Anuran Ecology in Relation Particularly to Oviposition and Development out of Water

Abstract

Animals are involved in a number of activities which must be performed with some degree of efficiency if they are to survive and leave progeny. Each species has a particular set of behaviour patterns which enable it to survive. In attempting to assess the limiting effect of environmental factors we need to know what is likely to affect the efficiency of such activities as feeding, predator avoidance and breeding. It is therefore reasonable to approach the ecology of each species of a group of animals by studying these activities comparatively.