Direct development in Atlantic Forest anurans: What can environmental and biotic influences explain about its evolution and occurrence?

ABSTRACT: Different environmental and biological factors can originate and support different alternative life histories in different taxonomic groups. Likewise, these factors are important for the processes that assemble and structure communities. Amphibians, besides being highly susceptible to environmental conditions, have various reproductive strategies, such as the direct development of individuals. Several hypotheses have been raised about possible selective pressures related to the emergence of direct development in anurans, as well as the relationship between environmental characteristics and the occurrence of these species. Such investigations, however, have mainly focused on specific clades and/or regions. Here, we use structural equation modelling to investigate the relationships between d

SUBMITTER: Barbosa Fontana R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10688756 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature