Do I Sound Sick? Condition-Dependent Advertisement Signals in Naturally Infected Frogs.

ABSTRACT: Males of many frog and toad species advertise in leks. In these systems, female choice is based on male advertisement calls, which have been selected to convey information about an individual's quality. As such, calling behavior is an important aspect of reproductive fitness. Factors such as disease and infection can affect calling behavior, yet the direction and strength of these effects, as well as their underlying mechanisms, remain unclear. Calls are typically multicomponent displays, and traits within these displays can vary independently from one another both among and within individuals. It is important to understand the proximate infection-imposed effects on signal production, as it allows us to make inferences about the downstream evolutionary consequences of such signaling. We st

SUBMITTER: Chou TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12529013 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature