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The effects of experimentally infecting Australian tree frogs with lungworms ( Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala) from invasive cane toads by Pizzatto, Lígia, Shine, Richard

“…[Display omitted] ► Two frog species experimentally infected with exotic toad lungworms. ► Both species hosted high intensity and prevalence of worms. ► One…”
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Quantifying anuran microhabitat use to infer the potential for parasite transmission between invasive cane toads and two species of Australian native frogs by Pizzatto, Lígia, Both, Camila, Shine, Richard

“…Parasites that are carried by invasive species can infect native taxa, with devastating consequences. In Australia, invading cane toads (Rhinella marina) carry…”
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Seasonal dynamics of the lungworm, Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala, in recently colonised cane toad (Rhinella marina) populations in tropical Australia by Pizzatto, Lígia, Kelehear, Crystal, Shine, Richard

“…•Three year sampling of toad lungworms in sites at an invasion front.•Parasite prevalence and intensity increased with host body size but not host…”
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Parasites and pathogens lag behind their host during periods of host range advance by Phillips, Ben L, Crystal Kelehear, Lígia Pizzatto, Gregory P. Brown, Di Barton, Richard Shine

“…The process of rapid range expansion (as seen in many invasive species, and in taxa responding to climate change) may substantially disrupt host–parasite…”
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Estimating Survival Rates of Uncatchable Animals: The Myth of High Juvenile Mortality in Reptiles by Pike, David A., Pizzatto, Lígia, Pike, Brian A., Shine, Richard

“…Survival rates of juvenile reptiles are critical population parameters but are difficult to obtain through mark—recapture programs because these small,…”
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You Are What You Eat: Parasite Transfer in Cannibalistic Cane Toads by Pizzatto, Lígia, Shine, Richard

“…Pathogen transfer may be an important but poorly understood cost of cannibalism. Does the consumption of smaller conspecifics by Cane Toads (Rhinella marina)…”
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Why be diurnal? Shifts in activity time enable young cane toads to evade cannibalistic conspecifics by Pizzatto, Lígia, Child, Travis, Shine, Richard

“…Why are some animals active by day and others by night? The selective forces that favor diurnal versus nocturnal activity may be evaluated by comparing age…”
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HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIPS DURING A BIOLOGIC INVASION: 75 YEARS POSTINVASION, CANE TOADS AND SYMPATRIC AUSTRALIAN FROGS RETAIN SEPARATE LUNGWORM FAUNAS by Pizzatto, Lígia, Kelehear, Crystal, Dubey, Sylvain, Barton, Diane, Shine, Richard

“…Invasive species may carry with them parasites from their native range, differing from parasite taxa found in the invaded range. Host switching by parasites…”
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Finding a place to live: conspecific attraction affects habitat selection in juvenile green and golden bell frogs by Pizzatto, Lígia, Stockwell, Michelle, Clulow, Simon, Clulow, John, Mahony, Michael

“…Conspecific attraction plays an important role in habitat selection of several taxa and can affect and determine distribution patterns of populations. The…”
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Life-History Adaptations to Arboreality in Snakes by Pizzatto, Lígia, Almeida-Santos, Selma M., Shine, Richard

“…If selective forces on locomotor ability and reproductive biology differ among habitats, we expect to see relationships between habitat, morphology, and…”
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Body size, reproductive biology and abundance of the rare pseudoboini snakes genera Clelia and Boiruna (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Brazil by Pizzatto, Lígia

“…Pseudoboini snakes of the genera Clelia and Boiruna are apparently rare in nature and certainly rare in collections. This work presents data on body size,…”
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Body Shape and Food Habits of South American Goo-Eater Snakes of the Genus Sibynomorphus by Pizzatto, Lígia, Oliveira, Juliana Lima de, Marques, Otavio A.V., Martins, Marcio

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Chemical communication in green and golden bell frogs: do tadpoles respond to chemical cues from dead conspecifics? by Pizzatto, Lígia, Stockwell, Michelle, Clulow, Simon, Clulow, John, Mahony, Michael

“…Captive bred animals often lack the ability of predator recognition and predation is one of the strongest causes of failure of breed and release projects…”
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Reproductive Strategies of New World Coral Snakes, Genus Micrurus by Marques, Otavio A. V., Pizzatto, Lígia, Santos, Selma M. Almeida

“…New World Coral Snakes (genus Micrurus) occur from North to South America in a wide range of climates and habitats. Using both original and published data, we…”
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Spatial ecology of hatchling water pythons (Liasis fuscus) in tropical Australia by Pizzatto, Lígia, Madsen, Thomas, Brown, Gregory P., Shine, Richard

“…Young snakes are rarely seen in the field and little is known about their habits, mostly because they are too small for radio-telemetry (the primary method for…”
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Reproductive Ecology of Dipsadine Snakes, With Emphasis on South American Species by Pizzatto, Lígia, Cantor, Maurício, de Oliveira, Juliana Lima, Marques, Otavio A. V., Capovilla, Vinicius, Martins, Marcio

“…A relatively large amount of variation occurs in the reproductive ecology of tropical snakes, and this variation is generally regarded as being a consequence…”
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Reproductive biology and food habits of Pseudoboa nigra (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Brazilian cerrado by Renata de Paula Orofino, Lígia Pizzatto, Otavio A. V. Marques

“…Herein we provide data on body size, sexual size dimorphism, reproductive cycle, and food habits of the pseudoboini snake Pseudoboa nigra, which is distributed…”
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behavioral ecology of cannibalism in cane toads (Bufo marinus) by Pizzatto, Lígia, Shine, Richard

“…Laboratory studies show that predatory cane toads (Bufo marinus) exhibit specialized toe-luring behavior that attracts smaller conspecifics, but field surveys…”
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Overview of Reproductive Strategies in Xenodontini (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontinae) with New Data for Xenodon Neuwiedii and Waglerophis Merremii by Pizzatto, LÍgia, Jordão, Rosana S, Marques, Otavio A. V

“…Reproductive patterns are highly variable among Neotropical colubrids. Snakes of the Tribe Xenodontini are widely distributed in South America and show…”
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Ecological impacts of invading species: Do parasites of the cane toad imperil Australian frogs? by PIZZATTO, LÍGIA, SHINE, RICHARD

“…Parasite transfer to native fauna is a potentially catastrophic impact of invasive species. Introduced cane toads in Australia frequently host the nematode…”
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