Frog vocalization is influenced by moon phases: Brazilian frogs tend to prefer low-albedo phases

Lima, Mauro S. C. S.; Pederassi, Jonas; Caramaschi, Ulisses; Sousa, Kléssia Denise S. S.; Souza, Carlos Alberto S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/we-21-1-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/we-21-1-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/we-21-1-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

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06 Jan 2021

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| 06 Jan 2021

Frog vocalization is influenced by moon phases: Brazilian frogs tend to prefer low-albedo phases

Mauro S. C. S. Lima, Jonas Pederassi, Ulisses Caramaschi, Kléssia Denise S. S. Sousa, and Carlos Alberto S. Souza

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Frog vocalization is influenced by moon phases: Brazilian frogs tend to prefer low-albedo phases, Programa de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade (PPBio) Jonas Pederassi https://search.dataone.org/view/PPBioAmOc.629.1

Short summary

The lunar cycle influences frogs' vocal activity. Herein we examined a community of 37 Brazilian species to elucidate how their vocal activity is influenced by such a cycle. We found that most species prefer the darkest phase for vocalizing. This result indicates that artificial lighting could interfere with the species' natural behaviors, affecting their conservancy. To find this, we observed the vocal activity of 1691 frogs for 882 d in a way to better understand Brazilian biodiversity.