movement or plasticity: acoustic responses of a torrent frog to stream geophony

Vocalization is the main form of communication in many animals, including frogs, which commonly emit advertisement calls to attract females and maintain spacing. In noisy environments such as streams, mechanisms to maximize signaling efficiency may include vocal plasticity and/or movement of individuals to quieter sections, but which strategy is used is still uncertain. We investigated the influence of stream geophony on the advertisement call of the torrent frog Hylodes perere in the Atlantic Rainforest, southeastern Brazil. In a mark-recapture study, we tested if males remain in their territories and thus adjust their advertisement calls to maximize their communication. We ran mixed linear and generalized models to verify the relation of call parameters and stream geophony, body size and environmental temperature. We found that males remained in the same location across time, increased call intensity in noisier environments but did not reduce call effort. Males also increased the domi..., , , # Data from: movement or plasticity: acoustic responses of a torrent frog to stream geophony

We are providing the datasets (h_22.xlsx and ff.xlsx) and the R script (TurinandNali_script.R).

## Description of the data and file structure

The columns in the dataset h_22.xlsx refer to:
ind = individuals
call = advertisement calls
stream = streams
section = stream sections
note_call = note within calls
call_dur_s = call duration (s)
note_dur_s = note duration (s)
Freq_5_Hz = frequency 5% (Hz)
Freq_95_Hz = frequency 95% (Hz)
Freq_P_Hz = dominant frequency (Hz)
call_int_s = interval between calls (s)
note_int_s = interval between notes (s)
note_rate_s = note rate (notes/s)
call_eff = call effort (ratio of sound to silence within a call) (%)
svl_mm = snout-vent length (mm)
bm_g = body mass (g)
air_temp_C = air temperature (ºC)
wat_temperature = water temperature (ºC)
SPL_c_dB = sound pressure level of calls (dB) already corrected by the recording distance
SPL_r_dB = sound pressure level of ...