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Patterns of acoustic phenology in an anuran assemblage of the Yungas Andean forests of Argentina
Marcos Vaira- Rubén Marcos Barquez
- Mauricio Sebastián Akmentins
Published 2023-07-01
Keywords
- advertisement calls,
- anurans,
- calling guilds,
- Passive Acoustic Monitoring,
- Acoustic breeding strategies
- acoustic phenology ...More
How to Cite
Boullhesen, M., Vaira, M., Barquez, R. M., & Akmentins, M. S. (2023). Patterns of acoustic phenology in an anuran assemblage of the Yungas Andean forests of Argentina. Acta Herpetologica, 18(1), 23–36. https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-14050
Copyright (c) 2023 Martín Boullhesen, Marcos Vaira, Rubén Marcos Barquez, Mauricio Sebastián Akmentins
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Funding data
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Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Grant numbers PUE INECOA 22920170100027CO -
Rufford Foundation
Grant numbers Project ID- 22246-1
Abstract
Breeding seasons in anurans are usually noticed by their advertisement calls, which stand as the main signal emitted by males during their adult life. These calls are species-specific signals with multiple information and can be used to monitor anuran populations over extended time periods. Applying a Passive Acoustic Monitoring method (PAM), we described the acoustic breeding phenology of an anuran assemblage along an altitudinal elevation range in the Yungas Andean forests of Argentina. In addition, we propose a new classification scheme for their acoustic phenological strategies, based on the male’s calling records throughout an entire year. Also, we assessed the temporal and spectral niche overlap by the anuran species recorded. The assemblage was active throughout the entire year, with a higher concentration of calls recorded during the spring-summer season. We describe five distinct Acoustic Breeding Strategies based on the calling patterns of the recorded species. Temporal niche overlap was higher in the spring-summer season and in the lowest study site. The use of a PAM as a tool to monitor the advertisement calls in anurans communities could be a reliable technique to obtain different information about the species’ acoustic phenology and the temporal use of the acoustic communication channel.
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Pereyra, L.C., Akmentins, M.S., Vaira, M., Moreno, C.E. (2018): Disentangling the multiple components of anuran diversity associated to different land‐uses in Yungas forests, Argentina. Animal Conservation 21: 396-404.
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