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Efeitos do canto de anúncio e do tamanho corporal no espaçamento entre machos em agregações de Dendropsophus nanus (Anura, Hylidae)

Authors: Sousa, Verônica Thiemi Tsutae de;

Efeitos do canto de anúncio e do tamanho corporal no espaçamento entre machos em agregações de Dendropsophus nanus (Anura, Hylidae)

Abstract

Em anuros, a manutenção de espaçamento entre machos constitui uma importante adaptação às agregações reprodutivas, minimizando o mascaramento auditivo e aumentando o sucesso reprodutivo dos machos emissores de vocalização. O canto de anúncio transmite informações com o potencial de influenciar o estabelecimento e a manutenção de espaçamento entre machos, como a habilidade de luta e a localização dos machos. Avaliamos o espaçamento entre machos de Dendropsophus nanus (Anura, Hylidae), que emitem canto de anúncio formado por duas notas: as introdutórias (notas A) e as secundárias (notas B). Testamos três hipóteses: 1) o espaçamento entre machos é influenciado por um ou mais parâmetros do canto de anúncio; 2) o canto de anúncio transmite informações a respeito do tamanho corporal dos machos; 3) o espaçamento entre machos é mediado por notas introdutórias. Machos de D. nanus utilizam ambas as notas para advertir seu tamanho corporal e sua localização no habitat reprodutivo. No entanto, somente as notas A transmitem ambas as informações por meio dos mesmos parâmetros acústicos, relativos à estrutura da nota. As notas B transmitem as informações relativas ao tamanho corporal pela taxa de repetição de notas e de pulsos, enquanto o espaçamento foi influenciado pelo número e duração dos pulsos. Além disso, o espaçamento entre machos foi maior quando mediado por notas A do que por notas B. Assim, as notas A informam a coespecíficos a habilidade competitiva do macho emissor da vocalização, enquanto as notas B advertem a qualidade reprodutiva dos machos às fêmeas

In anurans, the maintenance of spacing between males is an important adaptation to the chorus, reducing auditory masking and maximizing the transmission of the calls and males’ reproductive success. Advertisement call conveys information with the potential to influence the establishment and maintenance of intermale spacing, like competitive ability and location of males. We evaluate intermale spacing in natural aggregation of Dendropsophus nanus (Anura, Hylidae), whose advertisement call is constituted by two notes: the introductory (type A notes) and the secondary (type B notes). We tested three hypotheses: 1) intermale spacing is influenced by one or more parameters of the advertisement call; 2) the advertisement call contains information about male body size; 3) intermale spacing is mediated by introductory notes. Males of D. nanus use both notes to advertise their body size and their location in the reproductive habitat to other conspecifics. However, only A notes convey both kinds of information through the same acoustic parameters, which are related to note structure. Type B notes advertise body size through note and pulses repetition rate, while spacing is associated to the number and duration of pulses. Furthermore, intermale spacing was greater when mediated by A notes than when mediated by B notes. Therefore, A notes advertise mainly a male’s competitive ability in male-male interactions, while B notes appear to advertise the males’ reproductive quality to females

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal - IBILCE

Country
Brazil
Keywords

Bioacustica, Ecologia animal, Anuro

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