Animals produce sounds for diverse biological functions such as defending territories,
attracting mates, deterring predators, navigation, finding food and maintaining contact with …

In the face of global biodiversity declines, predicting the fate of biological systems is a key
goal in ecology. One popular approach is the search for early warning signals (EWS s) …

We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth,
biologists claim—the first one caused by humans. Activists, filmmakers, writers, and artists …

The role of science in policymaking has gained unprecedented stature in the United States,
raising questions about the place of science and scientific expertise in the democratic …

Climate change is an important cause of the irreversible transformation of habitats, of the
rapid extinction of species, and of the dramatic changes in entire communities, especially for …

Conservation of threatened species relies on predictions about their spatial distribution;
however, it is often difficult to detect species in the wild. The combination of acoustic …

There is a great need for increased use and further development of automated sound
recording and analysis of avian sounds. Birds are critical to ecosystem functioning so …

Background Rescuing amphibian diversity is an achievable conservation challenge.
Disease mitigation is one essential component of population management. Here we assess …

To determine influences on the production of a scientific article, the content of the article
must be studied. We examined articles in biogeography and found that most of the influence …

A comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the
last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. Extinct Birds has …