Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
Summer 2021
Abstract
Behavioral plasticity is the ability of an organism to detect cues in their environment and respond by modifying behavior. In the wild, dyeing poison frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) tadpoles are delivered by their dads to pools that vary in predation risk, resource availability, con-and hetero-specific density. Conspecific density is especially important as these tadpoles are aggressive and often cannibalistic. Behavioral plasticity in response to environmental cues may help tadpoles to compete for resources and survival.
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Recommended Citation
Oza, Samta; Surber, Lisa; and Fischer, Eva K., "Behavioral Plasticity in Response to Environmental Cues in Poison Frog Tadpoles" (2021). PRECS student projects. 60.
https://spark.parkland.edu/precs_student/60
Comments
Research was conducted with the cooperation of the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Financial support was provided by the National Science Foundation under grant #NSF REU 1950819/1950786, as part of the Phenotypic Plasticity Research Experience for Community College Students, through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute for Genomic Biology and Parkland College. http://precs.igb.illinois.edu/