Publisher Summary Environmental noise can affect acoustic communication through limiting
the broadcast area, or active space, of a signal by decreasing signal-to-noise ratios at the …

The most commonly heard vocalizations of frogs are advertisement calls, which attract
gravid females and mediate aggressive interactions between males. Frog vocalizations are …

Vocalizations of anuran amphibians have received much attention in studies of behavioral
ecology and physiology, but also provide informative characters for identifying and …

Walk near woods or water on any spring or summer night and you will hear a bewildering
(and sometimes deafening) chorus of frog, toad, and insect calls. How are these calls …

Gull chicks beg for food from their parents. Peacocks spread their tails to attract potential
mates. Meerkats alert family members of the approach of predators. But are these--and other …

On the occasion of the centenary of the discovery of the Lombard effect, we review the
literature on noise-dependent regulation of vocal amplitude in humans and other animals …

Patterns of variation in the acoustic properties of advertisement calls of several species of
treefrogs (family Hylidae) are related to patterns of female preferences for these same …

A phylogeny of the species-rich clade of the Neotropical frog genus Leptodactylus sensu
stricto is presented on the basis of a total evidence analysis of molecular (mitochondrial and …

In cities with intense low-frequency traffic noise, birds have been observed to sing louder
and at a higher pitch. Several studies argue that higher song pitch is an adaptation to reduce …

Male frogs call to attract females for mating and to defend territories from rival males. Female
frogs of some species prefer lower-pitched calls, which indicate larger, more experienced …