The acoustic adaptation hypothesis in a widely distributed South American frog: Southernmost signals propagate better

Abstract Animal communication occurs in environments that affect the properties of signals as they propagate from senders to receivers. We studied the geographic variation of the advertisement calls of male Pleurodema thaul individuals from eight localities in Chile. Furthermore, by means of signal...

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Main Authors: Nelson A. Velásquez, Felipe N. Moreno-Gómez, Enzo Brunetti, Mario Penna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25359-y