Amphibian immunity–stress, disease, and climate change

LA Rollins-Smith - Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2017 - Elsevier
Like all other vertebrate groups, amphibian responses to the environment are mediated
through the brain (hypothalamic)-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal (HPA/I) axis and the …

The role of glucocorticoids in the vertebrate response to weather

R de Bruijn, LM Romero - General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in the environment related to inclement weather can threaten survival and
reproductive success both through direct adverse exposure and indirectly by decreasing …

Honey bee workers that are pollen stressed as larvae become poor foragers and waggle dancers as adults

HN Scofield, HR Mattila - Plos one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The negative effects on adult behavior of juvenile undernourishment are well documented in
vertebrates, but relatively poorly understood in invertebrates. We examined the effects of …

Metabolic costs of altered growth trajectories across life transitions in amphibians

P Burraco, AE Valdés, G Orizaola - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is causing increases in temperature and in the frequency of extreme
weather events. Under this scenario, organisms should maintain or develop strategies to …

Co-Infection by Chytrid Fungus and Ranaviruses in Wild and Harvested Frogs in the Tropical Andes

RW Warne, B LaBumbard, S LaGrange… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
While global amphibian declines are associated with the spread of Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd), undetected concurrent co-infection by other pathogens may be little …

Effects of anthropogenic noise on anuran amphibians

V Zaffaroni-Caorsi, C Both, R Márquez, D Llusia… - Bioacoustics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Anthropogenic noise is widespread in nature and has been shown to produce a plethora of
impacts on wildlife. Sounds play a fundamental role in the lives of amphibians, with species …

Effects of developmental stress on animal phenotype and performance: a quantitative review

HJF Eyck, KL Buchanan, OL Crino… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Developmental stressors are increasingly recognised for their pervasive influence on the
ecology and evolution of animals. In particular, many studies have focused on how …

Biotoxicity of diclofenac on two larval amphibians: Assessment of development, growth, cardiac function and rhythm, behavior and antioxidant system

PM Peltzer, RC Lajmanovich, C Martinuzzi… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac (DCF) threatens the health of aquatic
animals and ecosystems. In the present study, different biological endpoints (mortality …

Artificial light at night (ALAN) affects the stress physiology but not the behavior or growth of Rana berlandieri and Bufo valliceps

ZR Forsburg, A Guzman, CR Gabor - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Artificial light at night (ALAN) alters the natural light dark patterns in ecosystems. ALAN can
have a suite of effects on community structure and is a driver of evolutionary processes that …

The costs of living on the coast: Reduction in body size and size‐specific reproductive output in coastal populations of a widespread amphibian

L Lorrain‐Soligon, L Périsse, F Robin… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Body size is a critical component of organismal biology. Body size is known to be influenced
by a plethora of environmental conditions, among which exposure to large scale variations …