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Developmental plasticity to pond drying has carryover costs on metamorph performance
Conservation Physiology, Vol.13(1), coaf008
2025
PMID: 39974208
Abstract
Increasing variable hydroperiods may leave ectotherms with complex life cycles more vulnerable to the impacts of environmental drying. While developmental plasticity may enable some species to escape drying ponds, this plasticity might result in trade-offs with performance and subsequent fitness in adults. Here, we used rice paddy frogs (Fejervarya limnocharis) to test how pond drying influences the developmental plasticity of tadpoles, and the resulting carryover effects on body size and jumping performance. We predicted that tadpoles under simulated drought conditions (2-0.25 cm depth) compared to low stable water level conditions (0.25 cm depth) would develop faster, and the resulting metamorphs would be smaller and exhibit lower jumping performance. We show that tadpoles in drying conditions had a faster developmental rate than tadpoles in stable low water level treatments. The size of metamorphs from the drying treatment was similar to the high-water treatments (2 cm depth), but maximum jumping distance of individuals from the drying condition was lower than that of the high-water treatment. These results indicate that drying conditions for F. limnocharis increase development rate without a reduction in size at metamorphosis, but with poorer mass-independent locomotor performance, which can potentially impact their survival.
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- Title
- Developmental plasticity to pond drying has carryover costs on metamorph performance
- Authors/Creators
- Nicholas Wu - Western Sydney UniversityNien-Tse Fuh - Tunghai UniversityAmaël Borzée - Nanjing Forestry UniversityChi‐Shiun Wu - Chinese Culture Univ, Dept Life Sci, 55,Hwa Kang Rd,Yang Ming Shan, Taipei 11114, TaiwanYeong‐Choy Kam - Tunghai UniversityMing‐Feng Chuang - Natl Chung Hsing Univ, Dept Life Sci, 145,Xingda Rd, Taichung 402202, Taiwan
- Publication Details
- Conservation Physiology, Vol.13(1), coaf008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press and the Society for Experimental Biology.
- Number of pages
- 9
- Identifiers
- 991005776031807891
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2025.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Sustainability; School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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