Female preference functions based on call duration in the gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor)

By H. Gerhardt, Steven D. Tanner, C. Corrigan, H.C. Walton. 2000

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Mate choice rules in animals (2006, methodology): “These studies either use no-choice trials or compare female responsiveness to test stimuli in binary trials with a single reference stimulus (e.g. Ritchie 1996; Basolo 1998; Gerhardt et al. 2000; Shaw & Herlihy 2000).”
Recognition and Localization of Acoustic Signals (2007, background): “However, these functions are usually not linear and open-ended: as values are increased even more, the effectiveness of the stimulus levels off or decreases (e.g., Gerhardt et al. 1996, 2000; Beckers and Schul 2004; Fig.”
The Behavioral Ecology of Anuran Communication (2007, background): “Females also exhibit strong discrimination against very short calls (Gerhardt et al. 2000b; Schwartz et al. 2001), and they prefer long calls delivered at a low rate to short calls delivered at a high rate.”
Androgen-dependent male vocal performance influences female preference in Neotropical singing mice (2011, unknown): “We speculate that trill duration may not be as informative as other measures because female birds and frogs tend to prefer longer vocalizations (not shorter ones, as found herein; e.g. Clayton & Prove 1989; Ryan & Keddy-Hector 1992; Neubauer 1999; Gerhardt et al. 2000).”