Education and Appointments: Research Interest Public Services Honors Seleted Publication Li WX, Zhu BC*, Zhao XM, Li J, Cui JG*. 2024.Low temperature induces a significant decrease in auditory sensitivity of Xenopus laevis. Bioacoustics. Deng K*, He YX, Wang XP, Wang TL, Wang JC, Chen YH, Cui JG*. 2024.Hainan frilled treefrogs’ calls partially conform to Menzerath–Altmann’s law, but oppose Zipf’s law of abbreviation. Animal Behaviour. Zhao LH, Zhang MH, Qin Y, Wang TL, Zhai XH, Cui JG*, Wang JC*. 2024. Auditory sensitivity and tympanic middle ear in a vocal and a non-vocal frog. Hearing Research, 108970. Sun XQ, Piao YG, Wang TL, Wang JC, Fu JZ, Cui JG*.2023.Keep numbers in view: red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) learn to discriminate relative quantities. Biology Letters. 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0203 Zhu BC, Zhao XM, Zhang HD, Wang JC, Cui JG. 2023. The functions and evolution of graded complex calls in a treefrog, Bioacoustics, DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2023.2241707. Zhao LH, Halfwerk W*, Cui JG*. 2023. Response to comment on 'Parasite defensive limb movements enhance acoustic signal attraction in male little torrent frogs'. eLife. doi.org/10.7554/eLife.90404. Deng K, He QL, Wang TL, Wang JC, Cui JG*. 2023. Network analysis reveals context-dependent structural complexity of social calls in serrate-legged small treefrogs. Current Zoology, 10.1093/cz/zoac104. Zhu BC, Qu JP, Cui JG*. 2022. Plateau pikas near roads are bold and silent when facing a potential predator. Current Zoology. 10.1093/cz/zoac070. He QL, Deng K*, Wang XP, Chen QH, Wang TL, Wang JC, Cui JG*. 2022. Heterospecific eavesdropping on disturbance cues of a treefrog. Animal Cognition. doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01690-w. Zhao LH, Wang JC, Zhang HD, Wang TL, Yang Y, Tang YZ, Halfwerk W, Cui JG*. 2022.Parasite defensive limb movements enhance signal attraction in male little torrent frogs. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.76083. Zhu BC, Zhang HD, Chen QH, He QL, Zhao XM, Sun XQ, Wang TL, Wang JC, Cui JG*. 2022. Noise affects mate choice based on visual information via cross-sensory interference. Environmental Pollution. 308:119680. Zhu BC, Yang Y, Zhou Y, Deng K, Wang TL, Wang JC, Tang YZ, Ryan MJ, Cui JG*. 2022. Multisensory integration facilitates perceptual restoration of an interrupted call in frog. Behavioral Ecology. doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac053. Deng K, Zhou Y, Zhang HD, He QL, Zhu BC, Wang TL, Wang JC, Halfwerk W, Cui JG*. 2022. Conspecific disturbance odors act as alarm cues to affect female mate choice in a treefrog. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76(4), 1-8. Zhu BC, Sun XQ, Zhang HD, Tang YZ, Cui JG*. 2022. Circadian Rhythm and Intersexual Differences in Auditory Frequency Sensitivity in Emei Music Frogs. Asian Herpetological Research.13(1): 43-52. Zhu BC, Zhou Y, Yang Y, Deng K, Wang TL, Wang JC, Tang YZ, Ryan MJ, Cui JG*. 2021. Multisensory modalities increase working memory for mating signals in a treefrog. Journal of Animal Ecology.90(6):1455-1465. Zhao LH, Santos JC, Wang JC, Ran JH, Tang YZ, Cui JG*. 2021. Noise constrains the evolution of call frequency contours in flowing water frogs: a comparative analysis in two clades. Frontiers in Zoology 18, 37. Deng K, Zhou Y, He QL, Zhu BC, Wang TL, Wang JC, Cui JG*. 2021. Conspecific odor cues induce different vocal responses in serrate-legged small treefrogs, but only in the absence of acoustic signals. Frontiers in Zoology.18, 28. Zhang HD, Zhu BC*, Zhou Y, He QL, Sun XQ, Wang JC, Cui JG*. 2021. Females and males respond differently to calls impaired by noise in a tree frog. Ecology and Evolution. Zhao LH, Wang JC, Cai YL, Ran JH, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Cui JG*. 2021. Behavioral and neurogenomic responses to acoustic and visual sexual cues are correlated in female torrent frogs. Asian Herpetological Research.12(1):88-99. Deng K, He QL, Zhou Y, Zhu BC, Wang TL, Wang JC, Cui JG*. 2020. Male serrate-legged treefrogs adjust competition strategies according to visual or chemical cues from females. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223: jeb229245. Deng K, Yang Y, Cui JG*. 2020. Call characteristic network reveal geographical patterns of call similarity: applying network analysis to frog’s call research. Asian Herpetological Research, doi: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200082. Deng K, Cui JG*. 2019. Vocal networks remain stable after a disturbance in Emei music frogs. Ecology and Evolution, 9: 9290-9297. Deng K, Zhu BC, Zhou Y, Chen QH, Wang TL, Wang JC, Cui JG*. 2019. Mate choice decisions of female serrate-legged small treefrogs are affected by ambient light under natural, but not enhanced artificial nocturnal light conditions. Behavioural Processes, 169: 103997. Sun XQ, Zhao LH, Chen Q H, Wang J C, Cui JG*. (2019). Auditory sensitivity changes with diurnal temperature variation in little torrent frogs (Amolops torrentis). Bioacoustics, 1-13. Yang P, Xue F, Cui JG*, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Fang GZ*. 2018. Auditory sensitivity exhibits sexual dimorphism and seasonal plasticity in music frogs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 204:1029-1044. Zhao LH, Sun XQ, Chen QH, Yang Y, Wang JC, Ran JH, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Cui JG*. 2018. Males increase call frequency, not intensity, in response to noise, revealing no Lombard effect in the little torrent frog. Ecology and Evolution. DOI:10.1002/ece3.4625. Yang Y, Zhu BC, Wang JC, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Cui JG*.2018. A test of the matched filter hypothesis in two sympatric frogs, Chiromantis doriae and Feihyla vittata. Bioacoustics. DOI:10.1080/09524622.2018.1482786. Xue F, Yue XZ, Fan YZ, Cui JG*, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Fang GZ*. 2018. Auditory neural networks for attention prefer biologically significant sounds and exhibit sexual dimorphism in anurans. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2018.221 doi: 10.1242/jeb.167775. Fan YZ, Yue XZ, Xue F, Cui JG*, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Fang GZ*. 2018. Auditory perception exhibits sexual dimorphism and left telencephalic dominance in Xenopus laevis. Biology Open, 7(12), bio035956. Zhu BC, Wang JC, Sun ZX, Yang Y, Wang TL, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Cui JG*.2017. Competitive pressures affect sexual signal complexity in Kurixalus odontotarsus: Insights into the evolution of compound calls. Biology Open. 2017(6), 1913-1918. Zhu BC, Wang JC, Zhao LH, Chen QH, Sun ZX, Yang Y, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Cui JG*. 2017. Male-male competition and female choice are differentially affected by male call acoustics in the serrate-legged small treefrog, Kurixalus odontotarsus. PeerJ 5:e3980. Zhao LH, Zhu BC, Wang JC, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Cui JG*. 2017. Sometimes noise is beneficial: stream noise informs vocal communication in the little torrent frog. Journal of Ethology. 35:259-267. Cui JG*, Zhu BC, Fang GZ, Smith Ed, Brauth SE, Tang YZ. 2017. Effect of the level of anesthesia on the auditory brainstem response in the Emei music frog (Babina daunchina). PLoS ONE 12(1): e0169449. Zhao LH, Wang JC, Yang Y, Zhu BC, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Cui JG*. 2017. An Exception to the Matched Filter Hypothesis: A Mismatch of Male Call Frequency and Female Best Hearing Frequency in a Torrent Frog. Ecology and Evolution. 7(1): 419-428. Zhu BC, Wang JC, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Cui JG *. 2017. The spectral structure of vocalization match hearing sensitivity but imprecisely in Philautus odontotarsus Bioacoustics.26(2):121-134. Wang JC, Wang TL, Fu SH, Brauth SE, Cui JG*. 2016. Auditory brainstem responses in the Chinese tiger frog Hoplobatrachus chinensis reveal sexually dimorphic hearing sensitivity. Italian Journal of Zoology. 83(4):482-489. Cui JG, Song XW, Zhu BC, Fang GZ, Tang YZ, Ryan MJ. 2016. Receiver discriminability drives the evolution of complex sexual signals by sexual selection. Evolution. 70-4: 922-927. Zhu BC, Wang JC, Zhao LH, Sun ZX, Brauth SE, Tang YZ, Cui JG*. 2016. Bigger is not always better: Females Prefer Males of Mean Body Size in Philautus odontotarsus. PLoS ONE. 11(2): e0149879. Cui JG, Wang JC, Fang GZ, Song XW, Brauth SE, Tang YZ. 2016. Coevolution of Male and Female Response Preferences to Sexual Signals in Music Frogs. Asian Herpetological Research. 7(2): 87-95. Zhang D, Cui JG*, Tang YZ*. 2012. Plasticity of Peripheral Auditory Frequency Sensitivity in Emei Music Frog. PLoS ONE. 7(9): e45792. Wang JC, Cui JG*, Shi HT, Brauth SE, Tang YZ. 2012. Effects of Body Size and Environmental Factors on the Acoustic Structure and Temporal Rhythm of Calls in Rhacophorus dennysi. Asian Herpetological Research. 3: 205-212. Cui JG, Tang YZ, Narins PM. 2012. Real estate ads in Emei music frog vocalizations: female preference for calls emanating from burrows. Biology Letters. 8: 337-340. Nature和Science亮点点评(Nature 480: 417 and Science 6th Dec. 2011). Xu F, Cui JG*, Song J, Brauth SE, Tang YZ. 2012. Male competition strategies change when information concerning female receptivity is available. Behavioral Ecology. 23: 307-312. . Cui JG, Song XY, Fang GZ, Xu F, Brauth SE and Tang YZ. 2011. Circadian Rhythm of Calling Behavior in Emei Music Frog (Babina daunchina) is Associated with Habitat Temperature and Relative Humidity. Asian Herpetological Research. 3: 149-154. Cui JG, Tang GB, Speakman JR, Wang DH. 2011. Effects of leptin infusion during peak lactation on food intake, body composition, litter growth and maternal neuroendocrine status in female Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii). American Journal of Physiology-R. 300: R447-R459. Cui JG, Tang GB, Wang DH. 2011. Hypothalamic neuropeptides, not leptin sensitivity, contributes to the hyperphagia in lactating Brandt’s voles, Lasiopodomys brandtii. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 214: 2242-2247. Cui JG, Wang YS, Brauth S, Tang YZ. 2010. A novel female call incites male-female interaction and male-male competition in the Emei music frog, Babina daunchina. Animal Behaviour 80: 181-187. Cui JG, Wang DH. 2008. The role of leptin and neuropeptides in the regulation of energy balance during lactation in Brandts voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C. 148: 451. Speakman, J. R., Chi, Q., O?dakowski, ?., Fu, H., Fletcher, Q. E., Hambly, C., … Cui JG... & Wang, D. (2021). Surviving winter on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Pikas suppress energy demands and exploit yak feces to survive winter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(30). Zhao LH, Wang TL, Guo R, Zhai XF, Zhou L, Cui JG, Wang JC. (2021). Differential effect of aircraft noise on the spectral-temporal acoustic characteristics of frog species. Animal Behaviour, 182, 9-18. Di Shen;Ke Fang;Yanzhu Fan;Jiangyan Shen;Jing Yang;Jianguo Cui;Yezhong Tang;Guangzhan Fang.2020.Sex differences in vocalization are reflected by event-related potential components in the music frog. Animal Cognition. Wang XC, Zhao ZJ, Cao Y, Cui JG, Tang YZ, Chen JF. 2019. Condition dependence of advertisement calls in male African clawed frogs. Journal of Ethology, 37(1), 75-81. Shize Li;Gang Wei;Ning Xu;Jianguo Cui;Liang Fei;Jianping Jiang;Jing Liu;Bin Wang. 2019.A new species of the Asian music frog genus Nidirana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Southwestern China. PeerJ. Wang TL, Jia LL, Zhai XF, Cui JG, Wang JC. 2018. Atypical assortative mating based on body size in an explosive-breeding toad from a tropical island of southern China. Behavioural Processes.151:1-5. Chen JF, Jono T, Cui JG, Yue XZ, Tang YZ. 2016. The Acoustic Properties of Low Intensity Vocalizations Match Hearing Sensitivity in the Webbed-Toed Gecko, Gekko subpalmatus. PloS one. 11(1): e0146677. Jiang F, Fang G.Z, Xue, F, Cui JG, Brauth SE, Tang YZ. 2015. Male music frogs compete vocally on the basis of temporal sequence rather than spatial cues of rival calls. Asian Herpetological Research. 6(4):305-316. Fang GZ, Yang P, Xue F, Cui JG, Brauth SE, Tang YZ. 2015. Sound Classification and Call Discrimination Are Decoded in Order as Revealed by Event-Related Potential Components in Frogs. Brain, behavior and evolution, 86(3-4), 232-245. Fang GZ, Xue F, Yang P, Cui JG, Brauth SE, Tang YZ. 2014. Right ear advantage for vocal communication in frogs results from both structural asymmetry and attention modulation. Behavioural Brain Research. 266:77-84. Yang P, Fang GZ, Xue F, Cui JG, Brauth SE, Tang YZ. 2014. Electroencephalographic signals synchronize with behaviors and are sexually dimorphic during the light–dark cycle in reproductive frogs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A.200:117-127. Fang GZ, Jiang F, Yang P, Cui JG, Brauth SE, Tang YZ. 2013. Male vocal competition is dynamic and strongly affected by social contexts in music frogs. Animal cognition. 17:483-494. Fang GZ, Yang P, Cui JG, Yao DZ, Brauth SE, Tang YZ*. 2012. Mating Signals Indicating Sexual Receptiveness Induce Unique Spatio-Temporal EEG Theta Patterns in an Anuran Species. PLoS ONE. 7(12): e52364. Chen Q, Cui JG, Fang GZ, Brauth S, Tang YZ. 2011. Acoustic Analysis of the Advertisement Calls of the Music Frog, Babina daunchina. Journal of Herpetology. 45: 406-416. Fang GZ, Chen Q, Cui JG, Tang YZ. 2011. Electroencephalogram Bands Modulated by Vigilance States in an Anuran Species: A Factor Analytic Approach. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 198: 119-127. Wang YS, Cui JG, Yu XD, Tang YZ. 2010. Male phonotropism and answer calls elicited by female vocalizations in the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis. Journal of Herpetology. 44: 475-479. Tang GB, Cui JG, Wang DH. 2009. Role of hypoleptinemia during cold adaptation in Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii). American Journal of Physiology. 297: R1293-R1301. Tang GB, Cui JG, Wang DH. 2008. Hypothalamic Suppressor of Cytokine Signalling 3 mRNA is Elevated and Pro-Opiomelanocortin mRNA is Reduced During Pregnancy in Brandt’s Voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii). Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 20: 1038-1044. Supported Projects |