Distress call in frogs: a vocalization with coespecific information?

• Grant number: 13/21519-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: January 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Animal Behavior
• Principal Investigator: Luis Felipe de Toledo Ramos Pereira
• Grantee: Lucas Rodriguez Forti
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Selective pressure imposed by predators promoted the emergence of distinguishable defensive behaviors that may be adaptive for the part or the entire population. This process is the group selection, since natural selection is elevated to the collective of individuals. Frogs exhibit about 30 defensive strategies, and the one of themost conspicuous is the emission of distress calls, a loud and with high vocalization,which potentially may frighten predators. Such behavior may also warn conspescific neighbors about the predator presence. In this context, it is expected that the distress call has an adaptive value for group selection, since this behavior may increase survivorship of neighbors as well. Thus, we hypothesized that conspecifics individuals will show behavioral responses to distress call playbacks. By recognizing the distress call is possible that there are postural changes, they may stop the calling activity, or they could flee away or hide. We aim to test this hypothesis and to assess the effect, if any, by means of playback experiments in the field, under natural conditions. Theferore, we selected Hypsiboas bischoffi and H. faber (Hylinae) as models for the study based on previous naturalistic observations. The selected sites are in the Atlantic rainforest in the state of São Paulo. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; PONTES, MARIANA RETUCI; ALCANTARA, EDNA PAULINO; MORAIS, DRAUSIO HONORIO; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE; DODONOV, PAVEL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Torrent frogs have fewer macroparasites but higher rates of chytrid infection in landscapes with smaller forest cover. ECOSPHERE, v. 11, n. 6, JUN 2020. (16/25358-3, 20/00099-0, 13/21519-4, 14/23388-7)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; BECKER, C. GUILHERME; TACIOLI, LEANDRO; PEREIRA, VANIA ROSA; SANTOS, ANDRE CID F. A.; OLIVEIRA, IGOR; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Perspectives on invasive amphibians in Brazil. PLoS One, v. 12, n. 9, SEP 22 2017. (13/21519-4, 11/51694-7, 14/50342-8, 11/52070-7, 14/23388-7, 13/50741-7, 13/02219-0)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; LINGNAU, RODRIGO; BERTOLUCI, JAIME. Acoustic variation in the advertisement call of the Lime treefrog Sphaenorhynchus caramaschii (Anura: Hylidae). VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, v. 67, n. 2, p. 197-205, 2017. (13/21519-4)

FORTI, LUCAS R.; SOUSA, JACKSON C.; COSTA-CAMPOS, CARLOS E.. Novel observations on Leptodactylus fuscus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) mating behavior: a couple in acoustic interaction. Phyllomedusa, v. 17, n. 2, p. 273-278, DEC 2018. (13/21519-4)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; AVILA DA SILVA, THAIA RENATA; TOLEDO, LUIA FELIPE. The acoustic repertoire of the Atlantic Forest Rocket Frog and its consequences for taxonomy and conservation (Allobates, Aromobatidae). ZOOKEYS, n. 692, p. 141-153, 2017. (14/23388-7, 13/21519-4)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; BAPTISTA HADDAD, CELIO FERNANDO; LEITE, FELIPE; DRUMMOND, LEANDRO DE OLIVEIRA; DE ASSIS, CLODOALDO; CRIVELLARI, LUCAS BATISTA; MELLO, CAIO MARINHO; GARCI, PAULO CHRISTIANO ANCHIETTA; ZORNOSA-TORRES, CAMILA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Notes on vocalizations of Brazilian amphibians IV: advertisement calls of 20 Atlantic Forest frog species. PeerJ, v. 7, SEP 13 2019. (16/25358-3, 13/50741-7, 13/21519-4, 14/50342-8)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; BELLA SANCHES FORTI, ANNA BARBARA; MARQUEZ, RAFAEL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Behavioural response evoked by conspecific distress calls in two neotropical treefrogs. Ethology, v. 123, n. 12, p. 942-948, DEC 2017. (14/23388-7, 13/21519-4)

STANESCU, FLORINA; FORTI, LUCAS R.; COGALNICEANU, DAN; MARQUEZ, RAFAEL. Release and distress calls in European spadefoot toads, genus Pelobates. BIOACOUSTICS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SOUND AND ITS RECORDING, v. 28, n. 3, p. 224-238, MAY 4 2019. (13/21519-4, 09/13987-2)

FORATTO, ROSELI MARIA; LLUSIA, DIEGO; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ. Treefrogs adjust their acoustic signals in response to harmonics structure of intruder calls. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, v. 32, n. 3, p. 416-427, MAY-JUN 2021. (16/25358-3, 13/21519-4, 14/23388-7)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; FORATTO, ROSELI MARIA; MARQUEZ, RAFAEL; PEREIRA, VANIA ROSA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Current knowledge on bioacoustics of the subfamily Lophyohylinae (Hylidae, Anura) and description of Ocellated treefrog Itapotihyla langsdorffii vocalizations. PeerJ, v. 6, MAY 31 2018. (14/23388-7, 16/25358-3, 13/21519-4)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; MARQUEZ, RAFAEL; BERTOLUCI, JAIME. Advertisement call of Dendropsophus microps (Anura: Hylidae) from two populations from southeastern Brazil. Zoologia, v. 32, n. 3, p. 187-194, MAY-JUN 2015. (13/21519-4, 09/13987-2)

FORTI, LUCAS R.; COSTA, WILLIAM P.; MARTINS, LUCAS B.; NUNES-DE-ALMEIDA, CARLOS H. L.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Advertisement call and genetic structure conservatism: good news for an endangered Neotropical frog. PeerJ, v. 4, MAY 10 2016. (14/23388-7, 13/02219-0, 13/21519-4, 13/09964-2)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; ZORNOSA-TORRES, CAMILA; MARQUEZ, RAFAEL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Ancestral state, phylogenetic signal and convergence among anuran distress calls. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, v. 274, p. 1-5, MAY 2018. (14/23388-7, 16/25358-3, 13/21519-4)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; AVILA DA SILVA, THAIA RENATA; TOLEDO, LUIA FELIPE. The acoustic repertoire of the Atlantic Forest Rocket Frog and its consequences for taxonomy and conservation (Allobates, Aromobatidae). ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 692, p. 13-pg., 2017-01-01. (13/21519-4, 14/23388-7)