Relying on known or exploring for new? Movement patterns and reproductive resource use in a tadpole-transporting frog.

ABSTRACT: Animals relying on uncertain, ephemeral and patchy resources have to regularly update their information about profitable sites. For many tropical amphibians, widespread, scattered breeding pools constitute such fluctuating resources. Among tropical amphibians, poison frogs (Dendrobatidae) exhibit some of the most complex spatial and parental behaviors-including territoriality and tadpole transport from terrestrial clutches to ephemeral aquatic deposition sites. Recent studies have revealed that poison frogs rely on spatial memory to successfully navigate through their environment. This raises the question of when and how these frogs gain information about the area and suitable reproductive resources. To investigate the spatial patterns of pool use and to reveal potential explorative behavi

SUBMITTER: Beck KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5580388 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature