Publications

Muñoz, M. I., Camargo-Rodriguez, N., & Halfwerk, W. (2025) Vocal attributes of rivals and territory holders interact to drive aggression in a tropical frog. Animal Behaviour, 226, 123251. PDF

Moreno-Gómez, F. N, Bidart-Enríquez, G., Cossio, R., Muñoz, M. I., Quispe, M., & Penna, M. (2024) Daily variation and repeatability of advertisement calls in an austral temperate forest frog under controlled conditions. Ethology, 130(10), e13504.  PDF

Cronin, A. D.*, Smit, J. A.*, Muñoz, M. I.*, Poirier, A., Moran, P. A.*, Jerem, P.*, & Halfwerk, W.* (2022). A comprehensive overview of the effects of urbanisation on sexual selection and sexual traits. Biological Reviews, 97(4), 1325-1345. PDF

* equal first authors

Muñoz, M. I.*, Goutte, S.*, Ellers, J., & Halfwerk, W. (2020). Environmental and morphological constraints interact to drive the evolution of communication signals in frogs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33(12), 1749-1757. PDF

* equal first authors

Velilla, E., Muñoz, M. I., Quiroga, N., Symes, L., ter Hofstede, H. M., Page, R. A., Simon, R., Ellers, J., & Halfwerk, W. (2020). Gone with the wind: Is signal timing in a neotropical katydid an adaptive response to variation in wind-induced vibratory noise?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, 1-11. PDF

Muñoz, M. I., Quispe, M., Maliqueo, M., & Penna, M. (2020). Biotic and abiotic sounds affect calling activity but not plasma testosterone levels in male frogs (Batrachyla taeniata) in the field and in captivity. Hormones and Behavior, 118, 104605. PDF

Goutte, S., Muñoz, M. I., Ryan, M. J., & Halfwerk, W. (2020). Floating frogs sound larger: environmental constraints on signal production drives call frequency changes. The Science of Nature, 107, 1-4. PDF

Quiroga, N.*, Muñoz, M. I.*, Pérez-Espinoza, S. A., Penna, M., & Botto-Mahan, C. (2020). Stridulation in the wild kissing bug Mepraia spinolai: description of the stridulatory organ and vibratory disturbance signal. Bioacoustics, 29(3), 266-279. PDF

* equal contribution

Torrico-Bazoberry, D., & Muñoz, M. I. (2019). High-frequency components in the distress stridulation of Chilean endemic velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología, 45(1). PDF

Muñoz, M. I. (2018). Digest: Early exposure to facial cues facilitates facial learning in paper wasps. Evolution, 72(12), 2830-2831.† PDF

† This article corresponds to Tibbetts, E. A., S. Pandit, and D. Nondorf. 2018. Developmental plasticity and the origin of novel communication systems: individual recognition in Polistes wasps. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13613.

Wilczynski, W., Quispe, M., Muñoz, M. I., & Penna, M. (2017). Arginine vasotocin, the social neuropeptide of amphibians and reptiles. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 8, 186. PDF

Each author was the primary author for approximately 25% of the paper

Penna, M., Moreno-Gómez, F. N., Muñoz, M. I., & Cisternas, J. (2017). Vocal responses of austral forest frogs to amplitude and degradation patterns of advertisement calls. Behavioural Processes, 140, 190-201. PDF

Muñoz, M. I., & Penna, M. (2016). Extended amplification of acoustic signals by amphibian burrows. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 202, 473-487. PDF