Behavioural consistency in the dyeing poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius

The behaviour of an individual organism is a combination of previous experiences and genetic factors. In some situations, a behaviour of an individual may be repeatable or consistent. For my Master’s thesis, I studied the consistency of behaviour in amphibians in two life stages. Specifically, I us...

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Main Author: Alanen, Emmi
Other Authors: Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Sciences, Bio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitos, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
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Published: 2020
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/73315
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description The behaviour of an individual organism is a combination of previous experiences and genetic factors. In some situations, a behaviour of an individual may be repeatable or consistent. For my Master’s thesis, I studied the consistency of behaviour in amphibians in two life stages. Specifically, I used the dyeing poison frog (Dendrobates tinctorius), a species who is cannibalistic during its larval stage, and transitions from an aquatic to terrestrial habitat across metamorphosis. The aim of my project was to find out if behaviour is consistent within larval and juvenile stages of D. tinctorius frogs. Based on previous studies showing consistency in amphibian behaviour, I investigated whether (1) D. tinctorius tadpoles have consistency in their aggressive behaviour; and (2) D. tinctorius individuals show consistency in activity after metamorphosis. During the frog’s larval stage, I conducted two aggression trials where individual behaviour was observed in the presence of a conspecific. Likewise, froglet behaviour was observed individually in two consecutive trials where the movements of an individual were observed in a novel environment. No repeatability was found in larval behaviour. In juveniles, activity was found to be repeatable at the family level. None of the studied behaviours was consistent at individual level. This study shows that there is some behavioural consistency in D. tinctorius, but further research is needed in order to show repeatability at individual level, or across life stages.
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title Behavioural consistency in the dyeing poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius
title_full Behavioural consistency in the dyeing poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius
title_fullStr Behavioural consistency in the dyeing poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius Behavioural consistency in the dyeing poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius
title_full_unstemmed Behavioural consistency in the dyeing poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius Behavioural consistency in the dyeing poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius
title_short Behavioural consistency in the dyeing poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius
title_sort behavioural consistency in the dyeing poison frog dendrobates tinctorius
title_txtP Behavioural consistency in the dyeing poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius
topic behavioural ecology cannibalism repeatability Ekologia ja evoluutiobiologia Ecology and evolutionary biology 4011 käyttäytyminen sammakot eläinten käyttäytyminen ekologia yhtenäisyys behaviour frogs animal behaviour ecology consistency
topic_facet 4011 Ecology and evolutionary biology Ekologia ja evoluutiobiologia animal behaviour behaviour behavioural ecology cannibalism consistency ecology ekologia eläinten käyttäytyminen frogs käyttäytyminen repeatability sammakot yhtenäisyys
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