▁may ▁be ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁fav ored ▁under ▁different ▁types ▁of ▁environmental ▁stress . ▁ ▁Ac oust ic ▁Call ing ▁ ▁Ind ividual ▁tact ics ▁have ▁been ▁difficult ▁to ▁determine ▁on ▁a ▁case ▁by ▁case ▁basis , ▁so ▁research ▁continues ▁to ▁examine ▁the ▁conditions ▁and ▁correlate ▁it ▁to ▁changes ▁in ▁the ▁m ating ▁tact ics . ▁Ac oust ic ▁calling ▁is ▁a ▁common ▁m ating ▁t actic ▁which ▁can ▁be ▁affected ▁by ▁food ▁avail ability , ▁and ▁female ▁presence . ▁ ▁Food ▁Av ail ability ▁ ▁In ▁one ▁study ▁research ers ▁conducted ▁an ▁experiment ▁to ▁better ▁understand ▁condition ▁dependent ▁signal ing ▁of ▁ac oust ic ▁calling ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁food ▁avail ability . ▁They ▁studied ▁cr ick ets ▁in ▁the ▁wild ▁where ▁they ▁supp lement ed ▁the ▁experimental ▁groups ▁food ▁supply ▁to ▁see ▁if ▁that ▁would ▁allow ▁the ▁males ▁to ▁allocate ▁more ▁energy ▁toward ▁calling . ▁In ▁comparison ▁to ▁the ▁males ▁in ▁the ▁control ▁group , ▁where ▁the ▁food ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁supp lement ed , ▁the ▁males ▁in ▁the ▁experimental ▁group ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁call ▁more ▁frequently . ▁The ▁food ▁supp lement ation ▁had ▁an ▁effect ▁on ▁the ▁frequency ▁of ▁calls ▁however ▁the ▁call ▁itself ▁remained ▁consistent ▁between ▁the ▁experimental ▁and ▁control ▁group . ▁This ▁higher ▁frequency ▁of ▁calls ▁was ▁effective ▁in ▁increasing ▁the ▁att raction ▁of ▁female ▁cr ick ets . ▁This ▁study ▁concluded ▁that ▁condition ▁dependent ▁signal ing ▁is ▁an ▁imper ative ▁part ▁of ▁how ▁females ▁select ▁their ▁male ▁partners ▁in ▁natural ▁conditions . ▁ ▁We ight ▁and ▁female ▁presence