A review of non-invasive sampling in wildlife disease and health research: what's new?

AK Schilling, MV Mazzamuto, C Romeo - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The interest in wildlife research has increased in the last decades as more
scientists work within a One Health framework that regards human, livestock and wildlife …

Framework for multi-stressor physiological response evaluation in amphibian risk assessment and conservation

JA Awkerman, DA Glinski, WM Henderson… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Controlled laboratory experiments are often performed on amphibians to establish causality
between stressor presence and an adverse outcome. However, in the field, identification of …

Contributions of water-borne corticosterone as one non-invasive biomarker in assessing nitrate pollution stress in tadpoles of Rana temporaria

K Ruthsatz, PC Eterovick, F Bartels… - General and Comparative …, 2023 - Elsevier
Among a multitude of stressors to which wildlife is exposed, environmental pollution is a
pervasive one that poses a serious threat. The permeable skin of amphibians is likely to …

Baseline corticosterone levels in spadefoot toads reflect alternate larval diets one year later

CC Ledón-Rettig, KM Lo, SR Lagon - General and Comparative …, 2023 - Elsevier
Early-life environmental variation can influence later-life physiology, such as the regulation
of glucocorticoids. However, characterizing the effects of environmental factors on hormone …

Effects of salinity and a glucocorticoid antagonist, RU486, on waterborne aldosterone and corticosterone of northern leopard frog larvae

BJ Tornabene, CW Breuner, BR Hossack… - General and comparative …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increased salinity is an emerging contaminant of concern for aquatic taxa. For amphibians
exposed to salinity, there is scarce information about the physiological effects and changes …

Exploring water-borne corticosterone collection as a non-invasive tool in amphibian conservation physiology: benefits, limitations and future perspectives

K Ruthsatz, R Rico-Millan, PC Eterovick… - Conservation …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Global change exposes wildlife to a variety of environmental stressors and is affecting
biodiversity worldwide, with amphibian population declines being at the forefront of the …

Testing whether adrenal steroids mediate phenotypic and physiologic effects of elevated salinity on larval tiger salamanders

BJ Tornabene, EJ Crespi, CW Breuner… - Integrative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Salinity (sodium chloride, NaCl) from anthropogenic sources is a persistent contaminant that
negatively affects freshwater taxa. Amphibians can be susceptible to salinity, but some …

Immunological and physiological responses to predation risk and sublethal concentrations of chlorothalonil and β-endosulfan in Lithobates taylori (Anura: Ranidae) …

E Ballestero, F Bolaños, C Ruepert, RR Jiménez… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2024 - Elsevier
Pesticide exposure and its interaction with other natural stressors can play a role in
amphibian population declines because disruptions in stress hormone regulatory …

Ecological Factors and Anthropogenic Disturbance May Restructure the Skin Microbiota of Maoershan Hynobiids (Hynobius maoershanensis)

H Chen, Y Huang, G Pang, Z Cui, Z Wu, H Huang - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Studies on the skin microbiota of amphibians in different disturbed habitats can clarify the
relationship between the skin microbiota composition and environmental factors and have …

Effects of Salinity on the Egg Fertilization, Hatching, and Tadpole Growth and Survival Rates of the Thailand Frog (Rana tigerina Dubois, 1981)

HK Huong, CT Huang, HK Nam… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We studied the effects of salinity on the egg fertilization, hatching, and tadpole growth and
survival rates of the Thailand frog (Rana tigerina Dubois, 1981), an introduced species that …