Spatial patterns of the frog Oophaga pumilio in a plantation system are consistent with conspecific attraction.

ABSTRACT: The conspecific attraction hypothesis predicts that individuals are attracted to conspecifics because conspecifics may be cues to quality habitat and/or colonists may benefit from living in aggregations. Poison frogs (Dendrobatidae) are aposematic, territorial, and visually oriented-three characteristics which make dendrobatids an appropriate model to test for conspecific attraction. In this study, we tested this hypothesis using an extensive mark-recapture dataset of the strawberry poison frog (Oophaga pumilio) from La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Data were collected from replicate populations in a relatively homogenous Theobroma cacao plantation, which provided a unique opportunity to test how conspecifics influence the spatial ecology of migrants in a controlled h

SUBMITTER: Folt B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5838034 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature