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Frogs change their tune
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie | Vol 31, No 1 | a319 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/satnt.v31i1.319
| © 2012 Donnavan J.D. Kruger, Louis du Preez
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 26 January 2012 | Published: 23 May 2012
Submitted: 26 January 2012 | Published: 23 May 2012
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Donnavan J.D. Kruger, North-West University, South AfricaLouis du Preez, North-West University, South Africa
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Frogs change their call pitch to adapt to the traffic noise in urbanenvironments. Male frogs calls to attract females or to defend territories from rival males.Females of some species prefer lower-pitched calls which indicate larger, more experiencedmales. Acoustic interference occurs when the background noise reduces the active distance.
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