Ringler, Eva; Rojas, Bibiana; Stynoski, Jennifer L; Schulte, Lisa M (2023). What Amphibians Can Teach Us About the Evolution of Parental Care. Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics, 54, pp. 43-62. Annual Reviews Inc. 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102221-050519
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Parenting is considered a key evolutionary innovation that contributed to the diversification and expansion of vertebrates. However, we know little about how such diversity evolved. Amphibians are an ideal group in which to identify the ecological factors that have facilitated or constrained the evolution of different forms of parental care. Among, but also within, the three amphibian orders-Anura, Caudata, and Gymnophiona-there is a high level of variation in habitat use, fertilization mode, mating systems, and parental sex roles. Recent work using broad phylogenetic, experimental, and physiological approaches has helped to uncover the factors that have selected for the evolution of care and transitions between different forms of parenting. Here, we highlight the exceptional diversity of amphibian parental care, emphasize the unique opportunities this group offers for addressing key questions about the evolution of parenting, and give insights into promising novel directions of research.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) > Behavioural Ecology 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Ringler, Eva |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology) |
ISSN: |
1543-592X |
Publisher: |
Annual Reviews Inc. |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
11 Jul 2024 16:37 |
Last Modified: |
12 Jul 2024 00:55 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102221-050519 |
PubMed ID: |
38989250 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
fertilization mode nutrition parental sex roles protection terrestriality transport |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/198918 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/198918 |
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