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View article: Simultaneous Detection of Missing Amphibians and Their Fungal Pathogen in a Biodiversity Hotspot Using eDNA
Simultaneous Detection of Missing Amphibians and Their Fungal Pathogen in a Biodiversity Hotspot Using eDNA Open
Since the 1970s, striking amphibian declines in population abundances and presumed extinctions have been recorded globally. The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ( Bd ) is one of the key drivers of these declines. To investigat…
View article: Historical Fragmentation in Atlantic Forest Explains the Diversification of a Clade of Mountaintop Bromeligenous Frogs (Leptodactylidae: <i>Crossodactylodes</i>)
Historical Fragmentation in Atlantic Forest Explains the Diversification of a Clade of Mountaintop Bromeligenous Frogs (Leptodactylidae: <i>Crossodactylodes</i>) Open
The Atlantic Forest domain is a biodiversity hotspot with remarkable amphibian diversity, including over 700 species, 70% of which are endemic. Most of these endemic species have restricted geographic ranges, often confined to mountainous …
View article: Using anti-DEI policies to dismantle education: A new front in a really old battle
Using anti-DEI policies to dismantle education: A new front in a really old battle Open
Educational equity faces renewed threats across higher education in the United States, undermining learning for all. What can the community of life science instructors and researchers do to prioritize equitable, evidence-based teaching?
View article: Climate change is projected to shrink phylogenetic endemism of Neotropical frogs
Climate change is projected to shrink phylogenetic endemism of Neotropical frogs Open
Climate change is widely recognized as one of the main threats to biodiversity1 and predicting its consequences is critical to conservation efforts. A wide range of studies have evaluated the effects of future climate using taxo…
View article: Toward a Global Science of Conservation Genomics: Coldspots in Genomic Resources Highlight a Need for Equitable Collaborations and Capacity Building
Toward a Global Science of Conservation Genomics: Coldspots in Genomic Resources Highlight a Need for Equitable Collaborations and Capacity Building Open
Advances in genomic sequencing have magnified our understanding of ecological and evolutionary mechanisms relevant to biodiversity conservation. As a result, the field of conservation genomics has grown rapidly. Genomic data can be effecti…
View article: Camouflage, conspicuousness, and inducible color change in a polymorphic, sexually dichromatic frog
Camouflage, conspicuousness, and inducible color change in a polymorphic, sexually dichromatic frog Open
Synopsis Sexual dichromatism is prevalent throughout the animal tree of life and can play an important role in visual signaling and mate choice in many species. Some instances of sexual dichromatism, however, result from a combination of m…
View article: Mitonuclear and phenotypic discordance in an Atlantic Forest frog hybrid zone
Mitonuclear and phenotypic discordance in an Atlantic Forest frog hybrid zone Open
Discordance between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA is common among animals and can be the result of a number of evolutionary processes, including incomplete lineage sorting and introgression. Particularly relevant in contact zones, mitonucl…
View article: Evolutionary ecology of host competence after a chytrid outbreak in a naive amphibian community
Evolutionary ecology of host competence after a chytrid outbreak in a naive amphibian community Open
Naive multi-host communities include species that may differentially maintain, transmit and amplify novel pathogens; therefore, we expect species to fill distinct roles during infectious disease emergence. Characterizing these roles in wil…
View article: Conservation genomics: Current applications and future directions
Conservation genomics: Current applications and future directions Open
In October 2021, during a fortuitous lull in the number of covid cases, over 150 masked and vaccinated conservation genomicists met at Snowbird, Utah, for AGA's 2021 President's Symposium (https://www.theaga.org/agatwentytwentyone).For man…
View article: Host immune responses to enzootic and invasive pathogen lineages vary in magnitude, timing, and efficacy
Host immune responses to enzootic and invasive pathogen lineages vary in magnitude, timing, and efficacy Open
Infectious diseases of wildlife continue to pose a threat to biodiversity worldwide, yet pathogens are far from uniform in virulence or host disease outcome. Within the same pathogen species, virulence can vary considerably depending on st…
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Supp material_RSTB-2022-0130.R1.zip from Evolutionary ecology of host competence after a chytrid outbreak in a naive amphibian community Open
Naive multi-host communities include species that may differentially maintain, transmit and amplify novel pathogens; therefore, we expect species to fill distinct roles during infectious disease emergence. Characterizing these roles in wil…
View article: Brachycephalus pitanga exposed to Bd-GPL and Bd-Brazil
Brachycephalus pitanga exposed to Bd-GPL and Bd-Brazil Open
Second release of data associated with 'Host immune responses to enzootic and invasive pathogen lineages vary in magnitude, timing, and efficacy' for Zenodo archiving.
View article: Brachycephalus pitanga exposed to Bd-GPL and Bd-Brazil
Brachycephalus pitanga exposed to Bd-GPL and Bd-Brazil Open
Second release of data associated with 'Host immune responses to enzootic and invasive pathogen lineages vary in magnitude, timing, and efficacy' for Zenodo archiving.
View article: Cryptic lineages and standing genetic variation across independent cane toad introductions
Cryptic lineages and standing genetic variation across independent cane toad introductions Open
Widespread introduced species can be leveraged to investigate the genetic, ecological and adaptive processes underlying rapid evolution and range expansion, particularly the contributions of genetic diversity to adaptation. Rhinella marina…
View article: Active Learning Strategies for Biodiversity Science
Active Learning Strategies for Biodiversity Science Open
Organismal courses are inherently integrative, incorporating concepts from genetics, physiology, ecology and other disciplines linked through a comparative and phylogenetic framework. In a comprehensive organismal course, the organisms the…
View article: Endemic Lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Are Associated With Reduced Chytridiomycosis-Induced Mortality in Amphibians: Evidence From a Meta-Analysis of Experimental Infection Studies
Endemic Lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Are Associated With Reduced Chytridiomycosis-Induced Mortality in Amphibians: Evidence From a Meta-Analysis of Experimental Infection Studies Open
Emerging infectious wildlife diseases have caused devastating declines, particularly when pathogens have been introduced in naïve host populations. The outcome of disease emergence in any host population will be dictated by a series of fac…
View article: Hybridization despite elaborate courtship behavior and female choice in Neotropical tree frogs
Hybridization despite elaborate courtship behavior and female choice in Neotropical tree frogs Open
The mechanisms of hybridization can be elucidated by analyzing genotypes as well as phenotypes that could act as premating barriers, as the reproductive interactions among heterospecifics can alter the evolutionary history of species. In f…
View article: Impact of field courses longitudinal data set
Impact of field courses longitudinal data set Open
Dataset accompanying the manuscript "Half-century of student data reveal professional impacts of a biology field course". These dataset has been de-identified. Variables ID_num: unique random number identifier Us…
View article: Host immune responses to enzootic and invasive pathogen lineages vary in magnitude, timing, and efficacy
Host immune responses to enzootic and invasive pathogen lineages vary in magnitude, timing, and efficacy Open
Infectious diseases of wildlife continue to pose a threat to biodiversity worldwide, yet pathogens are far from monolithic in virulence. Within the same pathogen species, virulence can vary considerably depending on strain or lineage, in t…
View article: Phylogenomic Assessment of Biodiversity Using a Reference-Based Taxonomy: An Example With Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma)
Phylogenomic Assessment of Biodiversity Using a Reference-Based Taxonomy: An Example With Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma) Open
Phylogenomic investigations of biodiversity facilitate the detection of fine-scale population genetic structure and the demographic histories of species and populations. However, determining whether or not the genetic divergence measured a…
View article: Meta-analysis of Gender Performance Gaps in Undergraduate Natural Science Courses
Meta-analysis of Gender Performance Gaps in Undergraduate Natural Science Courses Open
We investigated patterns of gender-based gaps in biology and chemistry through meta-analysis, reviewing data collected in 169 undergraduate biology courses. While we did not detect a significant gender gap in performance across all studies…
View article: Skin microbiome correlates with bioclimate and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection intensity in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest treefrogs
Skin microbiome correlates with bioclimate and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection intensity in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest treefrogs Open
View article: Implementing team‐based learning in the life sciences: A case study in an online introductory level evolution and biodiversity course
Implementing team‐based learning in the life sciences: A case study in an online introductory level evolution and biodiversity course Open
Team‐Based Learning (TBL) is a pedagogical tool that has great potential to develop student engagement, accountability, and equity in the online classroom. TBL is rooted in evidence‐based educational theories and practices that underlie ma…
View article: Isolation by environment and recurrent gene flow shaped the evolutionary history of a continentally distributed Neotropical treefrog
Isolation by environment and recurrent gene flow shaped the evolutionary history of a continentally distributed Neotropical treefrog Open
Aim Phylogeographic studies show how historical and current changes in landscapes shape the geographic distribution of genetic diversity in species of animals and plants. In particular, for the species of the Diagonal of Open Formations (D…
View article: Power and limitations of environmental DNA metabarcoding for surveying leaf litter eukaryotic communities
Power and limitations of environmental DNA metabarcoding for surveying leaf litter eukaryotic communities Open
Leaf litter habitats shelter a great variety of organisms, which play an important role in ecosystem dynamics. However, monitoring species in leaf litter is challenging, especially in highly diverse environments such as tropical forests, b…
View article: Topography, more than land cover, explains genetic diversity in a Neotropical savanna tree frog
Topography, more than land cover, explains genetic diversity in a Neotropical savanna tree frog Open
A bstract Aim Effective conservation policies rely on information about population genetic structure and the connectivity of remnants of suitable habitats. The interaction between natural and anthropogenic discontinuities across landscapes…
View article: Unexpected reproductive fidelity in a polygynous frog
Unexpected reproductive fidelity in a polygynous frog Open
Single-male polygyny with reproductive fidelity is documented across animals, but it was not fully demonstrated for any amphibian.
View article: Egg-laying site, fecundity and degree of sexual size dimorphism in frogs
Egg-laying site, fecundity and degree of sexual size dimorphism in frogs Open
Female fecundity is an important selective force leading to female-biased sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in frogs. Because anurans exhibit diverse reproductive modes, we investigated whether variation in SSD and fecundity are related with ov…
View article: Implementing team-based learning in the life sciences: A case study in an online introductory level evolution and biodiversity course
Implementing team-based learning in the life sciences: A case study in an online introductory level evolution and biodiversity course Open
Team-Based Learning (TBL) is a pedagogical tool that has great potential to develop student engagement, accountability, and equity in the online classroom. TBL is rooted in evidence-based educational theories and practices that underlie ma…
View article: Show me you care: female mate choice based on egg attendance rather than male or territorial traits
Show me you care: female mate choice based on egg attendance rather than male or territorial traits Open
Female mate choice is often based on male traits, including signals or behaviors, and/or the quality of a male’s territory. In species with obligate paternal care, where care directly affects offspring survival, females may also base their…