Mating call recognition in the barking treefrog (Hyla gratiosa): Responses to synthetic calls and comparisons with the green treefrog (Hyla cinerea)

1981 ◽  
Vol 144 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Carl Gerhardt
Keyword(s):  
Hyla Cinerea ◽  
Call Recognition ◽  
Mating Call ◽  
Green Treefrog

Mating Call Recognition in the Green Treefrog (Hyla Cinerea): The Significance of some Fine-temporal Properties

1978 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. CARL GERHARDT
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Properties ◽  
Species Recognition ◽  
Biological Significance ◽  
Hyla Cinerea ◽  
Temporal Properties ◽  
Call Recognition ◽  
Mating Call ◽  
Mating Calls ◽  
Green Treefrog ◽  
Green Treefrogs

1. Two hundred and eighty-eight female green treefrogs responded in two-choice experiments using synthetic calls. The spectral properties of the sounds were similar; the fine-temporal properties were systematically varied. 2. Females preferred sounds in which the waveform periodicity was about 300/s, a rate typical of natural mating calls. They discriminated strongly against calls with periodicities of 100/s, 60/s and 50/s. Aperiodic calls and calls with periodicities of 225/s and 900/s were intermediate in attractiveness. 3. The results of four experiments indicated that periodicity preferences depended on corresponding changes in the amplitude-time envelopes of the signals. 4. Neurophysiological correlations and the implications of the behavioural results are discussed. 5. The biological significance in species recognition and in the differentiation of the mating call from other signals in the repertoire of the green treefrog is discussed.

The Significance of Some Spectral Features in Mating Call Recognition in the Green Treefrog (Hyla Cinerea)

1974 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. CARL GERHARDT
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Features ◽  
Optimal Frequency ◽  
Hyla Cinerea ◽  
Frequency Bands ◽  
Bimodal Stimulus ◽  
Call Recognition ◽  
Mating Call ◽  
Spectral Peaks ◽  
Green Treefrog ◽  
Green Treefrogs

1. Synthetic calls with a waveform periodicity of 300/sec and a bimodal spectrum attracted female green treefrogs as effectively as natural calls. 2. Effectiveness was markedly reduced if the relative amplitude of the two spectral peaks differed by as little as 10 dB. 3. Optimal frequency bands were 900-1100 Hz in the low range and 2700-3300 Hz in the high. 4. Addition of components at 1800 and 2100 Hz rendered the call less attractive. 5. In the absence of a bimodal stimulus, most females responded to a call containing a single spectral peak in the high or low range. 6. Mating call recognition in the green treefrog is compared with that in the bullfrog.

Mating call recognition in the green treefrog (Hyla cinerea)

1974 ◽  
Vol 56 (S1) ◽  
pp. S39-S39 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Carl Gerhardt
Keyword(s):  
Hyla Cinerea ◽  
Call Recognition ◽  
Mating Call ◽  
Green Treefrog

Temporal features mediating call recognition in the green treefrog, Hyla cinerea: amplitude modulation

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1073-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Allan ◽  
Andrea Megela Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Amplitude Modulation ◽  
Hyla Cinerea ◽  
Call Recognition ◽  
Temporal Features ◽  
Green Treefrog

Temperature effects on frequency preferences and mating call frequencies in the green treefrog,Hyla cinerea (Anura: Hylidae)

1980 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Carl Gerhardt ◽  
Karen M. Mudry
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Effects ◽  
Hyla Cinerea ◽  
Mating Call ◽  
Green Treefrog

Geographic Variation in the Mating Call of the Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea

1988 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Asquith ◽  
Ronald Altig ◽  
Paul Zimba
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Variation ◽  
Hyla Cinerea ◽  
Mating Call ◽  
Green Treefrog

Perception of complex sounds by the green treefrog, Hyla cinerea: envelope and fine-structure cues

1993 ◽  
Vol 173 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Simmons ◽  
R.C. Buxbaum ◽  
M.P. Mirin
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Hyla Cinerea ◽  
Complex Sounds ◽  
Green Treefrog
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