We assessed the relationship between rates of biological energy utilization and the biomass
sustained by that energy utilization, at both the organism and biosphere level. We compiled …

Amphibians are known to possess a wide variety of compounds stored in their skin glands.
While significant progress has been made in understanding the chemical diversity and …

Abstract The Xizang plateau frog, Nanorana parkeri (Anura: Dicroglossidae), enters a
dormant state in the winter in response to seasonal cold and lack of food. To investigate the …

The structure of the environment surrounding signal emission produces different patterns of
degradation and attenuation. The expected adjustment of calls to ensure signal transmission …

Anurans undergo significant physiological changes when exposed to environmental
stressors such as low temperatures and humidity. Energy metabolism and substrate …

The possible trade-off between the roles of glucocorticoids as facilitators of energy substrate
mobilization and neural inhibitors of sexual behavior during breeding season is under …

Aim Patterns of diversity along elevational gradients are driven by species characteristics
but remain poorly understood. Filling this gap is imperative given the deteriorating …

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 …

Abstract The Xizang plateau frog, Nanorana parkeri, has the highest altitudinal distribution of
all frogs in the world and survives the cold of winter without feeding by entering into a …

Seasonal metabolic changes can be observed in many anurans' species. In subtropical
environments with environmental temperatures variations, the temperature is a factor that …