Infanticide is driven by unfamiliarity with offspring location and associated with androgenic shifts in mimic poison frogs
A. R. Lewis, B. C. Goolsby, B. H. Juarez, M. P. Lacey, L. A. O'Connell
This study investigates the factors driving infanticide in mimic poison frogs, finding that unfamiliarity with offspring location increases infanticide and that lower testosterone levels are associated with this behavior.
bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2024Animal Behavior & Cognition