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Amphibian malformations and body condition across an agricultural landscape of northwest Argentina
(Inter-Research, 2016-09)
Agricultural landscapes support large amphibian populations because they provide habitat for many species, although agriculture affects amphibians through various mechanisms. Pollution with agrochemicals is the major threat ...
Physiological responses of Brazilian amphibians to an enzootic infection of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
(Inter-research, 2016-01-13)
Pathophysiological effects of clinical chytridiomycosis in amphibians include disorders of cutaneous osmoregulation and disruption of the ability to rehydrate, which can lead to decreased host fitness or mortality. Less ...
A functional perspective for global amphibian conservation
(2020-05-01)
In anurans, habitat requirements strongly influence morphological evolution, resulting in ecomorphological groups. Current policy for amphibian conservation usually builds on species, without considering to the distinct ...
Amphibians in a changing world: a global look at their conservation status
(Global Wildlife Conservation, 2015-11)
Currently, more than 40% of extant amphibian species are threatened with extinction and a quarter of them still lack information to be classified as threatened, being therefore enlisted as Data Deficient by the International ...
Amphibian conservation in the caatinga biome and semiarid region of Brazil
(Herpetologica, 2012)
The Brazilian Ministry of the Environment (Ministe´ rio Do Meio Ambiente, MMA) proposed defining priority areas for Brazilian biodiversity conservation in 2007, but to date, no definitions of priority areas for amphibian ...
Digestive Phenotypic Flexibility in Post-Metamorphic Amphibians: Studies on a Model Organism
(Sociedad de Biología de Chile, 2004)
Amphibian parasites of the Order Dermocystida (Ichthyosporea): current knowledge, taxonomic review and new records from Brazil
(2018-08-23)
Amphibian parasites of the Order Dermocystida (Ichthyosporea) are widespread pathogens known mainly from Europe and North America, which cause primarily a disease of skin and subcutaneous tissue in their hosts. The taxonomy ...
Visceral mycobacteriosis in amphibians from the Brazilian Caatinga region
(Inter-research, 2021-01-01)
Emerging infectious diseases in wild animals related to humans have received greater attention in recent years. Mycobacteriosis is a bacterial disease of animal and human importance. Mycobacterium gordonae infects the skin ...
Amphibians
(Springer, 2007)
.The unpredictable nature of flood and flow pulses and river floodplain networks create challenges for organisms, such as a variety of anuran amphibian species, in their aquatic larval and terrestrial or semi-terrestrial ...