Table 1. Effects of traffic noise playback stimuli on call parameters of the focal species.
Time | Treatment | Aggressive call | Advertisement call | |||||
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Call rate (call/min) | Call rate (call/min) | Call length (seconds) | Note length (seconds) | Interval (seconds) | Dominant frequency | |||
Boana bischoffi | 1 | Silence | 0.9 (0.4) | 5.9 (1.3)a | 0.07 (0.02) | 0.05 (0.006) | _ | 1685 (66)a |
2 | 65 dB | 0.5 (0.2) | 4.2 (1.3)b | 0.05 (0.005) | 0.05 (0.006) | _ | 1694 (31) | |
3 | 75 dB | 0.9 (0.3) | 5.2 (1.4)b | 0.09 (0.02) | 0.05 (0.007) | _ | 1672 (45) | |
4 | Silence | 1.2 (0.4) | 7.4 (1.6)a | 0.11 (0.03) | 0.05 (0.007) | _ | 1676 (27)b | |
1 | Silence | 1.0 (0.4) | 9.6 (1.7)a | 0.10 (0.02) | 0.06 (0.004) | _ | 1769 (36)a | |
2 | 75 dB | 0.5 (0.3) | 2.9 (1.6)b | 0.16 (0.05) | 0.06 (0.005) | _ | 1746 (47) | |
3 | 65 dB | 0.7 (0.4) | 4.8 (1.4)b | 0.11 (0.03) | 0.06 (0.005) | _ | 1706 (25) | |
4 | Silence | 1.5 (0.8) | 6.6 (2.6)a | 0.14 (0.04) | 0.06 (0.004) | _ | 1685 (15)b | |
Boana leptolineata | 1 | Silence | 0.9 (0.3) | 16.2 (4.4) | 0.18 (0.02) | 0.06 (0.005) | 0.08 (0.005) | 4222 (54) |
2 | 65 dB | 1.2 (0.3) | 18.3 (4.5) | 0.20 (0.02) | 0.06 (0.004) | 0.08 (0.005) | 4240 (49) | |
3 | 75 dB | 1.4 (0.4) | 15.8 (4.2) | 0.22 (0.02) | 0.06 (0.004) | 0.08 (0.005) | 4196 (50) | |
4 | Silence | 1.5 (0.5) | 15.5 (4.4) | 0.22 (0.01)*a | 0.06 (0.005) | 0.09 (0.005) | 4186 (48) | |
1 | Silence | 2.4 (0.7) | 13.8 (3.5) | 0.19 (0.02) | 0.07 (0.007) | 0.09 (0.02) | 4150 (51) | |
2 | 75 dB | 1.8 (0.6) | 11.7 (5.1) | 0.18 (0.02) | 0.07 (0.007) | 0.08 (0.009) | 4207 (60) | |
3 | 65 dB | 1.4 (0.7) | 12.6 (4.8) | 0.18 (0.02) | 0.08 (0.1) | 0.08 (0.01) | 4198 (46) | |
4 | Silence | 1.1 (0.7) | 10.7 (5.3) | 0.19 (0.03)*b | 0.07 (0.004) | 0.09 (0.01) | 4182 (63) |