Frank Beach Award Winner: Lessons from poison frogs on ecological drivers of behavioral diversification
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DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104869
Abstract: Variation in natural behavior is tightly linked to the ecological resources with which they co-evolved. This review discusses poison frog behavior and neuroendocrinology to illustrate how ecological factors drive diversification of behavior and its underlying… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; diversification; frank beach; poison frog ... See more keywords
Multivariate species boundaries and conservation of harlequin poison frogs
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.14803
Abstract: In this study, we present an iterative method for delimiting species under the general lineage concept (GLC) based on the multivariate clustering of morphological, ecological and genetic data. Our rationale is that distinct multivariate groups… read more here.
Keywords: multivariate species; species boundaries; boundaries conservation; poison frogs ... See more keywords
Rapid toxin sequestration modifies poison frog physiology
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DOI: 10.1242/jeb.230342
Abstract: ABSTRACT Poison frogs sequester chemical defenses from their diet of leaf litter arthropods for defense against predation. Little is known about the physiological adaptations that confer this unusual bioaccumulation ability. We conducted an alkaloid-feeding experiment… read more here.
Keywords: frog physiology; abundance; physiology; poison frog ... See more keywords
Skin transcriptional profiles in Oophaga poison frogs
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DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2019-0401
Abstract: Abstract Aposematic organisms advertise their defensive toxins to predators using a variety of warning signals, including bright coloration. While most Neotropical poison frogs (Dendrobatidae) rely on crypsis to avoid predators, Oophaga poison frogs from South… read more here.
Keywords: transcriptional profiles; oophaga poison; skin transcriptional; poison frogs ... See more keywords