Embryonic background risk promotes the survival of tadpoles facing surface predators.

Exposure to intense predation risk can induce morphological and behavioural phenotypes that prepare prey, often at young ages, for surviving attacks from unknown predators. However, previous studies revealed that this survival advantage depended on the predator species. Here, we used alarm cues from...

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Main Authors: Adam L Crane, Douglas P Chivers, Maud C O Ferrari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5862455?pdf=render