Table. 2.

Summarized results of the playback tests using advertisement and rain calls

Stimulus During playback (1 min) During post-playback (3 min)
Orientation Approach Arrival Call Orientation Approach Arrival Call
Advertisement call 11 6 6 2 3 3 2 0
Rain call 9 4 1 0 3 2 3 0
Control 3 2 0 0 5 5 4 1
X2 9.249 2.727 10.489 4.186 0.963 2.015 0.833 2.046
p-value 0.010 0.256 0.005 0.123 0.618 0.365 0.659 0.360

We used 15 male Dryophytes japonicus for each stimulus test and measured the number of subject males, who oriented, approached, arrived, and called towards or at the playback speaker during playback and post-playback. Control stimulus was traffic noise. The degree of freedom in all tests was 2.

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