Vocalizations of anuran amphibians have received much attention in studies of behavioral
ecology and physiology, but also provide informative characters for identifying and …

This paper reviews several aspects of immunoendocrinology and ecoimmunology in
Brazilian species of anurans under investigation for more than a decade, including (1) …

Income and capital breeding describe two dichotomous breeding strategies that
characterise the allocation of resources to reproduction. Capital breeders utilise stored …

Triacylglycerides (TAGs) are the most important stored energy reserve in eukaryotes and are
regularly measured in insects. Quantitative analysis of TAGs is complicated by their diversity …

Anurans living in arid and semi-arid habitats are subjected to unpredictable rain patterns.
Consequently, they should be prepared to reproduce at the onset of rain events. We …

A negative relationship between parasite intensity and male ornament condition or sexual
display rate is one of the conditions of the parasite-mediated sexual selection model. In …

Although seasonal metabolic variation in ectothermic tetrapods has been investigated
primarily in the context of species showing some level of metabolic depression during …

It is well known that environmental temperature influences several biological functions of
ectotherms, notably in amphibians. The high permeability of anuran skin, associated with the …

A estivação é caracterizada como um conjunto de alterações fisiológicas e
comportamentais relacionadas com a redução do metabolismo e a permanência em micro …

Male anuran amphibians rely on a variety of mating strategies and channels of
communication during the breeding season to compete with other males for access to …