Bioacoustic Underpinnings of Formation and Organization of Frog and Toad Choruses: Possible Mechanisms for Optimization of Mating Call Detectability
Wednesday, March 22, 1989 4:00 p.m. Jim Fox Department of Psychology The University of Texas at Austin A hypothesis is examined that male frogs and toads form choruses so as to derive certain acoustic advantages resulting from call overlap. Computer models of hypothetical choruses demonstrate that chorusing may result in the augmentation of per capita…