Climate projections over the next century include disproportionately warmer nighttime temperatures ("asymmetrical warming"). Cool nighttime temperatures lower metabolic rates of aquatic ectotherms. In contaminated waters, areas with cool nights may provide thermal refugia from high rates of daytime
The Evolution of Foraging Rate across Local and Geographic Gradients in Predation Risk and Competition.
Urban MC1, Richardson JL.
The American naturalist.Am Nat.2015 Jul;186(1):E16-32. doi: 10.1086/681716. Epub 2015 May 8.
Multiple theories predict the evolution of foraging rates in response to environmental variation in predation risk, intraspecific competition, time constraints, and temperature. We tested six hypotheses for the evolution of foraging rate in 24 spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) populations fro
Level of UV-B radiation influences the effects of glyphosate-based herbicide on the spotted salamander.
Levis NA1, Johnson JR.
Ecotoxicology (London, England).Ecotoxicology.2015 Jul;24(5):1073-86. doi: 10.1007/s10646-015-1448-2. Epub 2015 Mar 21.
Glyphosate-based herbicides are the number one pesticide in the United States and are used commonly around the world. Understanding the affects of glyphosate-based herbicides on non-target wildlife, for example amphibians, is critical for evaluation of regulations pertaining to the use of such herbi
Definition of AMBLYSTOMA taxonomic synonym of ambystoma Origin of AMBLYSTOMA New Latin, alteration (influenced by ambly-) of Ambystoma This word doesn't usually appear in our free dictionary, but the definition from our ...
Definition of Amblystoma in the Fine Dictionary. Meaning of Amblystoma with illustrations and photos. Pronunciation of Amblystoma and it's etymology. Related words - Amblystoma synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms and hyponyms.