THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SELECTION IN INTRASPECIFIC DIVERGENCE OF MATE RECOGNITION SIGNALS IN THE CRICKET FROG,
            <i>ACRIS CREPITANS</i>

Ryan, Michael J.; Cocroft, Reginald B.; Wilczynski, Walter

doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1990.tb05256.x

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“…Habitat-specific effects on signal evolution have been studied predominantly in visual signals in fish (Boughman, 2001;Endler, 1991Endler, , 1992Seehausen et al, 1997) and birds (Marchetti, 1993), and in the acoustic (air-borne) signals in insects (Larsen and Michelsen, 1983;Romer, 1998), birds (Richards and Wiley, 1980;Ryan and Brenowitz, 1985;Wiley, 1991), and frogs (Ryan et al, 1990;Ryan and Wilczynski, 1991). Signals in most modalities, such as visual and auditory, are adapted to a single medium (e.g.…”

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The effect of substrate on the efficacy of seismic courtship signal transmission in the jumping spider Habronattus dossenus (Araneae:Salticidae)

Elias

Mason

Hoy

2004

Journal of Experimental Biology

105

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SUMMARY The jumping spider Habronattus dossenusGriswold 1987 (Salticidae)communicates using seismic signals during courtship and can be found on rocks,sand and leaf litter. We examined the filtering properties of, and tested the efficacy of male courtship signals on, these natural substrates. These substrates have drastically different filtering properties at the distances at which the males court. Rocks sharply attenuated all frequencies, with considerable variability among different rocks. Desert sand showed band-pass properties, attenuating frequencies contained in the animal's signal. Leaf litter passed all frequencies and was the most favourable signalling environment. In behavioural trials, the proportion of males mating successfully was significantly higher on leaf litter than on rocks or desert sand. Males did not modify their courtship behaviour on different substrates. Therefore, the effectiveness of male courtship seismic signals appears to be strongly constrained by the available substratum resources.

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The effect of substrate on the efficacy of seismic courtship signal transmission in the jumping spider Habronattus dossenus (Araneae:Salticidae)

Elias

Mason

Hoy

2004

Journal of Experimental Biology

105

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“…Second, they suggest a role for selective mechanisms (reinforcement, interspecific competition) in divergence among populations. Selection for efficient transmission of signals in different environments, known to play a role in the evolution of acoustic signals (for example, Ryan et al, 1990), might also influence the divergence of chemical signals (Linn and Roelofs, 1995) although it has not been extensively addressed, as far as we know. However, one issue with analysing geographical variation is that it can only provide arguments in favour of this role and not a direct demonstration.…”

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On the scent of speciation: the chemosensory system and its role in premating isolation

2008

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Chemosensory speciation is characterized by the evolution of barriers to genetic exchange that involve chemosensory systems and chemical signals. Here, we review some representative studies documenting chemosensory speciation in an attempt to evaluate the importance and the different aspects of the process in nature and to gain insights into the genetic basis and the evolutionary mechanisms of chemosensory trait divergence. Although most studies of chemosensory speciation concern sexual isolation mediated by pheromone divergence, especially in Drosophila and moth species, other chemically based behaviours (habitat choice, pollinator attraction) can also play an important role in speciation and are likely to do so in a wide range of invertebrate and vertebrate species. Adaptive divergence of chemosensory traits in response to factors such as pollinators, hosts and conspecifics commonly drives the evolution of chemical prezygotic barriers. Although the genetic basis of chemosensory speciation remains largely unknown, genomic approaches to chemosensory gene families and to enzymes involved in biosynthetic pathways of signal compounds now provide new opportunities to dissect the genetic basis of these complex traits and of their divergence among taxa.

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“…Castellano et al, 2003;Kime et al, 2000;Ryan et al, 1990) and other taxa, such as birds (e.g. Barker et al, 2009;Mathevon et al, 2005) and mammals (e.g.…”

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“…The background noise of breeding choruses is a well-known constraint on the perception of male calls by female frogs (Bee, 2007;Bee, 2008a;Bee, 2008b;Gerhardt and Klump, 1988;Schwartz et al, 2001;Schwartz and Gerhardt, 1998). Additionally, previous studies of frogs have shown that male advertisement calls undergo predictable forms of attenuation and degradation as they propagate through typical breeding habitats (Castellano et al, 2003;Kime et al, 2000;Penna et al, 2006;Ryan et al, 1990;Ryan and Sullivan, 1989). Comparatively few studies, however, have explicitly investigated how habitat-induced effects of signal propagation influence the responses of female frogs to advertisement calls [but see for example Gerhardt and Murphy (Gerhardt, 1976;Murphy, 2008)].…”

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Sound transmission and the recognition of temporally degraded sexual advertisement signals in Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)

Kuczynski

Vélez

Schwartz

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Journal of Experimental Biology

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SUMMARYAcoustic communication signals degrade as they propagate between signalers and receivers. While we generally understand the degrading effects of sound propagation on the structure of acoustic signals, we know considerably less about how receivers make behavioral decisions based on the perception of degraded signals in sonically and structurally complex habitats where communication occurs. In this study of acoustic mate recognition in Cope's gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope 1880), we investigated how the temporal structure of male advertisement calls was compromised by propagation in a natural habitat and how females responded to stimuli mimicking various levels of temporal degradation. In a sound transmission experiment, we quantified changes in the pulsed structure of signals by broadcasting synthetic calls during active choruses from positions where we typically encountered signalers, and re-recording the signals from positions where we typically encountered potential receivers. Our main finding was that the silent gaps between pulses become increasingly 'filled in' by background noise and reverberations as a function of increasing propagation distance. We also conducted female phonotaxis experiments to determine the threshold modulation depth required to elicit recognition of the pulsatile structure of the call. Females were surprisingly tolerant of degraded temporal structure, and there was a tendency for greater permissiveness at lower playback levels. We discuss these results in terms of presumed mechanisms of call recognition in complex environments and the acoustic adaptation hypothesis.

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THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SELECTION IN INTRASPECIFIC DIVERGENCE OF MATE RECOGNITION SIGNALS IN THE CRICKET FROG, ACRIS CREPITANS

Cited by 118 publications

References 24 publications

The effect of substrate on the efficacy of seismic courtship signal transmission in the jumping spider Habronattus dossenus (Araneae:Salticidae)

The effect of substrate on the efficacy of seismic courtship signal transmission in the jumping spider Habronattus dossenus (Araneae:Salticidae)

On the scent of speciation: the chemosensory system and its role in premating isolation

Sound transmission and the recognition of temporally degraded sexual advertisement signals in Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)

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