As biodiversity decreases worldwide, the development of effective techniques to track
changes in ecological communities becomes an urgent challenge. Together with other …

The origin, distribution, and function of biological diversity are fundamental themes of
ecology and evolutionary biology. Research on birds has played a major role in the history …

Acoustic communication is crucial to humans and many other tetrapods, including birds,
frogs, crocodilians, and mammals. However, large-scale patterns in its evolution are largely …

Animals use acoustic signals for communication, implying that the properties of these
signals can be under strong selection. The acoustic adaptation hypothesis predicts that …

Animals produce a wide array of sounds with highly variable acoustic structures. It is
possible to understand the causes and consequences of this variation across taxa with …

The field of citizen science involves the participation of citizens across different stages of a
scientific project; within this field there is currently a rapid expansion of the integration of …

There is a growing recognition that animal behavior can affect wildlife conservation, but
there have been few direct studies of animal behavior in conservation programs. However, a …

Rainfall is one of the most predominant geophonic sources in nature, and the major climatic
phenomenon influencing species biology in tropical ecosystems. Although its effects on …

Acoustic communication plays a prominent role in various ecological and evolutionary
processes involving social interactions. The properties of acoustic signals are thought to be …

The widespread sharing of information on the Internet has given rise to ecological studies
that use data from digital sources including digitized museum records and social media …