They tapped more than twice as quickly on leaves as they did on soil, glass or a type of gel.The researchers think this behaviour could be the frogs' way of getting the flies moving, making them easier to spot and therefore easier to catch. “Frogs can only really forage when prey(...
Describe poison dart frog behaviour in regards to poisonous skin. What color of light is absorbed by carotenes? How can Cane toads harm a human? What hazards are associated with the preservative chemicals in a dissected frog according to the WHMIS symbol?
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The social and reproductive behaviour of the dart-poison frog, Epipedobates femoralis, was studied in Amazonian Peru for 14 months. Males defended territories with advertisement calls and, ultimately, fighting. Territory size ranged from 0.25 to 26 m2 and was positively correlated with duration of ...
Mesopredator release among invasive predators: Controlling red foxes can increase feral cat density and alter their behaviour 1. The mesopredator release theory predicts that the density of subordinate predators will increase as dominant predators decline. Persistent debate around... MW Rees,JH Pascoe,...
The consumption of conspecific young by adult individuals is a common phenomenon across various animal taxa. Possible adaptive benefits of such behaviour include the acquisition of nutrients, decreased competition for one’s own offspring, and/or increas
1994: Prior Residence Effect in the Dart-Poison Frog, Dendrobates Pumilio Behaviour 131(3): 207-224 Richards-Zawacki, C.L.; Cummings, M.E. 2011: Intraspecific reproductive character displacement in a polymorphic poison dart frog, Dendrobates pumilio Evolution; International Journal of Organic ...
Behaviour 152:1637–1657 Google Scholar Row JR, Knick ST, Oyler-McCance SJ, Lougheed SC, Fedy BC (2017) Developing approaches for linear mixed modeling in landscape genetics through landscape-directed dispersal simulations. Ecol Evol 7:3751–3761 PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Rudh A,...
Sexual selection and intra–female competition in the green poison-dart frog, Dendrobates auratus. Animal Behaviour Observations on the mating and parental behaviour of the green poison-dart frog were used to test two hypotheses for the function of female-female competition in this species. The ...
Complex brood care and reproductive behaviour in captive poison-arrow frogs, Dendrobates pumilio O. Schmidt Brood care in Dendrobates pumilio not only involves egg attendance and tadpole transport, but also tadpole attendance and feeding. Each tadpole is carried by the attending female to a water-fil...