The cocktail party problem: what is it? How can it be solved? And why should animal behaviorists study it?

MA Bee, C Micheyl - Journal of comparative psychology, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Animals often use acoustic signals to communicate in groups or social aggregations in
which multiple individuals signal within a receiver's hearing range. Consequently, receivers …

Environmental acoustics and the evolution of bird song

H Brumm, M Naguib - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 2009 - Elsevier
Any signal must get from a sender to a receiver if information is to be transmitted. In the case
of bird song, the acoustic properties of the habitat may hinder this being achieved. However …

Biological invasions and the acoustic niche: the effect of bullfrog calls on the acoustic signals of white-banded tree frogs

C Both, T Grant - Biology letters, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Invasive species are known to affect native species in a variety of ways, but the effect of
acoustic invaders has not been examined previously. We simulated an invasion of the …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal Communication in a Noisy Environment: A Case Study of the Bornean Rock Frog Staurois parvus

TU Grafe, D Preininger, M Sztatecsny, R Kasah… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
High background noise is an impediment to signal detection and perception. We report the
use of multiple solutions to improve signal perception in the acoustic and visual modality by …

[HTML][HTML] From uni-to multimodality: towards an integrative view on anuran communication

I Starnberger, D Preininger, W Hödl - Journal of Comparative Physiology …, 2014 - Springer
Undeniably, acoustic signals are the predominant mode of communication in frogs and
toads. Acoustically active species are found throughout the vast diversity of anuran families …

Ecology of acoustic signalling and the problem of masking interference in insects

AKD Schmidt, R Balakrishnan - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2015 - Springer
The efficiency of long-distance acoustic signalling of insects in their natural habitat is
constrained in several ways. Acoustic signals are not only subjected to changes imposed by …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal signaling in the Small Torrent Frog (Micrixalus saxicola) in a complex acoustic environment

D Preininger, M Boeckle, A Freudmann… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2013 - Springer
Many animals use multimodal (both visual and acoustic) components in courtship signals.
The acoustic communication of anuran amphibians can be masked by the presence of …

Spectral niche segregation and community organization in a tropical cricket assemblage

AKD Schmidt, H Römer, K Riede - Behavioral Ecology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
In species-rich biomes such as tropical rainforests, the efficiency of intraspecific acoustic
communication will strongly depend on the degree of signal overlap. Signal interference …

Wind-induced noise alters signaler and receiver behavior in vibrational communication

GD McNett, LH Luan, RB Cocroft - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2010 - Springer
Noise that masks communication signals can affect the evolution of signal form and
decisions about when and where to communicate. For the many invertebrates that …

Anuran acoustic signal production in noisy environments

JJ Schwartz, MA Bee - Animal communication and noise, 2013 - Springer
Where they co-occur, male anurans of different species may signal from diverse locations
and use vocalizations that differ spectrally. However, the relevance of such differences to the …