Passive acoustic monitoring provides a fresh perspective on fundamental ecological questions

SRPJ Ross, DP O'Connell, JL Deichmann… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has emerged as a transformative tool for applied
ecology, conservation and biodiversity monitoring, but its potential contribution to …

Nature and COVID-19: The pandemic, the environment, and the way ahead

JA McNeely - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought profound social, political, economic, and
environmental challenges to the world. The virus may have emerged from wildlife reservoirs …

Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on human–nature interactions: Pathways, evidence and implications

M Soga, MJ Evans, DTC Cox, KJ Gaston - People and nature, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic and the global response have dramatically
changed people's lifestyles in much of the world. These major changes, as well as the …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking the global reduction of marine traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic

D March, K Metcalfe, J Tintoré, BJ Godley - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unparalleled global impacts on human mobility. In
the ocean, ship-based activities are thought to have been impacted due to severe …

Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments

T Caspi, JR Johnson, MR Lambert, CJ Schell… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Plasticity-led evolution is central to evolutionary theory. Although challenging to study in
nature, this process may be particularly apparent in novel environments such as cities. We …

Bird population declines and species turnover are changing the acoustic properties of spring soundscapes

CA Morrison, A Auniņš, Z Benkő, L Brotons… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Natural sounds, and bird song in particular, play a key role in building and maintaining our
connection with nature, but widespread declines in bird populations mean that the acoustic …

How does the beach ecosystem change without tourists during COVID-19 lockdown?

EH Soto, CM Botero, CB Milanés… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban tourist beach ecosystems provide the essential service of recreation. These
ecosystems also support critical ecological functions where biodiversity conservation is not …

[HTML][HTML] Indoor soundscapes at home during the COVID-19 lockdown in London–Part I: Associations between the perception of the acoustic environment, occupantś …

S Torresin, R Albatici, F Aletta, F Babich, T Oberman… - Applied acoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a result of the adoption of worldwide
lockdown measures, the home environment has become the place where all the daily …

Rapid behavioural response of urban birds to COVID-19 lockdown

O Gordo, L Brotons, S Herrando… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biodiversity is threatened by the growth of urban areas. However, it is still poorly understood
how animals can cope with and adapt to these rapid and dramatic transformations of natural …

Reduced human activity during COVID-19 alters avian land use across North America

MB Schrimpf, PG Des Brisay, A Johnston, AC Smith… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in extraordinary declines in human mobility, which, in
turn, may affect wildlife. Using records of more than 4.3 million birds observed by volunteers …