Global increases in environmental noise levels–arising from expansion of human
populations, transportation networks, and resource extraction–have catalysed a recent …

Urbanization leads to homogenization of avian communities through local extinction of rare
bird species and increasing numbers of the same common urban bird species over large …

On the occasion of the centenary of the discovery of the Lombard effect, we review the
literature on noise-dependent regulation of vocal amplitude in humans and other animals …

This review reports on the effects of human activities on animal acoustic signals published in
the literature from 1970 to 2009. Almost 5% of the studies on variation in animal …

Anthropogenic noise is now recognized as a major global pollutant. Rapidly burgeoning
research has identified impacts on individual behaviour and physiology through to …

In cities with intense low-frequency traffic noise, birds have been observed to sing louder
and at a higher pitch. Several studies argue that higher song pitch is an adaptation to reduce …

When animals colonize cities they often have to adapt their physiology, life history and
behaviour to the novel environment. Songbirds rely on acoustic communication for …

Any signal must get from a sender to a receiver if information is to be transmitted. In the case
of bird song, the acoustic properties of the habitat may hinder this being achieved. However …

In urban environments, anthropogenic noise can interfere with animal communication. Here
we study the influence of urban noise on the cultural evolution of bird songs. We studied …

Despite increasing interest in urban ecology the factors limiting the colonisation of towns
and cities by species from rural areas are poorly understood. This is largely due to the lack …