Increased urbanization represents a formidable challenge for wildlife. Nevertheless, a few
species appear to thrive in the evolutionarily novel environment created by cities …

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 …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

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 …

1. The impact of environmental background noise on the performance of territorial songs
was examined in free-ranging nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm). An analysis of …

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 …

The acoustic environment has a major influence in shaping animal communication systems.
Humans, particularly in cities, profoundly alter the acoustic structure of their environment …

The amount of underwater sound from ship traffic, commercial, research, and military sound
sources has increased significantly over the past century. Marine mammals and many other …

In urban environments, anthropogenic noise may mask bird song, especially the notes
occurring at lower frequencies (1–2 kHz). Birds living in urban environments may modify …

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 …