creator: Ximena E Bernal, 0000-0001-6155-5980 date: 2021
10.4231/E00F-VE65
Henry D Legett
,
Viktor Baranov
,
Ximena E Bernal
04/28/2021
We investigated the seasonal interaction among a specialized eavesdropping, frog-biting midges (Corethrella spp.), and their anuran hosts. Overall abundance of midges decreased in the dry season with little differences in abundance of species.
acoustic communication biological sciences eavesdroppers Engystomops pustulosus frog-biting midges phenology Smilisca sila tropical seasonality
10.4231/SKRQ-CN44
Henry Legett
,
Rachel A Page
,
Ximena E Bernal
03/04/2021
We investigate how signal synchronization is shaped by natural and sexual selection in two frog species. Our results show that synchronization reduces exposure to eavesdroppers and relaxed selection by females is likely important.
acoustic communication biological sciences communi eavesdroppers relaxed selection synchrony
10.4231/TYHF-XJ20
Claire T Hemingway
,
Henry D Legett
,
Ximena E Bernal
03/04/2021
We show that male tree frogs reduce their attractiveness to eavesdropping enemies (bats and midges) by overlapping their calls at near-perfect synchrony with the calls of neighboring conspecifics taking advantage of an auditory illusion.
animal communication biological sciences communication network eavesdroppers illusion sensory exploitation synchrony
10.4231/1GSD-PZ56
Henry Legett
,
Ikkyu Aihara
,
Ryan P. Madden
,
Ximena E Bernal
03/04/2021
We investigated how the different call types of a Japanese stream breeding treefrog are affected by automobile traffic noise. This noise affected signal types in different ways suggesting some social functions will be disrupted more than others.
acoustic communication anthropogenic noise biological sciences Buergeria japonica frogs Noise noise pollution road effects
10.4231/KZT5-7E19
Geena M Darnell
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Sara Zlotnik
,
Ximena E Bernal
04/06/2021
Complex color patterns can decrease capture of moving prey (motion dazzle effect). We found no support for the motion dazzle effect as striped crickets did not fare better than solid colored ones crickets that moved more were more likely to be eaten.
antipredator biological sciences camouflage cane toads coloration motion dazzle
10.4231/VWVS-M579
Marcos Gridi-Papp
,
Sara Zlotnik
,
Ximena E Bernal
03/04/2021
We examined wild populations of cane toads near sugarcane fields in Florida and found evidence of demasculinization in both primary and secondary sexual traits in male toads. Males from sugarcane areas have reduced larynges than toads from the city.
Agriculture biological sciences cane toads Ecophysiology Endocrine disruptor Vocal cords
10.4231/7M5G-FZ96
Henry D Legett
,
Ikkyu Aihara
,
Ximena E Bernal
03/04/2021
We examined call timing strategies of the Ryukyu Kajika frog showing variation in temporal signaling strategies within a species with a call type that is synchronized with neighbors and another one that is produced alternating.
acoustic communication animal communication biological sciences Buergeria japonica call timing synchronized signals synchrony
10.4231/J9RZ-QF79
Henry Legett
,
Ikkyu Aihara
,
Ximena E Bernal
03/04/2021
We investigated two non-mutually exclusive hypotheses: 1) beacon effect and 2) eavesdropper avoidance. We found that synchronized signalling both increasing attraction of females to the chorus and reducing eavesdropper attacks.
acoustic communication beacon effect biological sciences eavesdroppers predator avoidance relaxed selection synchrony
10.4231/72DB-ER33
Andrew Joseph Mularo
,
James Andrew DeWoody
,
Ximena E Bernal
04/12/2021
Publicly available data from VertNet and USGS for Rhinella marina and Osteopilus septentrionalis used for spatial analysis to track their invasion in Florida
biological sciences Invasion Invasive Species R Software Spatial Ecology
10.4231/FQ58-DC83
Bianca Rendon
,
Brian C Leavell
,
Gil Menda
,
Hoover Pantoja
,
Jian Zhou
,
Neil D. Sanscrainte
,
Ronald N Miles
,
Ronald R Hoy
,
W.A. Priyanka P. de-Silva
,
Ximena E Bernal
04/02/2021
Data and codes used to investigate behavioral, neurophysiological and biomechanical traits associated with the evolution of hearing in mosquitoes
antenna biological sciences eavesdropping frog Hearing mosquito sensory biases
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