Defensive strategies in anurans

• Grant number: 22/10081-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: June 01, 2023
• End date: February 28, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Luis Felipe de Toledo Ramos Pereira
• Grantee: Ubiratã Ferreira Souza
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The relationship between predators and their prey is one of the central questions of Ecology. Exactlyby the selective pressure exerted by predators, many defensive strategies against predationevolved. Anurans stand out in this scenario for being immersed in dense and complextrophic networks, and consequently are exposed extensively to the pressures ofpredators. Over the past few years, some reviews have attempted to organize knowledge toabout the defenses of frogs, but there is still inconsistency in the literature and new informationrelevant have been published in recent years. Therefore, we aim to review the bibliographyand propose an updated classification of frogs' defensive strategies. In thisstudy, we intend to approach not only morphological and behavioral strategies (as donein most of the above cases), but also incorporating ecological strategies, alsovery important for the prey and still little explored in the current literature. We hopethis study serves as a basis for advances in the understanding of the relationships between anurans and theirpredators in the future.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SOUZA, UBIRATA FERREIRA; MENDONCA, LUCAS ROSADO; CERON, KAROLINE; MENESES, AFONSO SANTIAGO DE OLIVEIRA; DE MOURA, GERALDO JORGE BARBOSA; DUBEUX, MARCOS J. MATIAS; TOLEDO, L. FELIPE. Frog eat frogs: the relationship among the Neotropical frogs of the genus Leptodactylus and their anuran prey. FOOD WEBS, v. 37, p. 8-pg., 2023-11-24. (19/18335-5, 22/10081-7, 20/12558-0, 22/11096-8)

CUNHA, MARIA EDUARDA B.; SOUZA, UBIRATA FERREIRA; MENDONCA, LUCAS R.; SILVA-SOARES, THIAGO; MALAGOLI, LEO R.; PEREIRA, DEIVID; FREIRE, MARCELO D.; COLOMBO, PATRICK. New records of phoresy of Elpidium (Ostracoda: Limnocytheridae) by anurans in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Phyllomedusa, v. 22, n. 2, p. 10-pg., 2023-12-01. (13/50741-7, 14/23677-9, 22/11096-8, 08/50928-1, 14/50342-8, 22/10081-7)

MACHADO, THAYNARA MENDES; DE-OLIVEIRA-NOGUEIRA, CARLOS HENRIQUE; SOUZA, UBIRATA FERREIRA; FIGUEIREDO-DE-ANDRADE, CAIO ANTONIO; MONICO, ALEXANDER TAMANINI; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. The advertisement call of Xenohyla truncata (Anura: Hylidae), an endangered treefrog endemic to coastal Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 5351, n. 3, p. 5-pg., 2023-09-27. (16/25358-3, 22/10081-7, 19/18335-5, 22/11096-8)

SOUZA, UBIRATA FERREIRA; AUGUSTO-ALVES, GUILHERME; PONTES, MARIANA RETUCI; BOTELHO, LUCAS MACHADO; MUSCAT, EDELCIO; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Ultrasonic distress calls and associated defensive behaviors in Neotropical frogs. ACTA ETHOLOGICA, v. 27, n. 2, p. 5-pg., 2024-01-08. (16/25358-3, 20/00099-0, 22/11096-8, 19/03170-0, 22/10081-7)