Nicolas Camargo-Rodriguez

Apr 19, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Matías Muñoz |Wouter Halfwerk |Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |Nicolas Camargo-Rodriguez

AbstractTerritory defence is an important aspect of animal behaviour, and tightly linked to rival assessment and species recognition processes. An important component of these two processes is signalling, and animals must decide how to respond to a challenge based on the signals they perceive from their rivals. Here we manipulated the note repetition rate of rocket frog calls to simulate rivals with high and low vocal performances, and tested the aggressive responses of males in the field.