Taxis bold as love: the influence of aggressive calls on acoustic attraction of female gray treefrogs, Hyla versicolor

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua J. Schwartz ◽  
Alena Al-Bochi Mazie
Herpetologica ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrett R. Johnson ◽  
Rachel D. Mahan ◽  
Raymond D. Semlitsch

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Gerlinde Höbel ◽  
Robb Kolodziej ◽  
Dustin Nelson ◽  
Christopher White

Abstract Information on how organisms allocate resources to reproduction is critical for understanding population dynamics. We collected clutch size (fecundity) and egg size data of female Eastern Gray Treefrogs, Hyla versicolor, and examined whether observed patterns of resource allocation are best explained by expectations arising from life history theory or by expected survival and growth benefits of breeding earlier. Female Hyla versicolor showed high between-individual variation in clutch and egg size. We did not observe maternal allocation trade-offs (size vs number; growth vs reproduction) predicted from life history theory, which we attribute to the large between-female variation in resource availability, and the low survival and post-maturity growth rate observed in the study population. Rather, clutches are larger at the beginning of the breeding season, and this variation in reproductive investment aligns with seasonal variation in ecological factors affecting offspring growth and survival.


2002 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Schwartz ◽  
Bryant Buchanan ◽  
Gerhardt H.

2003 ◽  
Vol 145 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 63-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Endepols ◽  
Albert S Feng ◽  
H.Carl Gerhardt ◽  
Johannes Schul ◽  
Wolfgang Walkowiak

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