This chapter describes the effects of noise on animals in terrestrial and aquatic habitats.
Potential adverse effects cover a range of behavioral changes and physiological responses …

High-speed railway (HSR) networks are rapidly expanding and are predicted to continue to
grow over coming decades. However, there is scant knowledge of their environmental …

The main objective of this study was to assess disturbance to birds at stopover sites in the
vicinity of roads. We attempted to determine the influence of a busy road on birds during the …

Urban parks can function as a proper sink of noise pollution. However, lack of universally-
agreed upon methodologies and differing urban conditions have fueled controversy …

The construction of railway lines usually has a negative effect on the natural environment:
habitats are destroyed, collisions with trains cause deaths, and the noise and vibrations …

Background Edge effects cause changes in bird community richness, abundance, and/or
distribution within a landscape, but the avian guilds most influenced can vary among …

Context Understanding the mechanisms governing the selection of habitats by urban
expanding species to inform population control. Objectives We aimed to determine the …

The rapid development of road infrastructure is inevitable with increasing world human
population and rise in the number of vehicles on the roads is going to be an increasing …

While the negative impacts of road infrastructure on faunal diversity and abundance have
been extensively studied, many traffic noise studies have been conducted in the presence of …

Lower abundance of forest birds near high traffic roads is usually attributed to traffic noise,
but the potential role of traffic mortality has not been adequately tested. We tested for the …