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

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.

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Autores principales:	Wouter Halfwerk, Judith A. H. Smit, Hugo Loning, Amanda M. Lea, Inga Geipel, Jacintha Ellers, Michael J. Ryan
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d0f51ef416b94bc7961da603081dcb5b2021-12-02T15:38:47ZEnvironmental conditions limit attractiveness of a complex sexual signal in the túngara frog10.1038/s41467-017-02067-12041-1723https://doaj.org/article/d0f51ef416b94bc7961da603081dcb5b2017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02067-1https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Animal 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.Wouter HalfwerkJudith A. H. SmitHugo LoningAmanda M. LeaInga GeipelJacintha EllersMichael J. RyanNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Science Q Wouter Halfwerk Judith A. H. Smit Hugo Loning Amanda M. Lea Inga Geipel Jacintha Ellers Michael J. Ryan Environmental conditions limit attractiveness of a complex sexual signal in the túngara frog
description	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.
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title	Environmental conditions limit attractiveness of a complex sexual signal in the túngara frog
title_short	Environmental conditions limit attractiveness of a complex sexual signal in the túngara frog
title_full	Environmental conditions limit attractiveness of a complex sexual signal in the túngara frog
title_fullStr	Environmental conditions limit attractiveness of a complex sexual signal in the túngara frog
title_full_unstemmed	Environmental conditions limit attractiveness of a complex sexual signal in the túngara frog
title_sort	environmental conditions limit attractiveness of a complex sexual signal in the túngara frog
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/d0f51ef416b94bc7961da603081dcb5b
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Environmental conditions limit attractiveness of a complex sexual signal in the túngara frog

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