The role of sex on behavioral responses to mating signals: studies of phonotaxis and evoked calling in male and female túngara frogs

Signal detection theory predicts that costs associated with recognition errors, specifically failing to respond to relevant stimuli (missed detection) and responding to erroneous ones (false alarms), shape receiver permissiveness in animal communication systems. Fitness costs of missed detection and...

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Main Author: Bernal, Ximena Eugenia, 1975-
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3186