The influence of predator threat on the timing of a life-history switch point: Predator-induced hatching in the southern leopard frog (Rana sphenocephala)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1608-1613

  Johnson, James B ^a   Saenz, Daniel ^b   Adams, Cory K ^a   Conner, Richard N ^b  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE;

HATCHING; PREDATORS;

BIODIVERSITY;

FROG; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY; PREDATION RISK;

AMPHIBIA; ANAX; ANAX JUNIUS; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; CYBISTER; FELIDAE; NAJAS; PANTHERA PARDUS; PROCAMBARUS; PROCAMBARUS NIGROCINCTUS; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0346750626     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-148     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Belden, L.K., Wildy, E.L., Hatch, A.C., and Blaustein, A.R. 2000. Juvenile western toads, Bufo boreas, avoid chemical cues of snakes fed juvenile, but not larval, conspecifics. Anim. Behav. 59: 871-875.
2. Brockelman, W.Y. 1969. An analysis of density effects and predation in Bufo americanus tadpoles. Ecology, 50: 632-644.
3. Brown, R.M., and Taylor, D.H. 1995. Compensatory escape mode trade-offs between swimming performance and maneuvering behavior through larval ontogeny of the wood frog, Rana sylvatica. Copeia, 1995: 1-7.
4. Chivers, D.P., Kiesecker, J.M., Marco, A., DeVito, J., Anderson, M.T., and Blaustein, A.R. 2001. Predator-induced life history changes in amphibians: egg predation induces hatching. Oikos, 92: 135-142.
5. DeWitt, T.J., Sih, A., and Wilson, D.S. 1998. The cost and limits of phenotypic plasticity. Trends Ecol. Evol. 13: 77-81.
6. DeWitt, T.J., Sih, A., Wilson, D.S., and Hucko, J.A. 1999. Trait compensation and cospecialization in a freshwater snail: size, shape, and antipredator behaviour. Anim. Behav. 58: 397-407.
7. Figiel, C.R., Jr., and Semlitsch, R.D. 1991. Effects of nonlethal injury and habitat complexity on predation in tadpole populations. Can. J. Zool. 69: 830-834.
8. Folsom, T.C., and Collins, N.C. 1984. The diet and foraging behavior of the larval dragonfly Anax junius (Aeshnidae), with an assessment of the role of refuges and prey activity. Oikos, 42: 105-113.
9. Getty, T. 1996. The maintenance of phenotypic plasticity as a signal detection problem. Am. Nat. 148: 378-385.
10. Gosner, K.L. 1960. A simplified table for staging anuran embryos and larvae with notes on identification. Herpetologica, 16: 183-190.
11. Kiesecker, J.M., Chivers, D.P., and Blaustein, A.R. 1996. The use of chemical cues in predator recognition by western toad tadpoles. Anim. Behav. 52: 1237-1245.
12. Laurila, A., Crochet, P., and Merilä, J. 2001. Predation-induced effects on hatchling morphology in the common frog (Rana temporaria). Can. J. Zool. 79: 926-930.
13. Lima, S.L. 1998. Nonlethal effects in the ecology of predator-prey interactions: what are the ecological effects of anti-predator decision-making? Bioscience, 48: 25-34.
14. Lima, S.L., and Dill, L.M. 1990. Behavioral decisions made under the risk of redation: a review and prospectus. Can. J. Zool. 68: 619-640.
15. McCollum, S.A., and Van Buskirk, J. 1996. Costs and benefits of a predator-induced polyphenism in the gray treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis. Evolution, 50: 583-593.
16. Moore, R.D., Newton, B., and, Sih, A. 1996. Delayed hatching as a response of streamside salamander eggs to chemical cues from predatory sunfish. Oikos, 7: 331-335.
17. Moran, N.A. 1992. The evolutionary maintenance of phenotypic plasticity. Am. Nat. 139: 971-989.
18. Newman, R.A. 1988. Adaptive plasticity in development in Scaphiopus couchii tadpoles in desert ponds. Evolution, 42: 774-783.
19. Relyea, R.A. 2001a. The relationship between predation risk and antipredator responses in larval anurans. Ecology, 82: 541-554.
20. Relyea, R.A. 2001b. Morphological and behavioral plasticity of larval anurans in response to different predators. Ecology, 82: 523-540.
21. Saenz, D., Johnson, J.B., Adams, C.K., and Dayton, G.H. 2003. Accelerated hatching of southern leopard frog (Rana sphenocephala) eggs in response to the presence of a crayfish (Procambarus nigrocinctus) predator. Copeia, 2003: 646-649.
22. Sih, A. 1987. Predators and prey lifestyles: an evolutionary and ecological overview. In Predation: direct and indirect impacts on aquatic communities. Edited by W.C. Kerfoot and A. Sih. University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H. pp. 203-224.
23. Sih, A., and Moore, R.D. 1993. Delayed hatching of salamander eggs in response to enhanced larval predation risk. Am. Nat. 142: 947-960.
24. Skelly, D.K. 1997. Pond permanence and predation are powerful forces shaping the structure of tadpole communities. Am. Sci. 85: 36-45.
25. Tollrian, R., and Harvell, C.D. 1999. Why inducible defenses? In The ecology and evolution of induced defenses. Edited by R. Tollrian and C.D. Harvell. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. pp. 1-32.
26. Van Buskirk, J. 1988. Interactive effects of dragonfly predation in experimental pond communities. Ecology, 69: 856-867.
27. Van Buskirk, J. 2001. Specific induced responses to different predator species in anuran larvae. J. Evol. Biol. 14: 482-489.
28. Van Buskirk, J., and Arioli, M. 2002. Dosage response of an induced defense: how sensitive are tadpoles to predation risk? Ecology, 83: 1580-1585.
29. Van Buskirk, J., and Schmidt, B.R. 2000. Predator-induced phenoypic plasticity in larval newts: trade-offs, selection, and variation in nature. Ecology, 81: 3009-3028.
30. Warkentin, K.M. 1995. Adaptive plasticity in hatching age: a response to predation risk trade-offs. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92: 3507-3510.
31. Warkentin, K.M. 1999a. Effects of hatching age on development and hatchling morphology in the red-eyed treefrog, Agalychnis callidryas. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 68: 443-470.
32. Warkentin, K.M. 1999b. The development of behavioral defenses: a mechanistic analysis of vulnerability in red-eyed tree frog hatchlings. Behav. Ecol. 10: 251-262.
33. Warkentin, K.M. 2000. Wasp predation and wasp-induced hatching of red-eyed treefrog eggs. Anim. Behav. 60: 503-510.
34. Werner, E.E. 1986. Amphibian metamorphosis: growth rate, predation risk, and the optimal size at transformation. Am. Nat. 128: 319-341.
35. Werner, E.E., and Gilliam, J.F. 1984. The ontogenetic niche and species interactions in size-structured populations. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 15: 393-425.
36. Wilbur, H.M., and Collins, J.P. 1973. Ecological aspects of amphibian metamorphosis. Science (Wash., D.C.), 182: 1305-1314.
37. Wilbur, H.M., and Fauth, J.E. 1990. Experimental aquatic food webs: interactions between two predators and two prey. Am. Nat. 135: 176-204.