Early life experiences can have latent effects, which could manifest at a later stage of life
history. Though the carryover effects of predation on the behaviour of prey are well-known …

Most research on embryonic learning and behavior in aquatic vertebrates has focused on
fitness benefits after hatching, but the ability of embryos to perceive and respond to …

An individual's size in early stages of life may be an important source of individual variation
in lifetime reproductive performance, as size effects on ontogenetic development can have …

Non-native species have numerous and significant, often negative, effects on amphibians,
but that threat may be ameliorated if the native species is able to respond behaviourally to …

Highlights•Embryonic fish and amphibians can learn to identify predators before
hatching.•Little is known about how the social nest environment influences learning …

Behaviours are highly plastic phenotypic traits whose variation depends on the short-term
response to external stimuli (contextual plasticity) and on the long-term response to past …

Freshwater ecosystems are threatened by climate change and invasive species.
Amphibians are important members of freshwater communities and are susceptible to …

A popular theoretical model for explaining the evolution of complex life cycles (CLCs) was
provided by Earl Werner. The theory predicts the size at which an individual should switch …

Semiochemicals, such as sex pheromones or predator kairomones, trigger inter-and
intraspecific interactions among animals. With more than 7500 species, frogs (Anura) are a …

An individual's size in early stages of life may be an important source of individual variation
in lifetime reproductive performance, as size effects on ontogenetic development can have …