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subject: biological sciences type: dataset

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Laryngeal demasculinization in wild Cane Toads varies with land use

10.4231/VWVS-M579

Marcos Gridi-Papp , Sara Zlotnik ORCID logo , Ximena E Bernal ORCID logo

03/04/2021

We examined wild populations of cane toads near sugarcane fields in Florida and found evidence of demasculinization in both primary and secondary sexual traits in male toads. Males from sugarcane areas have reduced larynges than toads from the city.

Agriculture biological sciences cane toads Ecophysiology Endocrine disruptor Vocal cords

Signal synchrony and alternation among neighbor males in a Japanese Stream Breeding Treefrog, Buergeria japonica

10.4231/7M5G-FZ96

Henry D Legett ORCID logo , Ikkyu Aihara , Ximena E Bernal ORCID logo

03/04/2021

We examined call timing strategies of the Ryukyu Kajika frog showing variation in temporal signaling strategies within a species with a call type that is synchronized with neighbors and another one that is produced alternating.

acoustic communication animal communication biological sciences Buergeria japonica call timing synchronized signals synchrony

The dual benefits of synchronized mating signals in a Japanese treefrog

10.4231/J9RZ-QF79

Henry Legett , Ikkyu Aihara , Ximena E Bernal ORCID logo

03/04/2021

We investigated two non-mutually exclusive hypotheses: 1) beacon effect and 2) eavesdropper avoidance. We found that synchronized signalling both increasing attraction of females to the chorus and reducing eavesdropper attacks.

acoustic communication beacon effect biological sciences eavesdroppers predator avoidance relaxed selection synchrony

Elucidating the history of anuran invasions: life history characteristics associated with range expansion in Florida

10.4231/72DB-ER33

Andrew Joseph Mularo ORCID logo , James Andrew DeWoody ORCID logo , Ximena E Bernal ORCID logo

04/12/2021

Publicly available data from VertNet and USGS for Rhinella marina and Osteopilus septentrionalis used for spatial analysis to track their invasion in Florida

biological sciences Invasion Invasive Species R Software Spatial Ecology

Species distribution models predict a deadly amphibian pathogen occurs in refuges from decline

10.4231/439S-DN43

Adrián García-Rodríguez , Catherine L. Searle ORCID logo , Hector H. Zumbado-Ulate ORCID logo

05/06/2020

Globally, numerous amphibian species have declined due to the introduction of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). In Central America, the current prevalence and infection intensity suggest that Bd infection is endemic and...

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis biological sciences chytridiomycosis disease habitat suitability histology host qPCR

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