Does background colouration affect the behaviour of tadpoles? An experimental approach with an odonate predator

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dc.contributor.authorNomura, F.
dc.contributor.authorDe Marco, P.
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, A. F A [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRossa-Feres, D. C. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
dc.contributor.institutionInstituto Neotropical: Pesquisa e Conservação
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:28:46Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:28:46Z
dc.date.issued2013-04-01
dc.description.abstractPredation is a primary driver of tadpole assemblages, and the activity rate is a good predictor of the tadpoles' tolerance for predation risk. The conflicting demands between activity and exposure to predation can generate suboptimal behaviours. Because morphological components, such as body colouration, may affect the activity of tadpoles, we predict that environmental features that enhance or match the tadpole colouration should affect their survival or activity rate in the presence of a predator. We tested this prediction experimentally by assessing the mortality rate of tadpoles of Rhinella schneideri and Eupemphix nattereri and the active time on two artificial background types: one bright-coloured and one black-coloured. We found no difference in tadpole mortality due to the background type. However, R. schneideri tadpoles were more active than E. nattereri tadpoles, and the activity of R. schneideri was reduced less in the presence of the predator than that of E. nattereri. Although the background colouration did not affect the tadpole mortality rate, it was a stimulus that elicited behavioural responses in the tadpoles, leading them to adjust their activity rate to the type of background colour. © 2013 Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Ecologia ICB Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), CP 131, CEP 74001-970, Goiânia, Goiás
dc.description.affiliationInstituto Neotropical: Pesquisa e Conservação, Caixa Postal 19009, 81531-980, Curitiba, PR
dc.description.affiliationPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia Aplicada IB Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Av. 24-A 1.515, Rio-Claro, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Zoologia e Botânica IBILCE Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rua Cristóvão Colombo 2265, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia Aplicada IB Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Av. 24-A 1.515, Rio-Claro, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Zoologia e Botânica IBILCE Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rua Cristóvão Colombo 2265, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo
dc.format.extent185-198
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2012.742465
dc.identifier.citationEthology Ecology and Evolution, v. 25, n. 2, p. 185-198, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03949370.2012.742465
dc.identifier.issn0394-9370
dc.identifier.issn1828-7131
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84876500869
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/74954
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000317742200007
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEthology Ecology and Evolution
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.270
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,648
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectEupemphix nattereri
dc.subjecthabitat heterogeneity
dc.subjectPantala flavescens
dc.subjectpattern of activity
dc.subjectpredation
dc.subjectRhinella schneideri
dc.subjectactivity pattern
dc.subjectbackground level
dc.subjectbehavioral ecology
dc.subjectbehavioral response
dc.subjectcolor
dc.subjectdragonfly
dc.subjectexperimental study
dc.subjectfrog
dc.subjecthypothesis testing
dc.subjectlarva
dc.subjectmorphology
dc.subjectmortality
dc.subjectpredation risk
dc.subjectpredator
dc.subjectsurvival
dc.subjecttoad
dc.subjecttolerance
dc.titleDoes background colouration affect the behaviour of tadpoles? An experimental approach with an odonate predatoren
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/permissions/reusingOwnWork.asp
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-5845-6041[1]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-3628-6405[2]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claropt
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas, São José do Rio Pretopt

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