishes of the genus Gambusia are quickly becoming a model system to test alternative mechanisms of sexual selection in the form of coercive mating. I investigated effects of male and female body size, and ...
Ground-nesting birds in a changing climate: case studies of proximate behavioral mechanisms used by skimmers and terns to address seasonal variation in resources
(2022-12-16)
Understanding how species will adapt to anthropogenic climate change is one of the greatest challenges for ecologists and evolutionary biologists. For organisms with low dispersal abilities, rapid adaptation will often be ...
Response of native prey species to an exotic invasive predator: Ecology and evolution of inducible defenses
(2021-05-14)
One of the most common and devastating human impacts on the world’s ecosystems is the introduction of non-native invasive species which can negatively impact agriculture, industry, human health, and the natural environment. ...
Interaction of climate and space in variation of the functional niche of freshwater mussels (Family: Unionidae)
(2020-05-08)
Animals are an integral part of ecosystems: they consume and process materials, thus connecting the cycling of nutrients and matter through ecosystems. Freshwater mussels (order Unionoida) are a diverse group of bivalve ...
Critical thermal maxima and thermal tolerance in small mammals.
(1981)
The CTM was then used to compare the thermal tolerances of five species of small mammals (laboratory mice, Mus musculus; white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus; gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus; laboratory rats, Rattus ...