Choruses paradoxically add self-masking noise while each male seeks signal

Evidence

Several hypotheses have been proposed during these past years to explain the origins and causes of choruses, which seems an acoustic paradox in terms of energy cost against an apparently modest individual benefit. In fact, choruses create a considerable background and foreground noise from the multiplicity of individuals or species that are vocalizing at the same time. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1648

Categorization

• QUESTION: Frames the paradox this whole chapter tries to resolve — worth keeping as the organizing question.
• XREF: connects to: Chorus males actively slot calls into silent gaps to reduce overlap — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1685; Animal choruses concentrate when air is calm and noise minimal — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 565; Simultaneous dawn singing makes male dyadic interaction hard to detect — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1671

Broader Connections

• Simultaneous dawn singing makes male dyadic interaction hard to detect #exemplifies (0.90) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1671