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Multisensory modalities increase working memory for mating signals in a treefrog.

Bicheng Zhu¹, Ya Zhou^1,2, Yue Yang¹

¹Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.

The Journal of Animal Ecology

|March 5, 2021

Summary

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Female frogs remember multimodal mating calls longer than unimodal ones, even after silent periods. This enhanced memory for acoustic and visual signals may drive sexual selection for complex male displays.

Keywords:

Kurixalus odontotarsus active time mate assessment multimodal signal sexual selection signal evolution vocal sac working memory

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Area of Science:

Animal behavior
Bioacoustics
Sexual selection

Background:

Animal choruses are often intermittent, requiring females to remember male locations during silent intervals.
While multimodal mating signals (acoustic + visual) are preferred by frogs, the reason for this preference is unclear.
This study investigates if multimodal signals enhance memory during silent periods.

Purpose of the Study:

To test if multimodal mating signals create longer memories than unimodal signals in female frogs.
To determine if this memory enhancement is significant during the silent intervals typical of frog choruses.

Main Methods:

Experiments were conducted on serrate-legged small treefrogs (Kurixalus odontotarsus).
Female frogs were presented with unimodal (acoustic-only) and multimodal (acoustic + video of vocal sac inflation) mating calls.
Call preference was assessed after varying silent periods, including up to 30 seconds.

Main Results:

Females significantly preferred multimodal calls over unimodal calls.
This preference for multimodal signals persisted after silent intervals up to 30 seconds.
Unimodal calls did not maintain female preference after similar silent periods.

Conclusions:

Multimodal signals engage longer working memory in female frogs compared to unimodal signals.
Enhanced memory may favor the evolution of multimodal signals in males via sexual selection.
Female preference for multimodal signals could facilitate mate searching and assessment.