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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bernal, Ximena E.
• Page, Rachel A.
• Ryan, Michael J.
• Argo, Theodore F.
• Wilson, Preston S.

Titel

Acoustic radiation patterns of mating calls of the túngara frog ( Physalaemus pustuosus ): Implications for multiple receivers

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2009-11, Vol.126 (5), p.2757-2767

Ort / Verlag

Melville, NY: Acoustical Society of America

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

AIP Journals Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In order for a signal to be transmitted from a sender to a receiver, the receiver must be within the active space of the signal. If patterns of sound radiation are not omnidirectional, the position as well as the distance of the receiver relative to the sender is critical. In previous measurements of the horizontal directivity of mating calls of frogs, the signals were analyzed using peak or root-mean-square analysis and resulted in broadband directivities that ranged from negligible to a maximum of approximately 5 dB . Idealized laboratory measurements of the patterns of acoustic radiation of the mating calls of male túngara frogs ( Physalaemus pustulosus ), along axes relevant to three receivers in this communication network, female frogs in the horizontal plane, and frog-eating bats and blood-sucking flies above the ground, are reported. The highest sound pressure level was radiated directly above the frog, with a 6 dB reduction radiated along the horizontal direction. Band-limited directivities were significantly greater than broadband directivities, with a maximum directivity of 20 dB in the vertical plane for harmonics near 6 kHz . The implications with regard to mating and predator-prey interactions are discussed.