Patterns of mating call preferences in túngara frogs, Physalaemus pustulosus

• Published in: Journal of evolutionary biology Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 2235 - 2247
• Main Authors: RYAN, M.J, BERNAL, X.E, RAND, A.S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2007; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Animal Communication; Animal reproduction; Animals; Anura; Anura - genetics; Anura - physiology; divergence; Evolutionary biology; Female; Frogs; Male; mate choice; mating calls; Mating Preference, Animal; Physalaemus; Physalaemus pustulosus; Population genetics; sexual selection; species recognition; Species Specificity; túngara frogs; Vocalization, Animal

We examine acoustic mating preferences of a focal population at four different scales of divergence: within the population, between populations in the same genetic group, between populations in different genetic groups and between different species. At all scales there is substantial genetic diverge...