Urbanization poses a major threat to biodiversity worldwide. We focused on birds as a well-
studied taxon of interest, in order to review literature on traits that influence responses to …

Since the industrial age, background anthropogenic noise has become a pervasive feature
of many habitable environments. This relatively recent environmental feature can be …

Environmental noise from anthropogenic and other sources affects many aspects of animal
ecology and behaviour, including acoustic communication. Acoustic masking is often …

Studies have found that some birds use vocalizations with higher minimum frequency in
noisy areas. Minimum frequency is often measured by visual inspection of spectrograms (“by …

Highlights•Immediate song modification in response to noise was studied in a cricket
species.•Signal duration decreased in response to increasing traffic noise and noise …

The modification of communication signals in response to a changing noise environment
has been demonstrated in many terrestrial species, although there are comparatively fewer …

Anthropogenic noise is increasing at an alarming rate in urban as well as rural ecosystems
and detrimental effects have been reported on many animals relying on acoustic …

Vocal plasticity may allow birds to reduce masking effects of noise pollution arising from
urbanization. Mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli) use both songs and calls during the …

Anthropogenic noise is an evolutionarily novel and widespread pollutant in both terrestrial
and aquatic habitats. Despite increasing evidence that the additional noise generated by …

Highlights•Anthropogenic noise had little effect on Australian magpies' cognitive
performance.•Presence of increased urban noise during development may impact spatial …