Macroecology of reproductive modes in the diverse anuran fauna of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Anurans exhibit the widest variety of reproductive modes among tetrapod vertebrates. The Atlantic Forest is a hotspot for ...

Little attention has been given to natural ecotone areas around the world. However, natural ecotones play an important role in sustaining high species richness and a unique biodiversity that do not exist in the adjacent ...

Threats to biodiversity in countryside areas are growing in an accelerated rhythm. Researches aiming biodiversity inventory and habitat requirements in these areas are necessary in the pursuit of public policies for the ...

This study aimed to evaluate the community composition and structure of the helminths found in 13 anuran species, and to evaluate whether this parasite community is determined by anuran characteristics. We found that the ...

Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) have been introduced in many continents causing impact on native species. We have studied the influence of bullfrogs on the native anuran fauna through the diet analysis of 291 specimens, ...

The La Colonia Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), a sedimentary succession that represents a continental to marginal marine depositional environment, crops out along the southeastern margin of the Somuncurá Plateau in ...

The goal of this work was to study the species composition, the use of breeding sites, and the seasonal patterns of breeding activity of the anuran fauna from Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho - Nucleo Sete Barras, state of ...