Evolution and ecology of silent flight in owls and other flying vertebrates

CJ Clark, K LePiane, L Liu - Integrative Organismal Biology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We raise and explore possible answers to three questions about the evolution and ecology
of silent flight of owls:(1) do owls fly silently for stealth, or is it to reduce self-masking …

Fish hearing and how it is best determined

AN Popper, AD Hawkins - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Hearing, as defined by numerous investigators of vertebrate hearing, involves not only
detection of a sound, but the ability to respond to the sound behaviourally. Thus, in order to …

The silent assumption of the masking hypothesis: avian auditory processing and implications for behavioral responses to anthropogenic noise

M Fossesca, KS Henry, TL Chou… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Anthropogenic noise and its impact on wildlife has recently received considerable attention.
Research interest began to increase at the turn of the century and the number of …

The auditory brainstem response in two lizard species

EF Brittan-Powell, J Christensen-Dalsgaard… - The Journal of the …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Although lizards have highly sensitive ears, it is difficult to condition them to sound, making
standard psychophysical assays of hearing sensitivity impractical. This paper describes non …

Seasonal variation in avian auditory evoked responses to tones: a comparative analysis of Carolina chickadees, tufted titmice, and white-breasted nuthatches

JR Lucas, TM Freeberg, GR Long… - Journal of Comparative …, 2007 - Springer
We tested for seasonal plasticity of the peripheral auditory system of three North American
members of the Sylvioidea: Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis), tufted titmice …

A comparison of auditory brainstem responses across diving bird species

SE Crowell, AM Wells-Berlin, CE Carr… - Journal of Comparative …, 2015 - Springer
There is little biological data available for diving birds because many live in hard-to-study,
remote habitats. Only one species of diving bird, the black-footed penguin (Spheniscus …

Peripheral auditory processing changes seasonally in Gambel's white-crowned sparrow

ML Caras, E Brenowitz, EW Rubel - Journal of comparative Physiology A, 2010 - Springer
Song in oscine birds is a learned behavior that plays important roles in breeding.
Pronounced seasonal differences in song behavior and in the morphology and physiology …

Sensitive aerial hearing within a noisy nesting soundscape in a deep-diving seabird, the common murre Uria aalge

AB Smith, I Fischer-McMorrow, Y Kolbeinsson… - Marine Ecology …, 2023 - int-res.com
Diving seabirds face a combination of sound exposure in marine and terrestrial
environments due to increasing human encroachment on coastal ecosystems. Yet the sound …

Auditory brainstem responses in Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis): effects of frequency, level, sex and size

KM Schrode, NP Buerkle, EF Brittan-Powell… - Journal of Comparative …, 2014 - Springer
Our knowledge of the hearing abilities of frogs and toads is largely defined by work with a
few well-studied species. One way to further advance comparative work on anuran hearing …

Underwater hearing in sea ducks with applications for reducing gillnet bycatch through acoustic deterrence

KA McGrew, SE Crowell, JL Fiely… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
As diving foragers, sea ducks are vulnerable to underwater anthropogenic activity, including
ships, underwater construction, seismic surveys and gillnet fisheries. Bycatch in gillnets is a …