Effect of body size, age and timing of breeding on clutch and egg size of female Eastern Gray Treefrogs, Hyla versicolor

What is it about?

Female frogs vary a lot in how many eggs they lay, and how large the eggs are. What determines this variation? We found that variation is greatest along the duration of the breeding season: Females lay more eggs at the beginning of the season, when condition for tadpoles to grow and survive are expected to be most favorable.

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