Understanding the relationship between dispersal and range size

A Alzate, RE Onstein - Ecology Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The drivers of variability in species range sizes remain an outstanding enigma in ecology.
The theoretical expectation of a positive dispersal‐range size relationship has received …

Speciation across the t ree of l ife

T Hernández‐Hernández, EC Miller… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Much of what we know about speciation comes from detailed studies of well‐known model
systems. Although there have been several important syntheses on speciation, few (if any) …

The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice

J Koehler, M Jansen, A Rodriguez, PJR Kok, LF Toledo… - Zootaxa, 2017 - biotaxa.org
Vocalizations of anuran amphibians have received much attention in studies of behavioral
ecology and physiology, but also provide informative characters for identifying and …

The evolution of reproductive modes and life cycles in amphibians

HC Liedtke, JJ Wiens, I Gomez-Mestre - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Amphibians have undergone important evolutionary transitions in reproductive modes and
life-cycles. We compare large-scale macroevolutionary patterns in these transitions across …

Body sizes and diversification rates of lizards, snakes, amphisbaenians and the tuatara

A Feldman, N Sabath, RA Pyron… - Global Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Size is one of the most important and obvious traits of an organism. Both small and
large sizes have adaptive advantages and disadvantages. Body size–frequency …

First large-scale DNA barcoding assessment of reptiles in the biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar, based on newly designed COI primers

ZT Nagy, G Sonet, F Glaw, M Vences - Plos one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background DNA barcoding of non-avian reptiles based on the cytochrome oxidase subunit
I (COI) gene is still in a very early stage, mainly due to technical problems. Using a newly …

Body size predicts the rate of contemporary morphological change in birds

M Zimova, BC Weeks, DE Willard… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Variation in evolutionary rates among species is a defining characteristic of the tree of life
and may be an important predictor of species' capacities to adapt to rapid environmental …

Sex chromosomes as supergenes of speciation: why amphibians defy the rules?

C Dufresnes, PA Crochet - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As reflected by the two rules of speciation (Haldane's rule and the large X-/Z-effect), sex
chromosomes are expected to behave like supergenes of speciation: they recombine only in …

Host ecology rather than host phylogeny drives amphibian skin microbial community structure in the biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar

MC Bletz, H Archer, RN Harris, VJ McKenzie… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Host-associated microbiotas of vertebrates are diverse and complex communities that
contribute to host health. In particular, for amphibians, cutaneous microbial communities …

Melanesia holds the world's most diverse and intact insular amphibian fauna

PM Oliver, DS Bower, PJ McDonald, F Kraus… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Identifying hotspots of biological diversity is a key step in conservation prioritisation.
Melanesia—centred on the vast island of New Guinea—is increasingly recognised for its …