Feeding ecology of endemic frogs of the Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil

CF Moser, RK Farina, AC Dudczak… - Anais da Academia …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Our objective was to describe and compare the diet of endemic anurans of the Atlantic
Forest, as well as to evaluate the influence of biotic factors on the trophic ecology of the …

Diet and trophic niche of two sympatric Physalaemus species in Central Brazil

PG Gambale, MR da Silva, FH Oda… - South American Journal of …, 2020 - BioOne
Given the increasing use of sympatric species to investigate niche differentiation and
resource partition in biological communities, our study analyzes diet composition differences …

Prey selection by anurans in subtemperate swamps of the extreme south of Brazil

M de Oliveira, MS Dalzochio, AM Tozetti - South American Journal of …, 2019 - BioOne
Temporal habitat variations can affect the trophic relationships of amphibian species by
changing either prey availability or predator selectivity. This study aimed to evaluate the …

[PDF][PDF] Herpetological Journal FULL PAPER

CMM da Silva, DA Dalmolin, LK Schuck… - Herpetological …, 2024 - researchgate.net
Morphology and diet are key factors in the ecology of organisms, determining aspects of the
natural history and evolution of the species. In this work, we evaluated the diet-morphology …

Do human-induced habitat changes affect the feeding behaviour of frogs? The case of Pseudis minuta Günther, 1858 (Anura: Hylidae)

RK Farina, CF Moser, LK Schuck, AM Tozetti - Herpetology Notes, 2024 - biotaxa.org
The change of natural environments into agricultural areas is generally accompanied by the
control of invertebrate populations, which can alter prey availability for amphibians. The way …

[PDF][PDF] Prey consumption of the neotropical frog Engystomops pustulosus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in northwestern Venezuela

JL Viña-Albornoz, C Molina, Z Tarano - … Conservation and Biology, 2020 - herpconbio.org
We describe the diet of Engystomops pustulosus (Túngara Frog) during the reproductive
season. We tested the hypotheses of a relationship between frog mouth width (MW) and …

Diet and trophic niche overlap of four syntopic species of Physalaemus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in southern Brazil

RK Farina, CF Moser, S Scali, M de Oliveira, P Witt… - Acta …, 2023 - torrossa.com
Despite the current increase in studies on the diet of neotropical anurans, few of them take a
comparative approach between syntopic species. The objective of this study was to compare …

Measuring the volume of prey in anuran trophic ecology studies: accuracy of three methods

CF Moser, M de Oliveira, AM Tozetti - Studies on Neotropical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to analyze the accuracy of three currently used methods to quantify the
volume of the prey of amphibians using the volumetric displacement method as a …

Predator morphology affects prey consumption: evidence from an anuran population in subtropical wetlands

CMM da Silva, DA Dalmolin, LK Schuck, CF Moser… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Morphology and diet are key factors in the ecology of organisms, determining aspects of
natural history and evolution of the species. In this work, we evaluated the diet-morphology …