Home is where the high-quality resources are: nursery characteristics and territory distribution suggest reproductive resource defense in golden rocket frogs

For externally fertilizing animals, the early stages of development are often the most precarious. In the face of multiple abiotic and biotic stressors, parents must assess and select rearing sites that maximize the probability of offspring survival. This is particularly true for Neotropical poison frogs, many of which transport tadpoles to small pools of water called phytotelmata that serve as larval-rearing sites. In these systems, pool choice can have a large effect on offspring growth and survival. Here, we studied the golden rocket frog (Anomaloglossus beebei, Aromobatidae), a territorial phytotelm-breeding frog that lives exclusively in giant tank bromeliads (Brocchinia micrantha), to examine phytotelm selection and reproductive resource defense. We first quantified the characteristics of phytotelmata and found that tadpoles were more likely to occur in pools with low levels of mucilage and in leaves at intermediate heights on the plant. We additionally found that low mucilage poo..., See paper for methods., , # Data from: Home is where the high-quality resources are: nursery characteristics and territory distribution suggest reproductive resource defense in golden rocket frogs

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.66t1g1k74](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.66t1g1k74)

README for data files and R code associated with the paper:
Fouilloux CA, Goyes Vallejos J, Tumulty JP. Home is where the high-quality resources are: nursery characteristics and territory distribution suggest reproductive resource defense in golden rocket frogs. Evolutionary Ecology.

These datasets contain data and code for two different sets of analyses. The first dataset contains biotic and abiotic characteristics of bromeliad pools that were surveyed for the presence or absence of golden rocket frog (*Anomaloglossus beebei*) tadpoles. The associated R code analyzes which characteristics predict the presence of tadpoles. The second dataset contains several data files with spatial data on the locations of male frogs, bromeliads, and ...

对于体外受精的动物而言，发育早期阶段往往是最脆弱的。面对多种非生物与生物胁迫因子，亲代需评估并选择能最大化后代存活概率的繁殖位点。这一点在新热带区箭毒蛙中尤为显著，其中许多种类会将蝌蚪搬运至被称为植物储水器（phytotelmata）的小型水体中，此类水体是其幼体的繁殖场所。在这类生态系统中，水体的选择对后代生长与存活具有重大影响。

本研究以金色火箭蛙（Anomaloglossus beebei，香蛙科）为对象——这是一种具有领域性的植物储水器繁殖蛙类，仅栖息于巨型水箱凤梨（Brocchinia micrantha）中——旨在探究其对植物储水器的选择及繁殖资源防御行为。我们首先量化了植物储水器的特征，发现蝌蚪更易出现在黏液含量低的水体中，以及植株中等高度的叶片内。此外，我们发现低黏液含量的水体……（方法详见论文。）

# 数据来源：优质资源所在即为家：繁殖场所特征与领域分布揭示金色火箭蛙的繁殖资源防御行为

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.66t1g1k74]

论文相关数据文件与R代码的说明文档：
Fouilloux CA、Goyes Vallejos J、Tumulty JP. 《优质资源所在即为家：繁殖场所特征与领域分布揭示金色火箭蛙的繁殖资源防御行为》. 《进化生态学》.

本数据集包含两组不同分析所需的数据与代码。第一组数据集包含凤梨科植物水体的生物与非生物特征，这些水体被调查以确定是否存在金色火箭蛙（*Anomaloglossus beebei*）蝌蚪。相关R代码用于分析哪些特征可预测蝌蚪的存在。第二组数据集包含多个数据文件，记录了雄蛙、凤梨科植物及……的空间位置数据。