Nov 21, 2016
All my life I liked toad faces.. They are always smiling. But, as a scientist I became interested in their calls. Today I have been trying different scientific approachs to raise information for conservation purposes.
Frogs make adjustments in their calls according to social context and air temperature. These factors are relatively well known, but studies documenting changes in acoustic traits by pathogen infection are incipient. Our project will try to understand if fungal infected Neotropical frogs present alterations on acoustic traits in their calls. Understanding the effects of this emerging pathogen on frogs’ behavior is essential for the conservation of many endangered species across the planet.
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