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Predation risk and jumping behavior in Pseudopaludicola aff. falcipes tadpoles

dc.contributor.authorTsutae de Sousa, Veronica Thiemi [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorTeresa, Fabricio Barreto [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRossa-Feres, Denise de Cerqueira [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T14:03:44Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T14:03:44Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-01
dc.description.abstractTadpoles of Pseudopaludicola aff. falcipes are capable of jumping out of small temporary puddles where they occur. In this system, odonate naiads are the main predators. Considering the hypothesis that jumping behavior represents an antipredator tactic, we addressed the following predictions: 1) tadpoles will jump more frequently from puddles with predators than from puddles without predators; 2) tadpole mortality will increase if tadpoles are prevented from jumping; 3) it would be more common to find tadpoles in puddles where predators are absent; and 4) predator and prey coexistence would be more probable in large puddles than in small ones. To test predictions 1) and 2), we conducted 2 laboratory experiments. In Experiment 1, we evaluated the jump frequency of tadpoles in 3 treatments ( tadpoles in the presence or absence of a predator, or using an inanimate object as predator presence control). In Experiment 2, we compared tadpole survival in 2 conditions: Tadpoles were allowed or not to jump. To test predictions 3) and 4), we conducted a field study to determine how predators and prey are distributed throughout the habitat. Experiments demonstrated that jumping behavior occurred more frequently when a predator was present and that tadpoles prevented from jumping were more susceptible to predation. The field study indicated that tadpoles and odonate naiads were distributed in a negatively associated, but puddle-size dependent pattern. Our results are congruent with the predictions, therefore, confirming the jumping behavior as an effective antipredator tactic.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista UNESP, Dept Zool & Bot, BR-15054000 Sao Jose do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista UNESP, Dept Zool & Bot, BR-15054000 Sao Jose do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 08/57500-7
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 08/03583-9
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 10/52321-7
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 08/03583-9
dc.format.extent940-946
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arr072
dc.identifier.citationBehavioral Ecology. Cary: Oxford Univ Press Inc, v. 22, n. 5, p. 940-946, 2011.
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/beheco/arr072
dc.identifier.issn1045-2249
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/22410
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000294358400009
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofBehavioral Ecology
dc.relation.ispartofjcr3.347
dc.relation.ispartofsjr1,871
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dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectantipredator behavioren
dc.subjectanuran tadpolesen
dc.subjectodonate naiadsen
dc.subjectspatial distributionen
dc.titlePredation risk and jumping behavior in Pseudopaludicola aff. falcipes tadpolesen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.oxfordjournals.org/access_purchase/self-archiving_policyb.html
dcterms.rightsHolderOxford Univ Press Inc
dspace.entity.typePublication
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, São José do Rio Pretopt
unesp.departmentZoologia e Botânica - IBILCEpt

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