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| Author(s): |
Toledo, Luis Felipe
[1]
;
Garey, Michel V.
[2]
;
Costa, Thais R. N.
[2]
;
Lourenco-de-Moraes, Ricardo
[3]
;
Hartmann, Marilia T.
[4]
;
Haddad, Celio F. B.
[5]
Total Authors: 6
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP IB, Museu Zool Prof Adao Jose Cardoso, BR-13083863 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Parana, Programa Posgrad Ecol & Conservacao, Setor Ciencias Biol, BR-81531980 Curitiba, Parana - Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Santa Cruz, Programa Posgrad Ecol & Conservacao Biodiversidad, BR-45662000 Ilheus, BA - Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Pampa, BR-97300000 Sao Gabriel, RS - Brazil
[5] Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, IB, Dept Zool, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 5
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY; v. 30, n. 2, p. 331-336, MAY 2012. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 14 |
| Abstract | |
Diversity in reproductive modes is well known in amphibians, mainly among anurans, which are characterized by a diversity in breeding biology that exceeds that of any other tetrapod. Currently, 39 reproductive modes are recognized among anurans and some species display more than one mode. The breeding biology of some Brazilian Atlantic forest anurans was investigated for this study. We observed unreported reproductive modes for six species, variability in the reproductive modes of individuals of the same species (whereby some individuals of a given population displayed unusual reproductive modes when the physical conditions of the breeding site were suboptimal), and variations within the modes. These observations suggest possible evolutionary steps for the reproductive modes. Anuran breeding biology seems to be more diverse than previously reported, and a character matrix could be constructed to describe the total range of variation of the anuran reproductive modes. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/50325-5 - Conservation of Brazilian amphibians: a special focus on the Mata Atlântica |
| Grantee: | Luis Felipe de Toledo Ramos Pereira |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |