Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Environmental conditions limit attractiveness of a complex sexual signal in the túngara frog

  • Wouter Halfwerk,
  • Judith A. H. Smit,
  • Hugo Loning,
  • Amanda M. Lea,
  • Inga Geipel,
  • Jacintha Ellers,
  • Michael J. Ryan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02067-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Animal sexual signals should be conspicuous to mates but not to enemies. Here, the authors show that call site properties can set limits on the attractiveness of male frogs' advertisement call, but that males may balance sexual success over predation risk by digging deeper puddles.