Amphibians are very sensitive to many environmental changes, so these animals are
considered good bioindicator models for ecotoxicology. Given the importance of the …

Road infrastructures and collisions with vehicles negatively affect many animal populations
globally. However, data on road kills of non‐human primates are very limited, not only due to …

In this study an assessment is made of how the marsh frog P. ridibundus individuals, being
long-term inhabitants of an anthropogenically polluted habitat, are affected and what …

Identification of early warning signals previous to the occurrence of population decline or
extinction is a major challenge for the conservation of animal species. Prevalence of …

Amphibians are very diverse, widely distributed, and the most endangered class of
vertebrates. As with other taxa, effective conservation of amphibians needs to be supported …

Urbanization impacts biodiversity both directly through physical expansion over land, and
indirectly due to land use conversion and human behaviors associated with urban areas …

Abstract Background and Aims Kin selection theory predicts that a parent may minimize
deleterious effects of competition among seeds developing within ovaries by increasing the …

We test a forecasting strategy to identify potential hotspots of amphibian roadkill, combining
the spatial distribution of amphibians, their relative risk of collision with vehicles and data on …

Animals that live in cities face a number of challenges particular to the urban environment
that may impact on overall health and survival. Nevertheless, relatively few studies have …

This study highlights the health status of frogs in coffee plantations of Western Ghats. Coffee
is one of the major commercial crops in the Western Ghats of India. In these plantations …