Behavioral Traits and Contest Performance in Male Strawberry Poison Frogs from Panama

Bastimentos Island, Bocas del Toro, Panama, is the source for this dataset on male strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga pumilio). It contains behavioral and contest data, including personality traits like boldness and activity, measured before and after dyadic aggressive encounters. The dataset was authored by Ricardo Cossio and last updated on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling relationships between personality traits (boldness, activity) and contest performance based on described behavioral assays.
• Analyzing behavioral changes following aggressive encounters using pre- and post-contest phase data.
• Investigating contest dynamics based on metrics like aggressive intensity score and relative dominance.
• Studying individual variation in behavior using repeated measures of latency to resume movement and foraging.

Strengths

• Data includes repeated behavioral assays for individuals in both pre-contest and post-contest phases.
• Contest performance is quantified using three specific metrics: aggressive intensity score, contest score, and aggression level.
• Dataset includes morphological measures like scaled mass index alongside behavioral variables.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Missing values occur when individuals did not move or forage during a trial.

Provenance

Source

Ricardo Cossio via figshare

Collection Method

Data collected from controlled dyadic encounters and repeated simulated predator-attack assays on size-matched males.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 01:07:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bastimentos Island, Bocas del Toro, Panama