Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.stqjq2cf5

Description of the data and file structure

In this study, we used a full factorial design to investigate individual and combined effects of experimentally added light and noise pollution on the attraction of female frogs and bat predators to speakers broadcasting male túngara frog (Engystomops pustulosus) calls. We conducted two-choice tests in the field to examine if predatory and mating preferences for signals differing in conspicuousness change in response to noise and light pollution. Data were collected between August – November 2019 in Soberanía National Park and the area surrounding Gamboa, Panamá.

Variables in data.csv:

Location: the location at which the data was collected.

Visit: the date of the visit on which the data was collected (DD/MM/YYYY).

VisitNumber: visits were numbered by sequence of visitation (from 1-5).

Site: the site at which the data was collected (from 1-4).

Treatment: the treatment the site was assigned during each visit.

Light: whether light treatment was added (1 = presence of light).

Noise: whether noise treatment was added (1 = presence of noise).

Stimulus.Low: whether the stimulus broadcast were low contrast. Stimulus pairs 3+4 and 5+6 were considered low contrast.

Stimulus.High: whether the stimulus broadcast were high contrast. Stimulus pairs 1+2 and 7+8 were considered high contrast.

StimulusPair: the identifying numbers of the stimulus pairs (1+2, 3+4, 5+6, or 7+8).

StimulusContrast: whether the stimuli were low or high contrast.

F_FemaleAttempts_Site: cumulative number of attempts made by female *E. pustulosus *at each site.

F_FemaleAttempts_Forest: cumulative number of attempts made by female *E. pustulosus *in the plots broadcasting inconspicuous forest male *E. pustulosus *calls.

F_FemaleAttempts_Urban: cumulative number of attempts made by female *E. pustulosus *in the plots broadcasting conspicuous urban male *E. pustulosus *calls.

F_FemaleAttemptsDifference_U-F: the difference in the number of attempts made by female *E. pustulosus *that approached the conspicuous urban and the inconspicuous forest calls. Forest calls were subtracted from urban calls, resulting in positive numbers for sites in which they preferred urban, and negative numbers for sites in which they preferred the forest call. Zero indicated either no visits or no preference.

F_FemaleEstimated_Site: cumulative estimated number of individuals of female E. pustulosus that visited each site.

F_FemaleEstimated_Forest: cumulative estimated number of individuals of female E. pustulosus that visited plots broadcasting the inconspicuous forest male E. pustulosus call.

Audio files

W2sec_1.mp3 - synthesized simple call (with no chucks) with a two second inter-call duration.

WC2sec_1.mp3 - synthesized complex call (with 1 chuck) with a two second inter-call duration.

WC3sec_1.mp3 - synthesized complex call (with 1 chuck) with a three second inter-call duration.

WCC2sec_1.mp3 - synthesized complex call (with 2 chucks) with a two second inter-call duration.

WCCC2sec_1.mp3 - synthesized complex call (with 3 chucks) with a two second inter-call duration.

Video files

trachops_approach.mp4 - video showing examples of approaches from the predatory fringed-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus).

female_approach.mp4 - video showing example of approach from a female túngara frog (Engystomops pustulosus).