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Prey exploits the auditory illusions of eavesdropping predators

10.4231/TYHF-XJ20

Claire T Hemingway , Henry D Legett ORCID logo , Ximena E Bernal ORCID logo

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

Traffic noise differentially impacts call types in a Japanese treefrog (Buergeria japonica)

10.4231/1GSD-PZ56

Henry Legett , Ikkyu Aihara , Ryan P. Madden , Ximena E Bernal ORCID logo

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

Anuran predators overcome visual illusion: dazzle coloration does not protect moving prey

10.4231/KZT5-7E19

Geena M Darnell , Sara Zlotnik ORCID logo , Ximena E Bernal ORCID logo

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

Laryngeal demasculinization in wild Cane Toads varies with land use

10.4231/VWVS-M579

Marcos Gridi-Papp , Sara Zlotnik ORCID logo , Ximena E Bernal ORCID logo

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

Signal synchrony and alternation among neighbor males in a Japanese Stream Breeding Treefrog, Buergeria japonica

10.4231/7M5G-FZ96

Henry D Legett ORCID logo , Ikkyu Aihara , Ximena E Bernal ORCID logo

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

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