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The use of glucocorticoid hormones or leucocyte profiles to measure stress in vertebrates: What’s the difference?

(2018) Andrew K. Davis et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Influence of temperature, size and confinement on testosterone and corticosterone levels in breeding male spined toads (Bufo spinosus)

(2018) François Brischoux et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The association between male-biased sex ratio and indicators of stress in red-spotted newts

(2017) Andrea S. Aspbury et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Trading heat and hops for water: Dehydration effects on locomotor performance, thermal limits, and thermoregulatory behavior of a terrestrial toad

(2017) Rodolfo C. O. Anderson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Diurnal? Calling activity patterns reveal nocturnal habits in the aposematic toad Melanophryniscus rubriventris

(2016) L.C. Pereyra et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Bigger Is Not Always Better: Females Prefer Males of Mean Body Size in Philautus odontotarsus

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A meta-analysis of plasma corticosterone and heterophil : lymphocyte ratios - is there conservation of physiological stress responses over time?

(2015) Jeffrey M. Goessling et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The effect of long-term corticosterone treatment on blood cell differentials and function in laboratory and wild-caught amphibian models

(2015) Paul G. Falso et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Effects of Acute Restraint Stress, Prolonged Captivity Stress and Transdermal Corticosterone Application on Immunocompetence and Plasma Levels of Corticosterone on the Cururu Toad (Rhinella icterica)

(2015) Vania Regina de Assis et al.   PLoS One

Male body size and parental relatedness but not nuptial colouration influence paternity success during scramble competition in Rana arvalis

(2014) Anna M. Rausch et al.   BEHAVIOUR

An acute increase in the stress hormone corticosterone is associated with mating behavior in both male and female red-spotted newts, Notophthalmus viridescens

(2014) Aaron M. Reedy et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Functional necrophilia: a profitable anuran reproductive strategy?

(2013) T.J. Izzo et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Short Amplexus Duration in a Territorial Anuran: A Possible Adaptation in Response to Male-Male Competition

(2013) Ming-Feng Chuang et al.   PLoS One

Variable response of anuran calling activity to daily precipitation and temperature: implications for climate change

(2013) Oscar E. Ospina et al.   Ecosphere

Measuring mating competition correctly: available evidence supports operational sex ratio theory

(2012) Karen de Jong et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Variation in mating patterns in the Andrew's toadBufo andrewsialong an elevational gradient in southwestern China

(2012) W.B. Liao et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Behavioral and physiological female responses to male sex ratio bias in a pond-breeding amphibian

(2012) Kristine L Grayson et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Test of a Body Condition Index with Amphibians

(2012) James G. MacCracken et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

The role of body size on the outcome, escalation and duration of contests in the grey treefrog, Hyla versicolor

(2011) M.S. Reichert et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Proximate mechanisms leading to large male-mating advantage in the Andrew's toad, Bufo andrewsi

(2011) Wen Bo Liao et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Comparing three body condition indices in amphibians: a case study of yellow-bellied toad Bombina variegata

(2010) Raluca Ioana Băncilă et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Water balance and locomotor performance in three species of neotropical toads that differ in geographical distribution

(2010) Braz Titon Jr. et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

The paradigm of body condition: a critical reappraisal of current methods based on mass and length

(2010) Jordi Peig et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Sex recognition and mate choice lacking in male Asiatic toads (Bufo gargarizans)

(2010) T. L. Yu et al.   ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Changes in sperm stores, ejaculate size, fertilization success, and sexual motivation over repeated matings in the common toad, Bufo bufo (Anura: Bufonidae)

(2009) ATTILA HETTYEY et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Sexual Selection on Morphology in an Explosive Breeding Amphibian, the Columbia Spotted Frog (Rana luteiventris)

(2009) Allison E. Greene et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

New perspectives for estimating body condition from mass/length data: the scaled mass index as an alternative method

(2009) Jordi Peig et al.   OIKOS

Are leaders good mates? A study of call timing and male quality in a chorus situation

(2008) Christina Richardson et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Relationships among steroid hormone levels, vocal effort and body condition in an explosive-breeding toad

(2008) Christopher J. Leary et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Comparison of Hematological Stress Indicators in Recently Captured and Captive Paedomorphic Mole Salamanders, Ambystoma talpoideum

(2008) Andrew K. Davis et al.   COPEIA

LIFETIME AND INTERGENERATIONAL FITNESS CONSEQUENCES OF HARMFUL MALE INTERACTIONS FOR FEMALE LIZARDS

(2008) J.-F. Le Galliard et al.   ECOLOGY

The use of leukocyte profiles to measure stress in vertebrates: a review for ecologists

(2008) A. K. Davis et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Sex-Related Differences in Hematological Stress Indices of Breeding Paedomorphic Mole Salamanders

(2008) Andrew K. Davis et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Seasonal changes in vertebrate immune activity: mediation by physiological trade-offs

(2007) L. B Martin et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES