Search Results for anurans

...Matthew Greenlees; Michael Crossland; Richard Shine The viability of a metamorph anuran can be influenced by its body size and the time it has taken to complete larval development. In a laboratory experiment, we show that the presence of tadpoles of the invasive Cane Toad Rhinella marina causes...

...E. Meyer; K. A. Murray; H.B. Hines Intra-specific communication in anuran amphibians is primarily achieved with vocal signals (Duellman and Trueb 1994). However, some species also use visual displays for interand/ or intra-sexual communication (Hodl and Amezquita 2001). Such displays include...

... effects on competition between Rana and Bufo larvae, and on the abundance of Prototheca richardsi, in small fish-ponds Herpetological Journal 7 149 154 Banks, B., and T. J. C. Beebee. 1987. Spawn predation and larval growth inhibition as mechanisms for niche separation in anurans. Oecologia, 72...

...G. Madani ABSTRACT Australian anurans generally display little prey specialisation. Most data available of frog diet is limited to stomach content and faecal analysis with few direct observations of prey capture. Limited information is available on the diet of adult Giant Barred Frogs Mixophyes...

...Matthew J. Clancy; Etienne L. Littlefair ABSTRACT Anurans inhabiting Australia’s semi-arid and arid zones display eruptive breeding patterns. They emerge in large numbers to reproduce after significant rainfall before burrowing deep underground, where they remain concealed for extensive periods...

... in Fowler's Toad (Bufo woodhousei fowleri) Copeia 1972 182 85 Daugherty, C. H., 1976. Freeze-branding as a technique for marking anurans. Copeia 1976: 836-38. Freeze-branding as a technique for marking anurans Copeia 1976 836 38 Doody, J. S., 1995. A photographic mark-recapture method...

... and outcome or a predatory encounter may be mediated by a number of predatol- and prey attributes. The relative body sizes of predator and prey will act to partition the relationship by those prey too large or small enough to eat (Travis et al. 1985). Larval anurans are at their most vulnerable when small...

... vertebrates Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17 305 310 Greenlees, M. J., Brow, G. P. , Webb, J. K., Phillips, B. L., and Shine, R. (2006). Effects of an invasive anuran [the cane toad Bufo marinus] on the invertebrate fauna of a tropical Australian floodplain. Animal Conservation 9(4): 431-438...

... monitoring meaningful. Austral Ecology 32, 485-91. Making monitoring meaningful Austral Ecology 32 485 91 Gooch M. M., Heupel A. M., Price S. J. & Dorcas M. E. 2006. The effect of survey protocol on detection probabilities and site occupancy estimates of summer breeding anurans. Applied...

...C. B. Schell; Shelley Burgin Seven potential anuran breeding sites within Western Sydney were sampled between March and August 1997 to assess the effect of habitat disturbance upon species assemblages. The greatest species diversity and abundance was recorded in relatively less human impacted areas...

... reluctant to accept mammalian prey unless anuran or avian scent had been added beforehand, suggesting that frogs may be an important dietary component of juvenile snakes in the wild. In turn, frog-eating may render these snakes vulnerable to the imminent invasion of cane toads Rhinella marina...

.... tadpole Limnodynastes peronii density effects rearing conditions Anstis, M. 2013. Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia. Reed New Holland, Frenchs Forest, NSW Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia Beebee, T.J.C. 1990. Purification of an agent causing growth-inhibition in anuran larvae and its...

...: Sydney. A Field Guide to Australian Frogs Blair, W. F., 1958. Mating call and stage of speciation of anuran amphibians. American Naturalist 92: 27-51. Mating call and stage of speciation of anuran amphibians American Naturalist 92 27 51 Blankenhorn, H. J., 1972. Meteorological...

... and the influ- ence of the presence of G , holbrooki on the com- position of anuran pond communities. This study did not investigate other factors contrib- uting to frog population decline or how such other factors may interact with predation by G. holbrooki. MATERIALS AND METHODS Experimental Animals Gumblcsia...

... Conservation Biology 15 1804 1809 Beebee, T. J. C., 1995. Amphibian Breeding and Climate. Nature 374:219-220. Amphibian Breeding and Climate Nature 374 219 220 Dankers, N. M. J. A., 1977. The ecology of an anuran community. Unpublished PhD, University of Sydney, Sydney. Duellman, W...

...., Northern, J.B., Street, R.J. and Yaldwyn, J.C. 1953. The frog, Hyla aurea as a source of animal parasites. Tuatara 5, 12-21. The frog, Hyla aurea as a source of animal parasites Tuatara 5 12 21 Brook, A.J. 1975. The distribution of Anuran amphibians in Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 92, 104...

...: London. Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians Dankers, N. M. J. A., 1977. The ecology of an anuran community. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Sydney, Sydney. 246 Pp. Dixon, J. R. and Heyer, W. R., 1968. Anuran succession in a temporary pond in New Mexico. Bull. S. Calif Acad. ci. 67: 129...

.... C. Hayek, and M. S. Foster. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Amphibians 155 158 Sinsch, U. 1990. Migration and orientation in anuran amphibians. Ethology Ecology and Evolution 2: 65-79. Migration...