This readme.txt file was created by Saumya Gupta

NOTE: This file includes information about the primary data associated with the manuscript entitled “Neural Basis of Acoustic Species Recognition” 

## GENERAL INFORMATION ##

1. Title of Dataset: 
Data Supporting “Neural Basis of Acoustic Species Recognition.”

2. Author Information

Author 1
	Name: Saumya Gupta
	Email: gupta333@umn.edu
	Affiliation: Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities 

Author 2
	Name: Rishi K. Alluri
	Email: rishi.alluri@utah.edu
	Affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Author 3
	Name: Gary J. Rose
	Email: rose@bioscience.utah.edu
	Affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

      Author 4
	Name: Mark Bee
	Email: mbee@umn.edu
	Affiliation: Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities;       Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

## DATA & FILE OVERVIEW ##

1. File List

A. Filename: Behavioral_threshold_data.csv
Short description: This dataset contains behavioral pulse number threshold results obtained by performing no-choice phonotaxis tests with 44 female H. chrysoscelis and H. versicolor. Each row has data for behavioral threshold of a subject measured after a series of tests. Because each subject’s behavioral threshold was measured at two signal amplitudes, 65 dB and 85 dB SPL, there are three rows with thresholds from a subject: two for the thresholds measured at the two signal amplitudes and the third which was threshold determined after averaging the two thresholds. Note that two data points for H. chrysoscelis are missing. In one case, a subject stopped responding and in the other case, a data point was we eliminated because of procedural errors made during data collection. 
	• First column is ID. This corresponds to the unique id given to each frog that was tested. 
	• Second column is the Date on which the subject was tested. 
	• Third column is Species. Hch means H. chrysoscelis and Hv means H. versicolor. 
	• Fourth column is Condition. This column refers to the signal condition: behavioral threshold determined at 65 dB SPL, threshold determined at 85 dB SPL, or the average threshold. 
	• Fifth column is Amplitude. This column also tells us about the amplitude at which the threshold was measured: 65 or 85 dB SPL. 
	• Sixth column is the measured behavioral Threshold. 
	• Seventh column is the Pulse period of species-specific calls. 
	• Eighth column is the Pulse duration of the species-specific calls.
	• Ninth column is Integration time. This refers to the minimum call duration required to elicit behavioral response and was calculated using thresholds, pulse period, and pulse duration. 

B.	Filename: Neural_threshold_data.csv
Short description: This dataset contains neural thresholds obtained from 54 ICNs (out of those 32 units were recorded for Rose et al. (2015) study). Each row has data for a different unit, which was either a band-pass or a band-suppression ICN. 
	• First column is Species. Hch means H. chrysoscelis and Hv means H. versicolor.
	• Second column is Unit ID. 
	• Third column is the technique, extracellular or whole-cell recordings, used to record from a specified unit.
	• Fourth column is the BEF of the recorded unit. BEF refers to best excitation frequency. 
	• Fifth column is PR (pulse rate) selectivity. It indicates the pulse rates at which the unit was active.  
	• Sixth column is Threshold_PR (Duty cycle). This refers to the pulse rate at which neural thresholds were measured. Parenthesis includes information about the duty cycle of the stimulus. 
	• Seventh column is Unit type. This indicates whether the unit was band-pass or band-suppression. 
	• Eighth column is the measured neural Threshold. 
	• Ninth column is the Pulse period of stimulus. 
	• Tenth column is the Pulse duration of stimulus.
	• Eleventh column is neural Integration time. This refers to the minimum stimulus duration required to elicit neural response and was calculated using thresholds, pulse period, and pulse duration.
	• Twelfth column contains Notes detailing instances when thresholds were estimated using long pulse trains.