Pattern recognition and call preferences in treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae): a quantitative analysis using a no-choice paradigm

Bush, Sarah L.; Gerhardt, H. Carl; Schul, Johannes

doi:10.1006/anbe.2001.1880

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“…Independent of the signaller strategy, a non-linear relationship between the quality and the perceived attractiveness of males may arise by a non-linear response of the females' neuro-sensory system to the variation in signal property. For example, in Hyla versicolor, it has been shown that the strength of the preference for the longer of two calls decreases with the increase of the call durations presented (Gerhardt et al 2000), suggesting that the strength of attraction of a call increased logarithmically with increasing call duration (Bush et al 2002). For these reasons, now we relax the assumption of linearity between mate quality and attractiveness and we investigate how alternative monotonic attractiveness functions may affect the optimal female mating strategy.…”

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“…Practically, this means that they should be able to describe the preference function Ã(z). Several of these methods have been proposed (review in Wagner 1998; Bush et al 2002;Phelps et al 2006). In particular, we focus on three methods: the one-choice recognition test, the forced two-choice discrimination test and the latency-ratio test (Bush et al 2002).…”

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“…Several of these methods have been proposed (review in Wagner 1998; Bush et al 2002;Phelps et al 2006). In particular, we focus on three methods: the one-choice recognition test, the forced two-choice discrimination test and the latency-ratio test (Bush et al 2002). Now, we use our model of mating decision to analyse advantages and disadvantages of these methodologies and to make testable predictions on how preference functions affect mating decisions in different choice contexts.…”

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“…The third methods for describing preference functions is the 'latency-ratio test' (Bush et al 2002). Unlike the previous methods, this method is based not only on whether and how females respond but also on the time they employ to express their choice.…”

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“…Unlike the previous methods, this method is based not only on whether and how females respond but also on the time they employ to express their choice. Bush et al (2002) used a single-stimulus design and calculate the strength of attraction (the "phonotaxis score") as the time required by females to respond to that stimulus relative to the time required to respond to a fixed alternative. The phonotaxis score of a focal stimulus is zero when the stimulus fails to elicit a phonotaxis response, it is smaller than one when the focal-stimulus latency is longer than the fixed-alternative latency, and it is greater than one when the focalstimulus latency is shorter than that of the alternative.…”

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Sampling and assessment accuracy in mate choice: A random-walk model of information processing in mating decision

Castellano

Cermelli

2011

Journal of Theoretical Biology

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Cite this article as: Sergio Castellano and Paolo Cermelli, Sampling and assessment accuracy in mate choice: a random-walk model of information processing in mating decision., Journal of Theoretical Biology, doi:10.1016Biology, doi:10. /j.jtbi.2011 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting galley proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. ABSTRACTMate choice depends on mating preferences and on the manner in which mate-quality information is acquired and used to make decisions. We present a model that describes how these two components of mating decision interact with each other during a comparative evaluation of prospective mates. The model, with its well-explored precedents in psychology and neurophysiology, assumes that decisions are made by the integration over time of noisy information until a stopping-rule criterion is reached. Due to this informational approach, the model builds a coherent theoretical framework for developing an integrated view of functions and mechanisms of mating decisions. From a functional point of view, the model allows us to investigate speed-accuracy tradeoffs in mating decision at both population and individual levels.It shows that, under strong time constraints, decision makers are expected to make fast and frugal decisions and to optimally trade off population-sampling accuracy (i.e. the number of sampled males) against individual-assessment accuracy (i.e. the time spent for evaluating each mate).From the proximate-mechanism point of view, the model makes testable predictions on the interactions of mating preferences and choosiness in different contexts and it might be of compelling empirical utility for a context-independent description of mating preference strength.4

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2011

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6‐hydroxydopamine lesions in anuran amphibians: A new model system for Parkinson's disease?

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We investigated the effects of dopamine depletion on acoustically guided behavior of anurans by conducting phonotaxis experiments with female gray treefrogs (Hyla versicolor) before and 90 min after bilateral injections of 3, 6, or 12 microg 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) into the telencephalic ventricles. In experiments with one loudspeaker playing back a standard artificial mating call, we analyzed the effects of 6-OHDA on phonotactic response time. In choice tests we measured the degree of distraction from the standard call (20 pulses/s) by three different variants with altered pulse-rate (30/s, 40/s, 60/s). Five days after experiments, brains were immunostained for tyrosine hydroxylase. Labeled neurons were counted in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, posterior tuberculum, interpeduncular nucleus, and locus coeruleus, and correlation between neuronal numbers and behavioral scores was tested. Response times increased together with 6-OHDA concentrations, which was mainly due to longer immobile periods before the animals started movement. In choice tests the most irrelevant stimulus (60/s) distracted 6-OHDA injected females from the standard stimulus, while sham injected controls were undistracted. The number of catecholaminergic neurons decreased with increasing 6-OHDA concentration in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, posterior tuberculum, and interpeduncular nucleus. The normalized number of immunoreactive neurons in the posterior tuberculum was positively correlated with phonotaxis scores in the one-speaker test, demonstrating that motor deficits are a function of tubercular cell loss. We conclude that bilateral 6-OHDA lesions in anuran amphibians cause motor (difficulty to start movements) as well as cognitive symptoms (higher distraction by irrelevant stimuli) that have also been described for human Parkinson patients.

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Recognition and Localization of Acoustic Signals

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Pattern recognition and call preferences in treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae): a quantitative analysis using a no-choice paradigm

Cited by 118 publications

References 26 publications

Sampling and assessment accuracy in mate choice: A random-walk model of information processing in mating decision

Sampling and assessment accuracy in mate choice: A random-walk model of information processing in mating decision

6‐hydroxydopamine lesions in anuran amphibians: A new model system for Parkinson's disease?

Recognition and Localization of Acoustic Signals

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