Greater reproductive investment, but shorter lifespan, in agrosystem than in natural-habitat toads
In an effort to understand the factors behind the global decline in amphibians, researchers compared age, body size, and different indicators of reproductive investment, as well as prey availability, in natterjack toads from managed agrosystems and adjacent natural pine groves in Southwestern Spain.
Greater reproductive investment, but shorter lifespan, in agrosystem than in natural-habitat toads
In an effort to understand the factors behind the global decline in amphibians, researchers compared age, body size, and different indicators of reproductive investment, as well as prey availability, in natterjack toads from managed agrosystems and adjacent natural pine groves in Southwestern Spain.
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