1st Edition

Evolutionary Ecology of Amphibians

Edited By Gregorio Moreno-Rueda, Mar Comas Copyright 2023
264 Pages 8 Color & 14 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

264 Pages 8 Color & 14 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

264 Pages 8 Color & 14 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Amphibians are the oldest tetrapod group and show an astonishing diversity in lifestyles, many of them being unique. However, globally, they are on a decline. Hence, their study is fundamental to understanding the evolution of diversity and conserving them. This book, authored by experts from around the world, summarizes the current knowledge on the evolutionary ecology of amphibians. The book... Read more

Introduction to the Book

Gregorio Moreno-Rueda and Mar Comas

Origin, Evolution and Diversification of Extant Amphibians

Diego San Mauro, Ainhoa Agorreta and Joan Garcia-Porta

Amphibian Ecophysiology

Pablo Burraco and Caitlin Gabor

Eco-Immunology of Amphibians

Mar Comas and Gregorio Moreno-Rueda

Amphibian Crisis and the Impact of Emerging Pathogens

Barbora Thumsová, Jaime Bosch and Gonçalo M. Rosa

Thermoregulation and Hydric Balance in Amphibians

Zaida Ortega, Carolina Cunha Ganci and Marga L. Rivas

The Biogeography of Body Size in Amphibians

Miguel Á. Olalla-Tárraga

Evolution and Ecology of Locomotion in Amphibians

Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho

Diversity of Reproductive Strategies in the Amphibia

Balázs Vági and Tamás Székely

Chemical Communication and Deterrence in Amphibians

Maider Iglesias-Carrasco and Bob B.M. Wong

Acoustic Communication in Anurans

Sandra Goutte

Amphibian Coloration: Proximate Mechanisms, Function, and Evolution

Bibiana Rojas, J.P. Lawrence and Roberto Márquez

Biography

Dr. Gregorio Moreno-Rueda (University of Granada, Spain) is an evolutionary ecologist with more than one hundred publications dealing with vertebrate ecology. He mainly studies the evolution of trade-offs determining life history traits, in particular how the immune system trades off with other physiological traits.

Dr. Mar Comas (Dartmouth College, USA) is a herpetologist specialising in amphibian evolutionary ecology. Mar Comas works mainly on how amphibians deal with parasites and the trade-offs of these antiparasitic strategies with other physiological traits.