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The Illinois chorus frog (Pseudacris streckeri illinoensis) is a state-threatened species that spends the majority of its life underground. Because of their cryptic life-history, very little is known about the feeding behavior of this frog. In an attempt to rectify this lack of …

Identifying population declines and mitigating biodiversity loss require reliable monitoring techniques, but complex life histories and cryptic characteristics of anuran species render conventional monitoring challenging and ineffective. Environmental DNA (eDNA) detection is a h…

Larval anurans may constitute the primary biomass of animals in geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs), but few studies have attempted to identify factors that influence larval body stoichiometry or their role in nutrient storage within GIWs. I measured body stoichiometry acros…