Female preference for leading calls drives males to time against rivals

Evidence

In a competitive scenario, leading calls have been observed to be more attractive for females. The mechanism for a male to reduce the overlap is to wait when there is a gap in the chorus, but this cannot always happen and a male could be silent for a long time. In effect, a male interrupts calling just waiting for a temporal subset of a nearby male. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1689

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Chorus males actively slot calls into silent gaps to reduce overlap — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1685; Leading sounds win localization when paired sounds onset close together — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1691; Male intrasexual competition is more violent while female competition is reputational — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1200

Broader Connections

• Male intrasexual competition is more violent while female competition is reputational #expands (0.80) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1200