Multimodal communication in a noisy environment: a case study of the Bornean rock frog Staurois parvus.

High background noise is an impediment to signal detection and perception. We report the use of multiple solutions to improve signal perception in the acoustic and visual modality by the Bornean rock frog, Staurois parvus. We discovered that vocal communication was not impaired by continuous abiotic...

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Main Authors: T Ulmar Grafe, Doris Preininger, Marc Sztatecsny, Rosli Kasah, J Maximilian Dehling, Sebastian Proksch, Walter Hödl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22655089/pdf/?tool=EBI