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Predator-induced morphological traits determine escape performance in a larval amphibian species Naru Matsuura (22831973) Raj Rajeshwar Malinda (22831955) Shin Fukuda (22831958) Hiroaki Kawashima (22831976) Osamu Kishida (20775035) Behavioural ecology swimming efficiency inducible defense response frog tadpoles <p dir="ltr">This repository contains the dataset and R scripts associated with the thesis <i>“Predator-induced morphological traits determine escape performance in a larval amphibian species.”</i> The study investigates how predator-induced morphologies in <i>Rana pirica</i> tadpoles enhance escape performance, resulting in faster post-acceleration swimming compared with the non-induced (predator-free) morphology.</p><p dir="ltr"><b>Contents:</b></p><ul><li>A video illustrating a tadpole escape response</li><li>Two CSV files containing the raw and processed data used in the analyses</li><li>R scripts for data processing, statistical analysis, and figure generation</li></ul><p><br></p> 2026-10-01T07:11:00Z Dataset Dataset 10.6084/m9.figshare.30866090.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Predator-induced_morphological_traits_determine_escape_performance_in_a_larval_amphibian_species/30866090 CC BY 4.0