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Phenotypic plasticity in response to fine-grained environmental variation in predation.

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

edi.1661.2

Title:

Phenotypic plasticity in response to fine-grained environmental variation in predation.

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

1. In nature, organisms experience environmental variability at coarse-grained (inter-generational) and fine-grained (intra-generational) scales and a common response to environmental variation is phenotypic plasticity. The emphasis of most empirical work on plasticity has been on examining coarse-grained variation with the goal of understanding the costs and benefits of plastic responses in response to a particular environment.

2. In this study, we investigated the effects of fine-grained variation in predation on the inducible defences of larval wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) by widely altering the density and feeding schedule of caged predators (Dytiscusspp.) while holding average predation constant.

3. We found that predator cues induced change in tadpole behaviour, morphology, and mass. Surprisingly, however, temporal variation in predation did not cause the tadpoles to alter their activity (compared to a constant predation treatment) or mass. Temporal variation in predation did alter tadpole tail depth, but only when experiencing our most extreme variation treatment in which the predators were fed once every 8 days. Under these conditions, the predator-induced tadpole tail was less extreme compared to environments containing constant predation.

4. While a number of previous studies have examined behavioural responses of prey to temporal variation in predation risk without holding average predation constant, this appears to be the first test of temporal variation per se. As in previous studies of organism responses to temporal variation in resources, our results suggest that fine-grained environmental variability can affect the expression of phenotypically plastic traits, but our tadpoles appear to be generally unresponsive to this finegrained variation for many of their traits.

Publication Date:

2024-06-04

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Visit:	DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period

Begin:

2003

End:

2003

People and Organizations
Contact:	Relyea, Rick A. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) [ email ]
Creator:	Schoeppner, Nancy
Creator:	Relyea, Rick A. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	larval_wood_frog_data
Description:	data on tadpole behaviour, morphology, and mass

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


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Description:	data on tadpole behaviour, morphology, and mass
Number of Records:	45
Number of Columns:	11

Table Structure

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Table Column Descriptions

TANK

TRT

BODY_LEN

TAIL_LEN

BODY_DEP

MUSC_DEP

TAIL_DEP

BODY_WID

MUSC_WID

Activity

Column Name:

TANK

TRT

MASS

BODY_LEN

TAIL_LEN

BODY_DEP

MUSC_DEP

TAIL_DEP

BODY_WID

MUSC_WID

Activity

Definition:

Cattle tank #

Treatment

Individual mass

Mass-adjusted body length

Mass-adjusted tail length

Mass-adjusted body depth

Mass-adjusted tail muscle depth

Mass-adjusted tail fin depth

Mass-adjusted body width

Mass-adjusted muscle width

Tadpole activity

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Definition	100 mg, 200 mg, 300 mg - 4 Predators
Source

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Definition	100 mg, 400 mg, 700 mg - 4 Predators
Source

Code Definition

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Definition	100 mg - 4 Predators
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Code Definition

Code	200246P
Definition	200 mg with 2, 4, or 6 Predators
Source

Code Definition

Code	2004P
Definition	200 mg daily fed to 4 predators
Source

Code Definition

Code	400246P
Definition	400 mg fed to 2, 4, 6 predators
Source

Code Definition

Code	4004P
Definition	400 mg fed to 4 predators
Source

Code Definition

Code	8004P
Definition	800 mg fed to 4 predators
Source

Code Definition

Code	NP
Definition	No predators
Source

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Type	real

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Coverage:

Methods:

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
(No thesaurus)	amphibian,, mesocosm,, risk variation, trait lability, inducible defence

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

All methods are detailed in the publication:

Schoeppner, N. M., and R. A. Relyea. 2009. Phenotypic plasticity in response to fine-grained environmental variation in predation. Functional Ecology 23:587-594, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01525.x.

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@edirepository.org

Web Address:

https://edirepository.org

Id:

https://ror.org/0330j0z60

Creators:

Individual:

Nancy Schoeppner

Individual:

Rick A. Relyea

Organization:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Address:

Troy, NY 12180 US

Phone:

5182768342 (voice)

Email Address:

relyer@rpi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6693-6950

Contacts:

Individual:

Rick A. Relyea

Organization:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Address:

Troy, NY 12180 US

Phone:

5182768342 (voice)

Email Address:

relyer@rpi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6693-6950

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

2003

End:

2003

Sampling Site:

Description:

Pymatuning Lab of Ecology

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-80.455998

Latitude (degree):

41.569769

Taxonomic Range:

Classification:

Rank Name:	Species
Rank Value:	Rana sylvatica

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Phenotypic plasticity in response to fine-grained environmental variation in predation

Personnel:

Individual:	Nancy Schoeppner
Role:	Grad student

Individual:

Rick A. Relyea

Organization:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Address:

Troy, NY 12180 US

Phone:

5182768342 (voice)

Email Address:

relyer@rpi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6693-6950

Role:

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	NSF
Title:	The smell of fear: An integrated approach to understanding chemical predator cues

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	All data are final.
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