Temperature and water availability are factors that affect, importantly, the ecology, physiology, and behavior of amphibians. In this sense, these animals need to present a number of ecophysiological characteristics that allows them to cope with potentially challenging environmental features. In this thesis, I aimed to explore different topics (ecological gradients, diseases, and activity) focusing on the thermal physiology and water balance of anuran amphibians. The first chapter presents a general introduction focused on one of the central themes of this thesis, the thermal physiology of amphibians. However, this chapter also explores the inter-relationship between body temperature regulation and water balance. The second chapter investig...
Amphibian species richness increases toward the equator, particularly in humid tropical for-ests. Th...
In the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest (AF), amphibians (625 species) face habitat degradation leading...
Tese de mestrado, Biologia (Biologia da Conservação), 2009, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciê...
Amphibians are ectothermic and their body temperature is associated with their environment. They dep...
Basking behaviour is uncommon in amphibians as it has the important drawback of increasing the risk ...
Anfíbios anuros, de uma forma geral, são caracterizados por baixa resistência cutânea à perda de águ...
<div><p>Amphibian species richness increases toward the equator, particularly in humid tropical fore...
In this master thesis, the thermoregulation model proposed by Heath (1970) was updated, integrating ...
Introduction: In a climate changing world it is indispensable to know the behavioral and physiologic...
Temperature has an important effect on amphibians, influencing virtually all physio logical systems....
O aquecimento climático apresenta um impacto sem precedentes na biodiversidade, afetando o desempenh...
Ectothermic animals depend on the environmental conditions in their habitat (eg temperature) to carr...
This paper reviews diverse ways in which the emerging discipline of conservation physiology may cont...
Ectothermic inhabitants of tropical forests are subjected to constant environmental temperatures, wh...
abstract: The locomotor capacity of amphibians depends strongly on temperature and hydration. Unders...
Amphibian species richness increases toward the equator, particularly in humid tropical for-ests. Th...
In the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest (AF), amphibians (625 species) face habitat degradation leading...
Tese de mestrado, Biologia (Biologia da Conservação), 2009, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciê...
Amphibians are ectothermic and their body temperature is associated with their environment. They dep...
Basking behaviour is uncommon in amphibians as it has the important drawback of increasing the risk ...
Anfíbios anuros, de uma forma geral, são caracterizados por baixa resistência cutânea à perda de águ...
<div><p>Amphibian species richness increases toward the equator, particularly in humid tropical fore...
In this master thesis, the thermoregulation model proposed by Heath (1970) was updated, integrating ...
Introduction: In a climate changing world it is indispensable to know the behavioral and physiologic...
Temperature has an important effect on amphibians, influencing virtually all physio logical systems....
O aquecimento climático apresenta um impacto sem precedentes na biodiversidade, afetando o desempenh...
Ectothermic animals depend on the environmental conditions in their habitat (eg temperature) to carr...
This paper reviews diverse ways in which the emerging discipline of conservation physiology may cont...
Ectothermic inhabitants of tropical forests are subjected to constant environmental temperatures, wh...
abstract: The locomotor capacity of amphibians depends strongly on temperature and hydration. Unders...
Amphibian species richness increases toward the equator, particularly in humid tropical for-ests. Th...
In the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest (AF), amphibians (625 species) face habitat degradation leading...
Tese de mestrado, Biologia (Biologia da Conservação), 2009, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciê...