Publications - Common frog (Rana temporaria, Linnaeus 1758)
2011,2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
In press
Patrelle C., M.B. Hjernquist, A. Laurila, F. Söderman & J. Merilä.
Sex differences in age structure, growth rate and body size of common frogs Rana temporaria in the subarctic.
Polar Biology. doi:10.1007/s00300-012-1190-7 Blog
Patrelle C., C. Miaud, N. Cristina, P. Kullberg & J. Merilä.
Chytrid fungus screening in a population of common frogs from Northern Finland.
Herpetological Review, in press.
2012
Matsuba C.
Geographic variations of melanocortine 1 receptor gene (MC1R) in the common frog (Rana temporaria) in Northern Europe.
Amphibia-Reptilia 33: 105-111.
2011
Alho J. S., G. Herczeg, A. Laugen, K. Räsänen, A. Laurila & J. Merilä.
Allen’s rule revisited: quantitative genetics of extremity length in the common frog along a latitudinal gradient.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 59-70. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02141.x
Cano J.M., M.-H. Li, A. Laurila, J. Vilkki & J. Merilä.
First-generation linkage map for the common frog Rana temporaria reveals sex linkage group.
Heredity 107: 530-536. doi:10.1038/hdy.2011.39 Blog
Sørensen J.G., V. Loeschcke, J. Merilä & A. Laurila.
Effects of predator exposure on Hsp70 expression and survival in Rana temporaria tadpoles.
Canadian Journal of Zoology 89: 1249-1255. doi:10.1139/Z11-105
2010
Alho J., C. Matsuba & J. Merilä.
Sex reversal and primary sex ratios in the common frog (Rana temporaria).
Molecular Ecology 19: 1763-1773. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04607.x News & Views Blog
Alho J.S., K. Välimäki & J. Merilä.
Rhh: An R extension for estimating multilocus heterozygosity and heterozygosity-heterozygosity correlation.
Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 720-722. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02830.x
Alho J. S., G. Herczeg, F. Söderman, A. Laurila, K. I. Jönsson & J. Merilä.
Increasing melanism along a latitudinal gradient in a widespread amphibian: local adaptation, ontogenic or environmental plasticity?
BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:317. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-317
Gonda A., N. Trokovic, G. Herczeg, A. Laurila & J. Merilä.
Predation- and competition-mediated brain plasticity in Rana temporaria tadpoles.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 2300-2308. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02066.x
Herczeg G., C. Matsuba & J. Merilä.
Sequence variation in the melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MC1R) does not explain variation in the degree of melanism in a widespread amphibian.
Annales Zoologici Fennici 47: 37-45. Abstract
Kuparinen A., A. T. Laugen, A. Laurila & J. Merilä.
Developmental threshold model challenged by temperature?
Evolutionary Ecology Research 12: 821-829. link
Matsuba C., J. Alho & J. Merilä.
Recombination rate between sex chromosomes depends on phenotypic sex in the common frog.
Evolution 64: 3634-3637. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01076.x
2009
Jönsson I., G. Herczeg, R. O'Hara, F. Söderman, A. ter Schure, P. Larsson & J. Merilä.
Sexual patterns of prebreeding energy reserves in the common frog Rana temporaria along a latitudinal gradient.
Ecography 32: 831-839. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05352.x Blog
Matsuba C. & J. Merilä.
Isolation and characterization of 145 polymorphic microsatellite
loci for the common frog (Rana temporaria).
Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 555–562. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02368.x Blog
Sørensen J.G., M. Pekkonen, B. Lindgren, V. Loeschcke, A. Laurila & J. Merilä.
Complex patterns of geographic variation in heat tolerance and Hsp70 expression levels in the common frog Rana temporaria.
Journal of Thermal Biology 34: 49-54. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.10.004.
2008
Alho J.S., G. Herczeg & J. Merilä.
Female biased sex-ratios in subarctic common frogs.
Journal of Zoology 275: 57-63. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00409.x
Matsuba C., I. Maura & J. Merilä.
Disentangling genetic vs. environmental causes of sex determination in the common frog, Rana temporaria.
BMC Genetics 3:8. doi:10.1186/1471-2156-9-3
Schmeller D., J.U. Palo & J. Merilä.
A contact zone between two distinct Rana temporaria lineages in Northern Germany.
Alytes 25 (3/4): 93-98. pdf
2007
Johansson, M., Primmer, C.R., J. Merilä.
Does habitat fragmentation reduce fitness and adaptability? A case study of the common frog (Rana temporaria).
Molecular Ecology 16: 2693-2700. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03357.x Faculty of 1000
Lesbarrères D., Schmeller D.S., Primmer C.R., Merilä J .
Genetic variability predicts common frog (Rana temporaria) size at metamorphosis in the wild.
Heredity 99: 41-46. doi: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800961
Matsuba C., Palo J.U., Kuzmin S.L., Merilä J.
Evidence for multiple retroposition events and gene evolution in the ADP/ATP Translocase gene family in ranid frogs.
Journal of Heredity 98: 300-310.doi: 10.1093/jhered/esm038
Piha H., Luoto M., Merilä J .
Amphibian occurrence is influenced by current and historic landscape characteristics. Ecological Applications 17: 2298-2309. doi: 10.1890/06-1509.1
Piha H., Luoto M., Piha M., Merilä J .
Anuran abundance and persistence in agricultural landscapes during a climatic extreme. Global Change Biology 13: 300-311. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01276.x
Schmeller, D.S., J. Merilä.
Demographic and genetic estimates of effective population size in an amphibian Rana temporaria.
Conservation Biology 21: 142-151. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00554.x
2006
Johansson M., Piha H., Kylin H., Merilä J .
Toxicity of six pesticides to common frog Rana temporaria tadpoles.
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25: 3164-3170. doi: 10.1897/05-685R1.1
Johansson M., Primmer C.R., Merilä J.
History vs. current demography: explaining the genetic population structure of the common frog (Rana temporaria).
Molecular Ecology 15 (4): 975-983. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02866.x
Matsuba C., Merilä J .
Genome size variation in the common frog Rana temporaria.
Hereditas 143: 157-160. doi: 10.1111/j.2006.0018-0661.01919.x
Piha H., Pekkonen M., Merilä J .
Morphological abnormalities in amphibians in agricultural habitats: a case study of the Common frog Rana temporaria.
Copeia December 2006: 810-8170 link pdf
2005
Hettyey A., Laurila A., Herczeg G., Jönsson K. I., Kovács T., Merilä J.
Does testis weight decline towards the Subarctic? A case study on the common frog, Rana temporaria.
Naturwissenschaft 92:188-192. doi: 10.1007/s00114-005-0607-3
Johansson, M., C.R. Primmer, J. Sahlsten & J. Merilä
The influence of landscape structure on occurrence, abundance and genetic diversity of the common frog, Rana temporaria.
Global Change Biology 11:1664-1679. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.1005.x
Laugen, A.T., I. Jönsson, A. Laurila, F. Söderman & J. Merilä
Do common frogs (Rana temporaria) follow Bermann’s rule?
Evolutionary Ecology Research 7: 717-731. link
Laugen A.T., L.E.B. Kruuk , A. Laurila,K. Räsänen, J. Stone,J. Merilä
Quantitative genetics of larval life-history traits in Rana temporaria in different environmental conditions.
Genetical Research 86: 161-170. doi: 10.1017/S0016672305007810
Lesbarrères D., Primmer C.R., Laurila A., Merilä, J.
Environmental and population dependency of genetic variability-fitness correlations in Rana temporaria.
Molecular Ecology 14: 311-323. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02394.x
Teplitsky, C., H. Piha, A. Laurila & J. Merilä
Common pesticide increases costs of antipredator defenses in Rana temporaria tadpoles.
Environmental Science & Technology 39:6079-6085. doi: 10.1021/es050127u
2004
Cano, J.M., A. Laurila, J.U. Palo & J. Merilä
Population differentiation in G matrix structure in response to natural selection in Rana temporaria.
Evolution 58:2013-2020. doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00486.x
Laurila, A., M. Järvi-Laturi, S. Pakkasmaa & J. Merilä
Temporal variation in predation risk: time lags, graded responses and fitness costs in tadpole antipredator defences.
Oikos 107:90-99. doi: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13126.x
Lesbarrères, D., T. Lodé & J. Merilä.
What type of amphibian tunnel could reduce road kills?
Oryx 38: 220-223. doi: 10.1017/S0030605304000389
Lodé, T., M-J. Holveck, D. Lesbarrères & A. Pagano
Sex-biased predation by polecat influences frog polyandrous mating.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (Suppl.), Biological Letters 271:S399-S401. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0195
Merilä, J., A. Laurila, A.T. Laugen & K. Räsänen.
Heads or tails? Variation in tadpole body proportions in response to temperature and food stress.
Evolutionary Ecology Research 6(5): 721-738. pdf
Merilä, J., A. Laurila & B. Lindgren
Variation in the degree of adaptative phenotypic plasticity among common frog Rana temporaria populations.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17:1132-1140. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00744.x
Palo, J.U., D. Lesbarrères, D.S. Schmeller, C.R. Primmer & J. Merilä
Microsatellite marker data suggest sex-biased dispersal in the common frog Rana temporaria.
Molecular Ecology 13:2865-2869. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02286.x
Palo, J.U., D.S. Schmeller, A. Laurila, C.R. Primmer, S.L. Kuzmin & J. Merilä
High degree of population subdivision in a wide-spread amphibian.
Molecular Ecology 13:2631-2644. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02269.x
2003
Laugen, A.T., A, Laurila & J. Merilä
Latitudinal and temperature-dependent variation in embryonic development and growth in Rana temporaria.
Oecologia 135: 548-554. doi: 10.1007/s00442-003-1229-0
Laugen, A.T., A, Laurila & J. Merilä
Latitudinal countergradient variation in the common frog (Rana temporaria) developmental rates - evidence for local adaptation.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 996-1005. doi: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00560.x
Lesbarrères, D.
Déplacements et mouvements migratoires des Anoures: le problème de l’utilisation des "Crapauducs" in L’Ethologie appliquée aujourd’hui (C. baudoin Ed.), pp. 49-54 Levallois, Paris.
In L’Ethologie appliquée aujourd’hui (C Baudoin ed.).
Pahkala, M., A. Laurila & J. Merilä
Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on behaviour of three species of amphibian larvae.
Chemospere 51: 197-204. doi: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00813-5
Pahkala, M., J. Merilä, I. Ots & A. Laurila
Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on metamorphic traits in the common frog Rana temporaria.
Journal of Zoology 259: 57-62. doi: 10.1017/S0952836902002984
Pakkasmaa, S. and S. Aikio
Relatedness and competitive asymmetry - the growth and development of common frog tadpoles.
Oikos 100: 55-64. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.11815.x
Pakkasmaa S., J. Merilä & R. O'Hara
Genetic and maternal effect influences on viability of common frog tadpoles under different environmental conditions.
Heredity 91: 117-124. doi: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800289
Palo, J.U. & J. Merilä
A simple RFLP method for identification of ranid frogs.
Conservation Genetics 4: 801-803. doi: 10.1023/B:COGE.0000006117.43571.6e
Palo, J., R. O'Hara, A.T. Laugen, A. Laurila, C.P. Primmer & J. Merilä
Latitudinal divergence of common frog (Rana temporaria) life history traits by natural selection: evidence from a comparison of molecular and quantitative genetic data.
Molecular ecology 12: 1963-1978. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01865.x
Räsänen, K., M. Pahkala, A. Laurila & J. Merilä
Does jelly envelope protect Rana temporaria eggs from ultraviolet-B radiation?
Herpetologica 59: 293-300. link pdf
2002
Laugen, T.A., A. Laurila & J. Merilä
Maternal and genetic contributions to geographical variation in Rana temporaria larval life histories.
Biological Journal of Linnean Society 76: 61-70. pdf
Laurila, A., S. Karttunen & J. Merilä
Adaptive phenotypic plasticity and genetics of larval life histories in two Rana temporaria populations.
Evolution 56: 617-627. doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01371.x
Laurila, A., Pakkasmaa, S., Crochet, P.-A. & J. Merilä
Predator-induced plasticity of early life history and morphology in anuran amphibians: variation between species and populations.
Oecologia 132: 524-530. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-0984-7
Pahkala M., A. Laurila, J. Merilä
Effects of ultraviolet radiation on common frog Rana temporaria embryos along a latitudinal gradient.
Oecologia 133: 458-465. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1058-6
Pahkala, M., K. Räsänen, A. Laurila, U. Johanson, L.-O. Björn & J. Merilä
Lethal and sublethal effects of UV-B/pH synergism on common frog embryos.
Conservation Biology 16: 1063-1073. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00527.x
Primmer, C. & J Merilä
A low rate of cross-species microsatellite amplification success in Ranid frogs.
Conservation Genetics 3:445-449. doi: 10.1023/A:1020519218836
Räsänen, K., A. Laurila & J. Merilä
Carry-over effects of embryonic acid conditions on development and growth of Rana temporaria tadpoles .
Freshwater Biology 47:19-30.doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00777.x
ter Schure, A.F.H., P. Larsson, J. Merilä & I. Jönsson
Latitudinal fractionation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in frogs (Rana temporaria).
Environmental Science & Technology 36:5057-5061. doi: 10.1021/es0258632
2001
Johansson, M., K. Räsänen & J. Merilä
Comparison of nitrate tolerance in different populations of the common frog, Rana temporaria.
Aquatic Toxicology 54: 1-14. doi: 10.1016/S0166-445X(00)00182-X
Laurila, A., P.A. Crochét & J. Merilä
Predator induced changes in hatchling common frogs Rana temporaria
Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 926-930. doi: 10.1139/cjz-79-5-926
Laurila, A., S. Pakkasmaa & J. Merilä
Influence of seasonal time constraints on growth and development of common frog tadpoles - a photoperiod experiment
Oikos 95: 451-460. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950310.x
Pahkala, M., A. Laurila & J. Merilä
Carry-over effects of embryonic ultraviolet-B radiation exposure on larval fitness in the Common frog, Rana temporaria.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268: 1699-1706. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1725. link
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