Matías I. Muñoz
@matiasimunoz.bsky.social
Biologist with an interest in the ecology and evolution of animal vocal communication.
Postdoc, Oklahoma State University
https://sites.google.com/view/matiasmunozsandoval/home
Postdoc, Oklahoma State University
https://sites.google.com/view/matiasmunozsandoval/home
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Do birds tune their songs to their hearing?
Is there tight coevolution between avian vocal signals and hearing-or do signallers and perceivers evolve more loosely?
It turns out perfect tuning is not required...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
#ornithology 🪶
Is there tight coevolution between avian vocal signals and hearing-or do signallers and perceivers evolve more loosely?
It turns out perfect tuning is not required...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
#ornithology 🪶
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Very excited and honored to have my photo featured in the latest issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology! 🐸
@eseb.bsky.social @jevbio.bsky.social
If you'd like to read more about the research:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@eseb.bsky.social @jevbio.bsky.social
If you'd like to read more about the research:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
October 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Very excited and honored to have my photo featured in the latest issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology! 🐸
@eseb.bsky.social @jevbio.bsky.social
If you'd like to read more about the research:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@eseb.bsky.social @jevbio.bsky.social
If you'd like to read more about the research:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
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October 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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October 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Our article was just published in Integrative & Comparative Biology! Here, we ponder how different interaction strategies lead to differences in call-timing mechanism functioning, and propose amendments to several prominent frameworks from the chorusing literature. academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
The Variability and Malleability of Frog Call-Timing Mechanisms are Neglected in Traditional Call-Timing Models
Synopsis. Males of many insect and anuran species send courtship calls to females from within crowded chorusing aggregations. Despite large phylogenetic di
academic.oup.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Our article was just published in Integrative & Comparative Biology! Here, we ponder how different interaction strategies lead to differences in call-timing mechanism functioning, and propose amendments to several prominent frameworks from the chorusing literature. academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
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Happy to share that our paper on the #evolution and #genomics of the most common #color polymorphism in #frogs is now out in @pnas.org! My favorite frogs even made the cover of this week’s issue! 🎉🐸🎉
Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Happy to share that our paper on the #evolution and #genomics of the most common #color polymorphism in #frogs is now out in @pnas.org! My favorite frogs even made the cover of this week’s issue! 🎉🐸🎉
Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Reposted by Matías I. Muñoz
How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals?
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
September 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals?
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Acoustic monitoring is everywhere this days. But how far can we really detect a bird acoustic within a tropical forest? 🧐🎙️
To answer this questions we built sound attenuation models for two Neotropical birds and estimated they detection ranges.
#bioacoustics #ornithology
To answer this questions we built sound attenuation models for two Neotropical birds and estimated they detection ranges.
#bioacoustics #ornithology
August 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Acoustic monitoring is everywhere this days. But how far can we really detect a bird acoustic within a tropical forest? 🧐🎙️
To answer this questions we built sound attenuation models for two Neotropical birds and estimated they detection ranges.
#bioacoustics #ornithology
To answer this questions we built sound attenuation models for two Neotropical birds and estimated they detection ranges.
#bioacoustics #ornithology
Do birds tune their songs to their hearing?
Is there tight coevolution between avian vocal signals and hearing-or do signallers and perceivers evolve more loosely?
It turns out perfect tuning is not required...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
#ornithology 🪶
Is there tight coevolution between avian vocal signals and hearing-or do signallers and perceivers evolve more loosely?
It turns out perfect tuning is not required...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
#ornithology 🪶
August 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Do birds tune their songs to their hearing?
Is there tight coevolution between avian vocal signals and hearing-or do signallers and perceivers evolve more loosely?
It turns out perfect tuning is not required...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
#ornithology 🪶
Is there tight coevolution between avian vocal signals and hearing-or do signallers and perceivers evolve more loosely?
It turns out perfect tuning is not required...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
#ornithology 🪶
Reposted by Matías I. Muñoz
New paper out with @judithsmit.bsky.social
@jellers.bsky.social and Wouter Halfwerk on tadpole developmental and behavioral responses to urban environments! 🐸🏙️
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@animalecology.bsky.social
Video: youtu.be/AhGPG5VOag8
@jellers.bsky.social and Wouter Halfwerk on tadpole developmental and behavioral responses to urban environments! 🐸🏙️
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@animalecology.bsky.social
Video: youtu.be/AhGPG5VOag8
Urban developmental environments alter tadpole phenotypes depending on origin
Urbanisation has rapidly altered the ecological and evolutionary contexts for many species. Using a reciprocal transplant experiment with frog larvae, we find that urban environments can alter morpho...
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
New paper out with @judithsmit.bsky.social
@jellers.bsky.social and Wouter Halfwerk on tadpole developmental and behavioral responses to urban environments! 🐸🏙️
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@animalecology.bsky.social
Video: youtu.be/AhGPG5VOag8
@jellers.bsky.social and Wouter Halfwerk on tadpole developmental and behavioral responses to urban environments! 🐸🏙️
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@animalecology.bsky.social
Video: youtu.be/AhGPG5VOag8
New paper! 🐸🎶
Rocket frogs males respond to rivals depending on their own spectral call attributes, but also pay attention to the temporal properties of the challenger
Check it out in Animal Behaviour:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#bioacoustics
#prattle
Rocket frogs males respond to rivals depending on their own spectral call attributes, but also pay attention to the temporal properties of the challenger
Check it out in Animal Behaviour:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#bioacoustics
#prattle
June 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New paper! 🐸🎶
Rocket frogs males respond to rivals depending on their own spectral call attributes, but also pay attention to the temporal properties of the challenger
Check it out in Animal Behaviour:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#bioacoustics
#prattle
Rocket frogs males respond to rivals depending on their own spectral call attributes, but also pay attention to the temporal properties of the challenger
Check it out in Animal Behaviour:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#bioacoustics
#prattle
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I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science
Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM
From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...
journals.plos.org
June 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science
Kissing bugs (Mepraia spinolai) are a wild vector of Chagas disease (some believe Darwin got infected during his stay in Chile) and communicate through vibrations
Hear the vibratory distress signals recorded through laser vibrometry
Read the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Hear the vibratory distress signals recorded through laser vibrometry
Read the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
December 12, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Kissing bugs (Mepraia spinolai) are a wild vector of Chagas disease (some believe Darwin got infected during his stay in Chile) and communicate through vibrations
Hear the vibratory distress signals recorded through laser vibrometry
Read the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Hear the vibratory distress signals recorded through laser vibrometry
Read the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Reminder that @galacticpolymath.com is developing an #openaccess web app to make it easy and free for anyone to visualize & measure basic stats from sounds. Focused on teaching bioacoustics in middle school to college classes—not comparable to Raven. 🔉🧪 #EduSky
youtu.be/nh_pFSD7h08?...
youtu.be/nh_pFSD7h08?...
Who wants a free web app to visualize and analyze sounds?
YouTube video by Galactic Polymath
youtu.be
December 5, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Reminder that @galacticpolymath.com is developing an #openaccess web app to make it easy and free for anyone to visualize & measure basic stats from sounds. Focused on teaching bioacoustics in middle school to college classes—not comparable to Raven. 🔉🧪 #EduSky
youtu.be/nh_pFSD7h08?...
youtu.be/nh_pFSD7h08?...
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If you're looking for bioacoustics tips and help, check out the #Bioacoustics Resource Page (run by Sam Lapp and the Kitzes Lab) - bit.ly/bioacoustics-resource-page
It has links to tons of tutorials, datasets, software, forums, #AudioMoth info, and more
It has links to tons of tutorials, datasets, software, forums, #AudioMoth info, and more
Bioacoustics Resource Page
Bioacoustics Resources A list curated by the Kitzes Lab hint: bookmark this page :) Educational Materials Workshops by the Kitzes Lab Lecture series from Computer Vision for Ecology workshop Class...
docs.google.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:39 PM
If you're looking for bioacoustics tips and help, check out the #Bioacoustics Resource Page (run by Sam Lapp and the Kitzes Lab) - bit.ly/bioacoustics-resource-page
It has links to tons of tutorials, datasets, software, forums, #AudioMoth info, and more
It has links to tons of tutorials, datasets, software, forums, #AudioMoth info, and more
Bioacoustics will become an excellent tool for the monitoring of pollinator biodiversity in the future
#bioacoustics #animalcommunication #pollinators
#bioacoustics #animalcommunication #pollinators
November 16, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Bioacoustics will become an excellent tool for the monitoring of pollinator biodiversity in the future
#bioacoustics #animalcommunication #pollinators
#bioacoustics #animalcommunication #pollinators