Anthropogenically driven environmental changes affect our planet at an unprecedented
scale and are considered to be a key threat to biodiversity. According to the World Health …

Publisher Summary Environmental noise can affect acoustic communication through limiting
the broadcast area, or active space, of a signal by decreasing signal-to-noise ratios at the …

There is a bewildering diversity of signals, sensory systems, and signaling behavior. A
consideration of how these traits affect each other's evolution explains some of this diversity …

Abstract The Australian Zebra Finch is widely used by researchers and teachers in many
scientific disciplines where it is the preferred subject for investigations ranging from anatomy …

Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds, Second Edition provides the most updated and
comprehensive review on the evolution of behavior in tropical landbirds. The book reviews …

The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. Nature's Music brings together
some of the world's experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our …

Many avian species have long been exposed to loud natural sounds such as streams,
waterfalls, and wind. However, anthropogenic noise pollution is a relatively recent …

1. Habitat structure has been considered as a main factor shaping the evolution of bird song
acoustics. 2. Based on expected differential patterns of sound degradation in different …

This book will be a landmark text for all those interested in animal communication. Animal
Vocal Communication explicitly avoids human-centred concepts and approaches and links …

We tested the ability of birds to detect and discriminate natural vocal signals in the presence
of masking noise using operant conditioning. Masked thresholds were measured for …