隐藏的变化在音量测量缩放之间的声音生产和感知在anurans
Bruna Maria1, João F R Tonini2, Raoni Rebouças1,3,4
1Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil.
PeerJ
|November 9, 2023
概括
青呼叫频率与身体和耳膜大小有关. 这些特征的进化转变可能是由环境噪音和性选择驱动的,允许青适应它们的呼叫.
科学领域:
- 动物学 动物学
- 生物声学是一种生物声学.
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 阿努拉人 (青和) 主要使用通过广告呼叫进行社交互动的听觉通信.
- 人对声音的感知依赖于一个外部的耳膜,这对社会行为至关重要.
- 身体大小和耳膜大小是影响人类声学交流的关键物理特征.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究身体尺寸和耳膜尺寸对anuran呼叫频率在它们的进化历史上的影响.
- 了解塑造anuran发音的全度关系和进化约束.
主要方法:
- 从文学和博物馆收藏中收集了735种anuran物种的鼻孔孔长度, tympanic膜直径和主导呼叫频率的数据.
- 将这些特征映射到anuran的基因组上,以分析进化模式.
- 测试了各种多样化的模型来解释特征进化.
主要成果:
- 身体尺寸,耳膜尺寸和呼叫频率之间存在强烈的全度约束.
- 确定了这五种进化转变的例子. 在这个全度关系中.
- 这些变化与背景噪音和潜在的性选择压力等环境因素相关.
结论:
- 阿努伦的呼叫频率受到身体和耳大小的显著限制,但进化适应允许"全米逃生".
- 环境压力 (例如,背景噪音) 和性选择 (例如,女性偏好某些耳大小) 可以推动呼叫特征的这些进化转变.
- 了解这些因素,可以深入了解anuran人的身体特征,环境和沟通进化之间的相互作用.
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