Fig 1.
A) Sampling was done throughout 500 m of a creek surrounded by secondary forest, B) Clutches of Teratohyla spinosa are deposited on the underside of leaves near the margins, C) Detail of an old clutch, D) Mother of T. spinosa performing brooding after oviposition, E) Clutch of T. spinosa deceased by desiccation. Photos A by FNAL and B-E by JC. Created with BioRender.com.
Fig 2.
Experimental design to test the effect of clutch position on embryonic survivorship.
A) Natural conditions, with the egg clutch located on the edge of the underside of a leaf. The box presents two example illustrations of clutches at an early versus late developmental stage (see Methods). B) Control clutches: placed at the edges of leaves. C) Experimental clutches: relocated to the centre of the leaf, avoiding contact with the edges. The hole left by the cut area was patched by sewing a piece of a different leaf from the same plant. Created with BioRender.com.
Table 1.
- Summary of confidence intervals and p value of MCMC model for level of hydration of clutch.
Fig 3.
Hydration levels in control clutches (placed at the edges of leaves) and experimental clutches (relocated to the centre of the leaf) of Teratohyla spinosa.
Average clutch thickness per day for both experimental conditions: clutches on the edge (control) and on the centre of the leaves (translocated). Layout created with BioRender.com.
Table 2.
- Summary of estimates and confidence intervals for zero-inflated beta regression model. S.E.: Standard Error; CI: Confidence Interval.
Fig 4.
Survival probability of control clutches (placed at the edges of leaves) and experimental clutches (relocated to the centre of the leaf) of Teratohyla spinosa.
Probability of survival in both conditions decreased similarly with time (p = 0.6).
Table 3.
Summary of confidence intervals and p MCMC model for time of hatch.