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Maternal chemical defenses predict offspring defenses in a dendrobatid poison frog by Brooks, Olivia L., James, Jessie J., Saporito, Ralph A.

“…Within and among populations, alkaloid defenses of the strawberry poison frog ( Oophaga pumilio ) vary spatially, temporally, and with life history stage…”
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Maternal Provisioning of Alkaloid Defenses are Present in Obligate but not Facultative Egg Feeding Dendrobatids by Villanueva, Emily D., Brooks, Olivia L., Bolton, Sarah K., Savastano, Nina, Schulte, Lisa M., Saporito, Ralph A.

“…Poison frogs sequester alkaloid defenses from a diet of largely mites and ants. As a result, frogs are defended against certain predators and microbial…”
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Adult poison frogs can capture and consume aquatic tadpoles by Dugas, Matthew B., Brooks, Olivia L., Saporito, Ralph A., Cossio, Ricardo

“…Cannibalism is common in animals, and its expression is shaped by a suite of costs and benefits beyond the caloric content of meals made of conspecifics. We…”
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Food availability in the nursery affects parental food allocation but not tadpole begging performance in a frog with facultative parental care by Brooks, Olivia L., Talbott-Swain, Evan N., Dugas, Matthew B.

“…Parents often have the opportunity to invest in offspring that offer different returns, with such variation arising from factors intrinsic to the offspring…”
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Multiple behavioral contexts of a melanized tail display in a desert lizard by Gilbert, Anthony L., Brooks, Olivia L., Lattanzio, Matthew S., Ebensperger, Luis

“…Conspicuous color displays in animals are often studied in the context of how they communicate an individual's reproductive value, ability to escape capture,…”
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Tadpole plasticity shapes the potential benefits of egg feeding to poison frog parents by Brooks, Olivia L., Talbott‐Swain, Evan N., Rimmele, Brianne N., Dugas, Matthew B.

“…Feeding offspring is a form of care common in animals. How food shapes offspring fitness, and thus selection on parents, is limited by plasticity in offspring…”
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