... adaptation. We discuss challenges in implementing and interpreting the model, and we outline potential solutions. We demonstrate use of the model through studying the evolution of thermal physiology in treefrogs. Frogs of the family Hylidae have twice colonized the temperate zone from the tropics...

... during feeding. We used high-speed digital imaging (500 Hz) to observe tadpoles of six species from the anuran family Hylidae grazing on a standardized food-covered substrate. Tadpoles of these species vary in the number of labial tooth rows, belong to two different feeding guilds (benthic and nektonic...

... Limited 2005 2005 evaporative water loss gland Hylidae integument lipid tree frog wiping behavior Amphibian exploitation of terrestrial environments depends on morphological, physiological and behavioral adaptations to reduce evaporative water loss (EWL). Although a limited fraction...

... muscles than warm-adapted frogs because of reduced mitochondrial function at low temperatures. The species of interest were the cold-temperate Pseudacris crucifer and the warm-tropical Hyla microcephala in the family Hylidae, and the cold-temperate Rana sylvatica and the warm-temperate Rana clamitans...

... in the thermal dependence of muscle contraction and locomotion in this species may help to explain differences in breeding phenologies between northern and southern populations. 18 10 1988 © 1989 by Company of Biologists 1989 amphibian locomotion muscle temperature-dependence hylidae...