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Does Differential Susceptibility to Predation in Tadpoles Stabilize the Bombina Hybrid Zone?

2002; Wiley; Volume: 83; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/3071985

1939-9170

Iris C. Vorndran, Elke S. Reichwaldt, Beate Nürnberger,

Species Distribution and Climate Change

EcologyVolume 83, Issue 6 p. 1648-1659 Regular Article DOES DIFFERENTIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PREDATION IN TADPOLES STABILIZE THE BOMBINA HYBRID ZONE? Iris C. Vorndran, Iris C. Vorndran Zoologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Karlstrasse 23, 80333 München, Germany Present address: Universität Bielefeld, Abteilung Tierökologie, Morgenbreede 45, 33615 Bielefeld, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorElke Reichwaldt, Elke Reichwaldt Zoologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Karlstrasse 23, 80333 München, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorBeate Nürnberger, Beate Nürnberger Zoologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Karlstrasse 23, 80333 München, Germany Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Iris C. Vorndran, Iris C. Vorndran Zoologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Karlstrasse 23, 80333 München, Germany Present address: Universität Bielefeld, Abteilung Tierökologie, Morgenbreede 45, 33615 Bielefeld, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorElke Reichwaldt, Elke Reichwaldt Zoologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Karlstrasse 23, 80333 München, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorBeate Nürnberger, Beate Nürnberger Zoologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Karlstrasse 23, 80333 München, Germany Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 01 June 2002 https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1648:DDSTPI]2.0.CO;2Citations: 21 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract Despite substantial divergence, the European toads Bombina bombina and Bombina variegata (Anura: Discoglossidae) interbreed freely wherever their parapatric distributions adjoin. Natural selection that stabilizes the resulting hybrid zones should rest in part on the adaptation to different breeding habitat of the pure taxa. While B. bombina lays its eggs in semipermanent ponds, B. variegata is a typical puddle breeder. Here, we investigate whether selection for rapid larval development in B. variegata has resulted in the loss of effective antipredator defenses, thus excluding this species from predator-rich ponds. We collected adults from four populations in Romania (two for each taxon) and reared the offspring from four crosses per population in the laboratory either in the presence or in the absence of caged odonate predators (Aeshna cyanea). In predation trials, we found no taxon difference in mortality rate among tadpoles that had been reared with predators. The resilience of B. variegata tadpoles may have been due to their remarkable phenotypic plasticity. 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