Summer Research in Panama

Author

Miriam Van de Water

Abstract

Here is a photo of me on the job, and a link to a video I took of a male Tungara frog call. See the bottom to access my references.

Sound Chamber: This is a photo of me inside a darkened sound chamber, attempting to locate the female frog from an amplexus pair collected for experimentation. The photo was taken of a TV that projected video from inside the chamber via an infrared camera.

Link to hear Male Call

References

Ryan, M.J., Tuttle, M.D., Taft, L.K. (1981). The costs and benefits of frog chorusing behavior. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 8:273-278.

Ryan, M.J., Rand, A.S. (1990). The sensory basis of sexual selection for complex calls in the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus (sexual selection for sensory exploitation). Evolution 44:305-314.

Ryan, M.J. (2018). A Taste for the Beautiful: The Evolution of Attraction. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Taylor, R., Klein, B., & Ryan, M.J. (2011). Inter-signal interaction and uncertain information in anuran multimodal signals. Current Zoology. 57:10.1093/czoolo/57.2.153.