Acoustic characteristics of eight common Chinese anurans during the breeding season  

作　　者：Yi-Lin ZHOU Xia QIU Xiao-Bin FANG Lu-Yi YANG Yi ZHAO Teng FANG Wei-Hong ZHENG Jin-Song LIU 

机构地区：[1]School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China [2]Gutianshan National Nature Reserve Zone, Kaihua 324300, China

出　　处：《Zoological Research》2014年第1期42-50,共9页动物学研究（英文）

基　　金：This study was financially supported by the National Science and Technology Project （2008BAC39B02-11）, the National Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program and the Zhejiang Province ＂Xinmiao＂ Project （2012R 424021 ）. Acknowledgements： We would like to thank Dr. Ron Moorhouse for revising the English. We would also especially like to thank two anonymous reviewers for correcting some of the English expressions and giving suggestions for improving this manuscript.

摘　　要：Anurans often have species-specific vocalizations. To quantify and compare the characteristics of anuran calls in Gutianshan National Nature Reserve, Zhejiang Province, we recorded the advertisement calls of eight species belonging to four families （Ranidae, Microhylidae, Megophryidae and Bufonidae） from June to September 2012 using Sony ICD-FX8 IC recorders. All recordings were analyzed using the ＂Praat＂ software. Five acoustics parameters were measured, including temporal traits （call duration, number of notes or pulse number/call） and spectral traits （fundamental frequency, the first three formants and dominant frequency）. The characteristic parameters of Microhyla ornate and Fejervarya limnocharis calls were different as were the calls of some populations of the same species recorded in different regions. The advertisement calls of the eight species were specific. Our study has provided a useful reference for identifying the calls of some common Chinese anurans.Anurans often have species-specific vocalizations. To quantify and compare the characteristics of anuran calls in Gutianshan National Nature Reserve, Zhejiang Province, we recorded the advertisement calls of eight species belonging to four families （Ranidae, Microhylidae, Megophryidae and Bufonidae） from June to September 2012 using Sony ICD-FX8 IC recorders. All recordings were analyzed using the ＂Praat＂ software. Five acoustics parameters were measured, including temporal traits （call duration, number of notes or pulse number/call） and spectral traits （fundamental frequency, the first three formants and dominant frequency）. The characteristic parameters of Microhyla ornate and Fejervarya limnocharis calls were different as were the calls of some populations of the same species recorded in different regions. The advertisement calls of the eight species were specific. Our study has provided a useful reference for identifying the calls of some common Chinese anurans.

关 键 词：ANURANS Advertisement calls Acoustic characteristics 

分 类 号：Q958[生物学—动物学]