Animals produce a wide array of sounds with highly variable acoustic structures. It is
possible to understand the causes and consequences of this variation across taxa with …

Acoustic playback is commonly used to study wild birds, with applications as diverse as
investigating behaviours, ascertaining the presence of rare and elusive species, and …

Numerous studies over the past decade have reported correlations between elevated levels
of anthropogenic noise and a rise in the minimum frequency of acoustic signals of animals …

The study of animal acoustic signals is a central tool for many fields in ecology and
evolution, but the diversity of analytical methods and sources of animal sound recordings …

Plasticity is often thought to accelerate trait evolution and speciation. For example, plasticity
in birdsong may partially explain why clades of song learners are more diverse than related …

The effects of population decline on culturally transmitted behaviours in animals have rarely
been described, but may have major implications to population viability. Learned vocal …

Anthropogenic noise is an often-overlooked byproduct of urbanization and affects the
soundscape in which birds communicate. Previous studies assessing the impact of traffic …

Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has become a popular approach for terrestrial species
monitoring. Studies determining detection ranges and predictors of detection probability are …

Most studies on the effects of urbanization on animal communication have focused on the
influence of acoustic pollution on vocal production. Comparatively few studies have …

Background Urbanisation has been shown to influence many aspects of animal vocal
communication. Much attention has been paid to anthropogenic noise, which is often …