#reproductiveecology #urbaneffects

Despite increased parental effort in urban habitats:

📉 Hatching success declined
📉 Fledging success declined

🐦‍⬛🪹Urban nests also experienced higher predation and abandonment rates

➡️ Increased effort does not offset environmental constraints

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📈 These findings suggest that some frogs may counteract high mortality by ramping up reproduction, potentially boosting population resilience in the face of disease.

 #australianwildlife #reproductiveecology #populationresilience #rha #rephealthoz #wildlifemanagement

6/8  Our study indicates shared mechanisms of immune modulation during pregnancy between bonobos and humans that seems to be robust to differences in environmental conditions. #ReproductiveEcology