Underwater noise, whether of natural or anthropogenic origin, has the ability to interfere with
the way in which marine mammals receive acoustic signals (ie, for communication, social …

Growth in transportation networks, resource extraction, motorized recreation and urban
development is responsible for chronic noise exposure in most terrestrial areas, including …

Anthropogenic noise is a pervasive pollutant that decreases environmental quality by
disrupting a suite of behaviors vital to perception and communication. However, even within …

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 …

The dramatic increase in human activities all over the world has caused, on an evolutionary
time scale, a sudden rise in especially low‐pitched noise levels. Ambient noise may be …

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 …

Anthropogenic (man-made) noise has changed the acoustic environment both on land and
underwater and is now recognized as a pollutant of international concern. Increasing …

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 …

Overview 640[Auk, Vol. 123 be adjusted to reduce masking,(2) how do these adjustments
come about, and (3) what are the consequences of these changes for individual fitness and …

Many animal species communicate with their mates through acoustic signals, but this
communication seems to become a struggle in urbanized areas because of increasing …