Vocal communication between male Xenopus laevis
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The study conducted to understand the role of vocal communication between male South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, using recorded call types of six males and two females is presented. It is concluded that Xenopus laevis males gain advantage in reproduction by competing for advertisement privileges and suppressing the vocals of neighboring males.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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Wars of attrition: Colony size determines competitive outcomes in a guild of African acacia ants
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The mechanisms underlying dominance relationships in interference competition for nest sites in a guild of acacia ants residing on acacia drepanologium is examined. The study demonstrates experimentally that size asymmetries underlie dominance relationships in an entire guild of competitors.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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Female preferences for socially variable call characters in the cricket frog, Acris crepitans
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The cricket frog, Acris crepitans, is used as a model for understanding social flexibility in a dual-function signal. The analysis indicates that males use changes in temporal call characters to facultatively increase their relative attractiveness to females in the presence of other males.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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