Rise in temperature causes decreased fitness and higher extinction risks in endemic frogs at high altitude forested wetlands in northern Pakistan

Saeed, Muhammad; Rais, Muhammad; Gray, Russell D.; Ahmed, Waseem; Akram, Ayesha; Gill, Sumbul; Fareed, Ghulam

doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102809

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“…Depending on the sample size, the variables used, the type of study, and the objective, different approaches to amphibians' development data analysis are found in the literature. To analyse the interdependence between growth expressed as Gosner stage and the time and temperature that were different in (Hazara Torrent Frog (Allopaa hazarensis) and Murree Hills Frog (Nanorana vicina) amphibians' species, Pearson's correlation coe cient or Spearman's rank correlation coe cient was performed (Saeed et al, 2021). Katzmann et al (2003) use the slopes of regression lines to assess the relationship between time (covariate) and larval developmental stage and the body length for Bufo bufo and Bufo viridis control and mixed groups.…”

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Mixed Modeling of the Effect of Pharmaceutical Pollution on the Metamorphosis of Amphibians from Incomplete Trajectory Data

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“…Studying development over time is very common in amphibians' research. Changes in activity, body size, body weight, and developmental stage caused by speci c environmental conditions (Brunelli et al, 2009;Katzmann et al, 2003;Ren et al, 2021;Saeed et al, 2021) are the most common traits to be evaluated.…”

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“…We successfully applied this method to study if elevated temperatures had any effect on breeding, growth development and fitness of Hazara Torrent Frog ( Allopaa hazarensis ) and Murree Hills Frog ( Nanorana vicina ) (Saeed et al., 2021) [1] . We performed trials for the selection of temperature gradient.…”

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“…Frog (Nanorana vicina) (Saeed et al, 2021), but elevation shifts have also been found in mammals living in the United Kingdom (Hickling et al, 2006), as well as many species of birds in the Italian alps (Popy et al, 2010). Overall, sensitivities to UVR of vertebrate taxa do appear to be linked to latitude and may reflect intrinsic limits in UVR defence or repair capacities.…”

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Sublethal consequences of ultraviolet radiation exposure on vertebrates: Synthesis through meta‐analysis

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Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) from the sun is a natural daytime stressor for vertebrates in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. UVR effects on the physiology of vertebrates manifest at the cellular level, but have bottom‐up effects at the tissue level and on whole‐animal performance and behaviours. Climate change and habitat loss (i.e. loss of shelter from UVR) could interact with and exacerbate the genotoxic and cytotoxic impacts of UVR on vertebrates. Therefore, it is important to understand the range and magnitude of effects that UVR can have on a diversity of physiological metrics, and how these may be shaped by taxa, life stage or geographical range in the major vertebrate groups. Using a meta‐analytical approach, we used 895 observations from 47 different vertebrate species (fish, amphibian, reptile and bird), and 51 physiological metrics (i.e. cellular, tissue and whole‐animal metrics), across 73 independent studies, to elucidate the general patterns of UVR effects on vertebrate physiology. We found that while UVR's impacts on vertebrates are generally negative, fish and amphibians were the most susceptible taxa, adult and larvae were the most susceptible life stages, and animals inhabiting temperate and tropical latitudes were the most susceptible to UVR stress. This information is critical to further our understanding of the adaptive capacity of vulnerable taxon to UVR stress, and the wide‐spread sublethal physiological effects of UVR on vertebrates, such as DNA damage and cellular stress, which may translate up to impaired growth and locomotor performance. These impairments to individual fitness highlighted by our study may potentially cause disruptions at the ecosystem scale, especially if the effects of this pervasive diurnal stressor are exacerbated by climate change and reduced refuge due to habitat loss and degradation. Therefore, conservation of habitats that provide refuge to UVR stress will be critical to mitigate stress from this pervasive daytime stressor.

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Rise in temperature causes decreased fitness and higher extinction risks in endemic frogs at high altitude forested wetlands in northern Pakistan

Cited by 14 publications

References 36 publications

Mixed Modeling of the Effect of Pharmaceutical Pollution on the Metamorphosis of Amphibians from Incomplete Trajectory Data

Mixed Modeling of the Effect of Pharmaceutical Pollution on the Metamorphosis of Amphibians from Incomplete Trajectory Data

Lab protocol for investigating impacts of climate change on frogs

Sublethal consequences of ultraviolet radiation exposure on vertebrates: Synthesis through meta‐analysis

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