Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta‐analyses in ecology and evolutionary biology: a PRISMA extension

RE O'Dea, M Lagisz, MD Jennions… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since the early 1990s, ecologists and evolutionary biologists have aggregated primary
research using meta‐analytic methods to understand ecological and evolutionary …

Impacts of human‐induced environmental change in wetlands on aquatic animals

M Sievers, R Hale, KM Parris, SE Swearer - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Many wetlands harbour highly diverse biological communities and provide extensive
ecosystem services; however, these important ecological features are being altered …

Heat stress and amphibian immunity in a time of climate change

LA Rollins-Smith, EH Le Sage - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As a class of vertebrates, amphibians, are at greater risk for declines or extinctions than any
other vertebrate group, including birds and mammals. There are many threats, including …

Rapid adaptation to invasive predators overwhelms natural gradients of intraspecific variation

A Melotto, R Manenti, GF Ficetola - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Invasive predators can exert strong selection on native populations. If selection is strong
enough, populations could lose the phenotypic variation caused by adaptation to …

Effects of hydroperiod on growth, development, survival and immune defences in a temperate amphibian

LA Brannelly, MEB Ohmer, V Saenz… - Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The many and varied effects of human‐induced environmental change have the potential to
threaten animal biodiversity and species abundance. Importantly, human land use and …

Developmental plasticity in amphibian larvae across the world: Investigating the roles of temperature and latitude

N Sinai, J Glos, AV Mohan, ML Lyra, M Riepe… - Journal of Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Temperature-induced developmental plasticity could allow amphibian larvae to complete
metamorphosis successfully despite new thermal challenges and increased desiccation risk …

Developmental environment has lasting effects on amphibian post-metamorphic behavior and thermal physiology

MEB Ohmer, TT Hammond, S Switzer… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Environmental challenges early in development can result in complex phenotypic trade-offs
and long-term effects on individual physiology, performance and behavior, with implications …

Stormwater wetlands can function as ecological traps for urban frogs

M Sievers, KM Parris, SE Swearer… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Around cities, natural wetlands are rapidly being destroyed and replaced with wetlands
constructed to treat stormwater. Although the intended purpose of these wetlands is to …

Applied ecoimmunology: using immunological tools to improve conservation efforts in a changing world

MEB Ohmer, D Costantini, GÁ Czirják… - Conservation …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Ecoimmunology is a rapidly developing field that explores how the environment shapes
immune function, which in turn influences host–parasite relationships and disease …

Disease and the drying pond: examining possible links among drought, immune function, and disease development in amphibians

AK Kohli, AL Lindauer, LA Brannelly… - Physiological and …, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Drought can heavily impact aquatic ecosystems. For amphibian species that rely on water
availability for larval development, drought can have direct and indirect effects on larval …