do both sexes select pools to reduce insect predation and competition risks to offspring?
Second, do adults avoid pools with greater direct mortality risks more readily than pools with lesser indirect risks? Third, does female site choice in response to insect predators show seasonal flexibility? And fourth, do male and female site-choice behaviors vary facultatively based on local pool quality for offspring? I addressed the first and second questions by testing male calling and female oviposition behavior in three paired experiments in field mesocosms: tadpole predators present or absent (the predator experiment), tadpole competitors present or absent (the competitor experiment), and tadpole predators or tadpole competitors present (the predator vs. competitor [PC] experiment). To address the third question, I repeated the predator experiment late in the rainy season and compared female site choice in both experiments. Finally, to address the fourth question, I compared frequency of male calling, female time to oviposition, and adult pool rejection across all three experim
