The cause of correlations between nightly numbers of male and female barking treefrogs (Hyla gratiosa) attending choruses

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 274-281

  Murphy, Christopher G ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran amphibians; Attendance; Choruses; Correlations; Environmental variables; Leks; Mating success

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; LEK; VOCALIZATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA GRATIOSA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037356579     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.2.274     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Alexander, RD, 1975. Natural selection and specialized chorusing behavior in acoustical insects. In: Insects, science and society (Pimentel D, ed). New York: Academic Press; 35-77.
2. Bradbury JW, 1981. The evolution of leks. In: Natural selection and social behavior (Alexander RD, Tinkle DW, eds). New York: Chiron; 138-169.
3. Bradbury JW, Vehrencamp SL, Gibson RM, 1989. Dispersion of displaying male sage grouse. I. Patterns of temporal variation. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 24:1-14.
4. Brooke PN, Alford RA, Schwartzkopf L, 2000. Environmental and social factors influence chorusing behavior in a tropical frog: examining various temporal and spatial scales. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 49:79-87.
5. Cade, WH, 1981. Field cricket spacing and the phonotaxis of crickets and parasitoid flies to clumped and isolated cricket songs. Z Tierpsychol 53:365-375.
6. Cohen J, 1988. Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences, 2nd ed. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
7. Doolan JM, 1981. Male spacing and the influence of female courtship behavior in the bladder cicada, Cystosoma sundersii Westwood. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 9:269-276.
8. Draper NR, Smith H, 1998. Applied regression analysis, 3rd ed. New York: Wiley.
9. Gelfand SA, 1997. Essentials of audiology. New York: Thieme.
10. Gerhardt HC, Klump GM, 1988. Phonotactic responses and selectivity of barking treefrogs (Hyla gratiosa) to chorus sounds. J Comp Physiol A 163:795-802.
11. Green AJ, 1990. Determinants of chorus participation and the effects of size, weight and competition on advertisement calling in the tungara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus (Leptodactylidae). Anim Behav 39:620-638.
12. Henzi SP, Dyson ML, Piper SE, Passamore NE, Bishop P, 1995. Chorus attendance by male and female painted reed frogs (Hyperolius marmoratus): environmental factors and selection pressures. Funct Ecol 9:485-491.
13. Höglund J, Alatalo RV, 1995. Leks. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
14. Hovi M, Alatalo RV, Halonen M, Lundberg A, 1997. Responses of male and female black grouse to male vocal display. Ethology 103:1032-1041.
15. Jones TM, Quinnell RJ, 2002. Testing predictions for the evolution of lekking in the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalps. Anim Behav 63:605-612.
16. Lank DB, Smith CM, 1992. Females prefer larger leks: field experiments with ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 30:323-329.
17. Murphy CG, 1992. The mating system of the barking treefrog (Hyla gratiosa) (PhD dissertation). Ithaca, New York: Cornell University.
18. Murphy CG, 1993. A modified drift fence for capturing treefrogs. Herp Rev 24:143-145.
19. Murphy CG, 1994. Chorus tenure of male barking treefrogs (Hyla gratiosa). Anim Behav 48:763-777.
20. Murphy CG, 1999. Nightly timing of chorusing by male barking treefrogs (Hyla gratiosa): the influence of female arrival and energy. Copeia 1999:333-347.
21. Murphy CG, Gerhardt HC, 1996. Evaluating experimental designs for determining mate choice: the effect of amplexus on mate choice by female barking treefrogs, Hyla gratiosa. Anim Behav 51:881-890.
22. Murphy CG, Gerhardt HC, 2002. Mate sampling by female barking treefrogs (Hyla gratiosa). Behav Ecol 13:472-480.
23. Neter J, Wasserman W, Kutner MH, 1990. Applied linear statistical models. Homewood, IL: Irwin.
24. Phillips JB, 1990. Lek behavior in birds: do displaying males reduce nest predation? Anim Behav 39:555-565.
25. Ritke ME, Babb JG, Ritke MK, 1990. Life history of the gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) in western Tennessee. J Herpetol 24:135-141.
26. Ritke ME, Babb JG, Ritke MK, 1992. Temporal patterns of reproductive activity in the gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). J Herpetol 26:107-111.
27. Ryan MJ, Turtle MD, Taft LK, 1981. The costs and benefits of frog chorusing behavior. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 8:273-278.
28. Schwartz JJ, 1994. Male advertisement and female choice in frogs: recent findings and new approaches to the study of communication in a dynamic acoustic environment. Am Zool 34:616-624.
29. Shelly TE, 2001. Lek size and female visitation in two species of tephritid fruit flies. Anim Behav 62:33-40.
30. Shelly TE, Greenfield MD, 1991. Dominions and desert clickers (Orthoptera: Acrididae): influences of resources and male signaling on female settlement patterns. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 28:133-140.
31. Sinsch U, 1988. Temporal spacing of breeding activity in the natterjack toad, Bufo calamita. Oecologia 76:399-407.
32. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ, 1981. Biometry, 2nd ed. New York: Freeman.
33. Sutherland WJ, 1996. From individual behaviour to population ecology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
34. Tabachnick BG, Fidell LS, 1983. Using multivariate statistics. New York: Harper and Row.
35. Vehrencamp SL, Bradbury JW, Gibson RM, 1989. The energetic cost of display in male sage grouse. Anim Behav 38:885-896.
36. Wagner WE, Sullivan BK, 1992. Chorus organization in the Gulf Coast toad (Bufo valliceps): male and female behavior and the opportunity for sexual selection. Copeia 1992:647-658.
37. Walker TJ, 1983. Mating modes and female choice in short-tailed crickets (Anurogyllus arboreus). In: Orthopteran mating systems: sexual competition in a diverse group of insects (Gwynne DT, Morris GK, eds). Boulder, Colorado: Westview; 240-267.
38. Wells KD, 1977. The social behavior of anuran amphibians. Anim Behav 25:666-693.
39. Zar JH, 1996. Biostatistical analysis, 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.