supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30970435,31270443);the Zhejiang Provincial National Science Foundation of China(C030403);the Open Research Fund program of Laboratory of Lishui University(2014-26-10);the Scientific Research Foundation of Ph.D.in Lishui University(QD1301)
Though light conditions are known to affect the development and anti-predation strategies of several aquatic species, relatively little is known about how different species react to light, or how light can affect thes...
supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30970435,31270443);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang, China (LY13C030004)
Kinship and density are believed to affect important ecological processes such as intraspecific competition, predation, growth, development, cannibalism, habitat selection and mate choice, In this work, we used Chines...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31270443,30970435);Technology Plan Project of Lishui(20110426);the College Students Technology Innovation Project in Zhejiang Province(2011R429008)
While developmental plasticity can facilitate evolutionary diversification of organisms, the effects of water levels as an environmental pressure on tiger frogs remains unclear. This study clarifies the relationship b...
supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30770310,30970435);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang,China(Y307453)
Advertisement calls play an important role in influencing female mate choice and are regarded as one of the key characters responsible for reproductive isolation and speciation events in frogs and toads. The black-spi...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(30770310,30970435);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Y307453)
We recorded and described the calls and acoustic characteristics of the male tiger frog,Hoplobatrachus rugulosus,in an artificial pond during mating season.Spectral and temporal call parameters,along with call intensi...