ArticleEvolutionary ecology2019
How far do tadpoles travel in the rainforest? Parent-assisted dispersal in poison frogs.
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- Neural correlates of spatial orientation in a territorial frog Allobates femoralis.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Article
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- Odor cues rather than personality affect tadpole deposition in a neotropical poison frog.Current zoology · 2024Article
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- Behavioural consistency across metamorphosis in a neotropical poison frog.Evolutionary ecology · 2023Article
- Contrasting parental roles shape sex differences in poison frog space use but not navigational performance.eLife · 2022Article
- Assisted dispersal and reproductive success in an ant species with matchmaking.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Large, old trees define the vertical, horizontal, and seasonal distributions of a poison frog.Oecologia · 2022Article
- Tadpole-transporting frogs use stagnant water odor to find pools in the rainforest.The Journal of experimental biology · 2021Article
- Aposematism facilitates the diversification of parental care strategies in poison frogs.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Pool choice in a vertical landscape: Tadpole-rearing site flexibility in phytotelm-breeding frogs.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Developments in Amphibian Parental Care Research: History, Present Advances, and Future Perspectives.Herpetological monograph · 2020Article
- Visible implant elastomer (VIE) success in early larval stages of a tropical amphibian species.PeerJ · 2020Article
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Abstract
Parents can influence offspring dispersal through breeding site selection, competition, or by directly moving their offspring during parental care. Many animals move their young, but the potential role of this behavior in dispersal has rarely been investigated. Neotropical poison frogs (Dendrobatidae) are well known for shuttling their tadpoles from land to water, but the associated movements have rarely been quantified and the potential function of tadpole transport in dispersal has not been addressed. We used miniature radio-transmitters to track the movements of two poison frog species during tadpole transport, and surveyed pool availability in the study area. We found that parental males move farther than expected by the distance to the nearest pool and spread their offspring across multiple pools. We argue that these movement patterns cannot be fully explained by pool quality and availability, and suggest that adaptive benefits related to offspring dispersal also shape the spatial behavior of parental frogs.
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