A precedence effect underlies preferences for calls with leading pulses in the grey treefrog, Hyla versicolor.

Animal Behaviour
Vincent T Marshall, H Carl Gerhardt

Abstract

The temporal relationship between signals often has strong and repeatable influences on receiver behaviour. While several studies have shown that receivers prefer temporally leading signals, we show that the relative timing of signal elements within overlapping signals can also have repeatable influences on receiver responses. Female grey treefrogs, Hyla versicolor, preferred overlapping conspecific advertisement call alternatives in which pulses were in the leading position relative to pulses in an alternative. The preference was maintained even when the first pulse of the stimulus with leading pulses began after that of the call with following pulses. To rule out the possibility of masking interference of the pulse pattern, we used a split-pulse design in which the playback of two nonoverlapping pulse elements were synchronized from spatially separated speakers. Females were attracted to the source of the short (6 ms) leading pulse element, which did not attract females in isolation even though its amplitude was 24 dB lower than the long (24 ms) following element, which did attract females in isolation. Taken together, our results fall within a range of phenomena that have been classified as precedence effects. However, to ou...Continue Reading

References

Aug 1, 1971·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·J Blauert
Oct 1, 1982·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·J L Cranford
Aug 1, 1993·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·R A Wyttenbach, R R Hoy
Aug 18, 1999·Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology·H C Gerhardt, J Schul
Oct 26, 1999·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·R Y LitovskyS J Guzman
Feb 24, 2001·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·R Y Litovsky, B G Shinn-Cunningham
Sep 28, 2002·Proceedings. Biological Sciences·Johannes Schul, Sarah L Bush
Oct 16, 2004·Journal of Comparative Psychology·Micheal L Dent, Robert J Dooling
Aug 10, 2005·Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology·H E FarrisMichael J Ryan
Apr 1, 2009·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Norman LeeAndrew C Mason
Jan 1, 2008·Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·Carlos César Martínez-Rivera, H Carl Gerhardt

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Aug 4, 2011·Nature Communications·Hamilton E Farris, Michael J Ryan
May 2, 2014·Frontiers in Physiology·Manfred Hartbauer, Heiner Römer
Sep 23, 2014·Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology·Michael D Greenfield
Jun 16, 2016·Frontiers in Neuroscience·Manfred Hartbauer, Heiner Römer
Sep 28, 2016·Scientific Reports·Michael D GreenfieldVirginie Party
Jun 13, 2015·Royal Society Open Science·M HartbauerH Römer
Aug 24, 2021·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences·Henry D LegettX E Bernal
Oct 10, 2021·Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution·Kane D StratmanGerlinde Höbel

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.