The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians

By K. Wells. 2007

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Social Psychology

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Phylogenetic signals in the climatic niches of the world's amphibians (2010, methodology): “…and seasonality of precipitation) which are known to impose constraints on the occurrence and survival of amphibians (Carey and Alexander 2003, Wells 2007), and are often used to model the geographical distributions of individual species (Araújo et al. 2006) and species richness (Araújo et…”
Site fidelity and patterns of short- and long-term movement in the brilliant-thighed poison frog Allobates femoralis (Aromobatidae) (2009, background): “Surprisingly, given the extensive work on anuran social behaviour (Wells 1977, 2007; Sullivan and Heatwole 1995 for general summaries; Weygold 1987; Summers et al. 1999; Pröhl 2005 for dendrobatids), not all aspects of site fidelity in frogs have received equal attention.”
Research, part of a Special Feature on Effects of Roads and Traffic on Wildlife Populations and Landscape Function Frogs Call at a Higher Pitch in Traffic Noise (2009, background): “The number of nights a frog spends calling at a breeding site, known as chorus tenure, explains much of the variation in male mating success across many species of prolonged breeders: the longer the tenure, the greater the probability of obtaining at least one mate (Wells 2007).”
A new frog family (Anura: Terrarana) from South America and an expanded direct-developing clade revealed by molecular phylogeny (2009, neutral): “Large, unpigmented eggs also are associated with frogs that have nonfeeding tadpoles, including hemiphractids (Duellman 2007; Wells 2007); consequently, additional data are needed to confirm the reproductive mode of Ceuthomantis.”
Invasive Species and Amphibian Conservation (2020, background): “Plasticity in amphibians is well-documented because these organisms are frequently subject to heterogeneous and variable ecological pressures (Wells 2007), and IAS often induce plastic responses in native amphibians (Fig.”
The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice. (2017, background): “species, environmental temperature regulates the vocal activity period (Wells 2007; Steelman & Dorcas 2010) as well as characteristics of the acoustic signals emitted.”
Influence of the environmental heterogeneity of breeding ponds on anuran assemblages from southeastern Brazil (2009, background): “However, most species inhabit regions that have high moisture levels and moderate to warm temperatures owing to their skin permeability and dependence on aquatic and terrestrial habitats during their life cycles (Duellman and Trueb 1994; Wells 2007).”
Contrasting effects of environmental factors during larval stage on morphological plasticity in post-metamorphic frogs (2010, background): “Much of the research on amphibian developmental plasticity has concentrated on the effects of environmental induction on size and on time to metamorphosis (Wells 2007).”
Patterns of parental care in vertebrates (2012, background): “…most common in tropical species where high predation rates may have forced parents to smaller water bodies that are free of many predators (Magnusson and Hero 1991), but where there is likely to be greater fluctuations in water levels, temperature, oxygen levels, and food availability (Wells 2007).”
The Amphibian Extinction Crisis - what will it take to put the action into the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan? (2012, background): “Amphibian populations are influenced by numerous factors both in terrestrial and in freshwater habitats (Wells, 2007).”
Abiotic and biotic constraints across reptile and amphibian ranges (2016, background): “…among streamside salamanders of the genus Desmognathus infl uence local distribution patterns; the mere presence of one key species can displace conspecifi cs from predominately aquatic habitats to less optimal, more terrestrial upland ones (Rissler et al. 2004, reviewed by Wells 2007).”
Systematics of the Neotropical Genus Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura: Leptodactylidae): Phylogeny, the Relevance of Non-molecular Evidence, and Species Accounts (2014, background): “communicate with their tadpoles by means of a ‘pumping’ display in which the rear part of the body was moved up and down in the water, creating a series of concentric waves that moved toward the tadpoles” (Wells, 2007).”
Amphibian sensitivity to habitat modification is associated with population trends and species traits (2017, background): “breeders often depend on forest resources for reproduction, such as moist leaf litter for oviposition (Wells, 2007); in some systems,”
Vertical stratification influences global patterns of biodiversity (2018, background): “The vertical habitat, or the vertical niche of a species, involves facultative to specialized levels of fossoriality, terrestriality and arboreality, which strongly influence species’ performance within particular environments (Kinlaw 1999, Wells 2007, Corlett and Primack 2011, Moen et al.”
The lunar cycle: a cue for amphibian reproductive phenology? (2009, background): “In contrast, prolonged breeders are characterized by males calling to attract females, often defending territories (Wells 1977, 2007).”
Anuran Reproductive Modes: Evolving Perspectives (2015, background): “Wells (2007) pointed out that if we were to fine-tune differentiation among types of oviposition sites, larval development, and parental care, we could easily devise a classification system that would include 50 or 60 distinct reproductive modes.”
Molecular phylogeny of an endemic radiation of Cuban toads (Bufonidae: Peltophryne) based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes (2012, background): “involving resource competition (Losos & Ricklefs, 2009) in terms of trophic niche, given that body size largely determines the prey base of generalist anurans (Wells, 2007).”