Acoustic divergence in advertisement calls among three sympatric Microhyla species from East China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Species-specific advertisement calls are the main mechanism of transmitting information between individuals in anuran amphibians and are therefore indispensable for anuran survival and reproduction. Survey methods that monitor these calls can be used for rapid species recognition, behavioral experiments, and conservation monitoring. In this study, we described in detail 10 call parameters from three sympatric species in the genus Microhyla and analyzed the differences in call parameter among these species to provide a basis for systematic monitoring, acoustic analysis and taxonomic study of this genus.

Methods

The quantitative analyses of temporal and spectral call parameters were used in our study for the advertisement calls of three sympatric Microhyla

SUBMITTER: Chen ZQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7071819 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature