supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32060307 and 31860610);Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Planning Project[[2021]500].
In anurans,advertisement calls(ACs)are an essential form of intraspecific communication.This study evaluates geographical variation in the ACs of Leptobrachella ventripunctata in the Guizhou Plateau,southwestern China...
supported by a Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) Investigatorship (WBS A-8001397-00-00) to FER.
Much confusion has surrounded the taxonomy of the Collared Scops Owl(Otus bakkamoena)complex,distributed widely across tropical and subtropical Asia.Often divided into three species,modern taxonomies disagree on its t...
funded by the Charles University Grant Agency (project number 312213)
Dialects are a specific form of geographic variation of birdsong with relatively sharp boundaries between distinct song characteristics,which provide opportunities for focused studies of processes underlying the emerg...
supported by West Light Foundation of The Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.2021XBZG_XBQNXZ_A_006);National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(Grant Nos.:32270498 and 32070426);China Biodiversity Observation Networks(Sino BON-Amphibian and Reptile)。
A new species of Leptobrachella is described from Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality,China.Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences indicated that the new species is g...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31770429 and 31670390);the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin(Grant No.20180101263JC);the Program of Introducing Talents to Universities(Grant No.B16011);was also named the Project 111,and the National Program for“1000 Talent Plan for High-Level Foreign Experts”was from Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee(Grant No.WQ20142200259).
Acquiring clear acoustic signals is critical for the analysis of animal vocalizations.Bioacoustics studies commonly face the problem of overlapping signals,which can impede the structural identification of vocal units...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32060116);Guangxi Natural Science Foundation,China (2020GXNSFDA238022).
A new music frog,Nidirana shiwandashanensis sp.nov.,is described from Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve,Shangsi County,Guangxi,China.Phylogenetic analysis based on mtDNA sequences indica tes tha t the new species i...
support from Jornvall Foundation and the Swedish Research Council(grant No.2015-04402)。
Background:Field studies from 2011 onwards have demonstrated the presence of a breeding population of Yellow Wagtails(Motacilla flava)in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,China that is phenotypically distinct from ...
supported by Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Hong Kong。
We present the first description of the acoustic characters of the endangered Tengchong leaf litter toad(Leptobrachella tengchongensis), aiming to inform future ecological studies of the species and taxonomic studies ...
Puppyhood is a very active social and vocal period in a harbor seal's life Ph oca vitulina. An important feature of vocalizations is their temporal and rhythmic structure, and understanding vocal timing and rhythms in...
Cat vocal behavior, in particular, the vocal and social behavior of feral cats, is poorly understood, as are the differences between feral and fully domestic cats. The relationship between feral cat social and vocal b...