The dual benefits of synchronized mating signals in a Japanese treefrog

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