Descriptions of amphibian habitat, both aquatic and terrestrial, often include plants as
characteristics but seldom is it understood whether and how those plants affect amphibian …

The input of senescent terrestrial leaf litter into soil and aquatic ecosystems is one of the
most massive cyclic subsidies on Earth, particularly within forested ecosystems. For …

Populations of ectothermic vertebrates are vulnerable to environmental pollution and climate
change because certain chemicals and extreme temperatures can cause sex reversal …

Background The extent to which sex reversal is associated with transitions in sex
determining systems (XX-XY, ZZ-ZW, etc.) or abnormal sexual differentiation is …

Anthropogenic environmental change poses a special threat to species in which genetic sex
determination can be overwritten by the thermal and chemical environment. Endocrine …

In vertebrates, sex determination occurs along a continuum from strictly genotypic (GSD),
where sex is entirely guided by genes, to strictly environmental (ESD), where rearing …

Myriad natural and anthropogenic chemicals alter aquatic vertebrate sex ratios, with
implications for population dynamics. Despite 22 million metric tons of salt applied to US …

Neonicotinoid insecticides are used extensively in agriculture and, as a consequence, are
now detectable in nearby aquatic environments. Few studies have evaluated the effects of …

We exposed Blanchard's cricket frogs (Acris blanchardi) to ecologically relevant
concentrations (0, 0.1, 1, and 10 μg/L) of a commercial formulation of atrazine throughout the …

All amphibian species are known to have genetic sex determination. However, a variety of
environmental conditions can moderate sexual differentiation, in some cases leading to sex …