Singing in a silent spring: Birds respond to a half-century soundscape reversion during the COVID-19 shutdown

EP Derryberry, JN Phillips, GE Derryberry, MJ Blum… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Actions taken to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have
conspicuously reduced motor vehicle traffic, potentially alleviating auditory pressures on …

Background Acoustics in Terrestrial Ecology

CD Francis, JN Phillips, JR Barber - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The way in which terrestrial organisms use the acoustic realm is fundamentally important
and shapes behavior, populations, and communities, but how background acoustics, or …

Advancing avian road ecology research through systematic review

C Johnson, D Jones, T Matthews, M Burke - Transportation Research Part …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Linear Transport Infrastructure (LTI) often has important impacts on wildlife and
landscape processes. Two reviews provided early insight and nuance into LTI impacts on …

Acoustic adaptation to city noise through vocal learning by a songbird

DL Moseley, GE Derryberry… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic noise imposes novel selection pressures, especially on species that
communicate acoustically. Many animals—including insects, frogs, whales and birds …

Urban sparrows respond to a sexually selected trait with increased aggression in noise

JN Phillips, EP Derryberry - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Animals modify acoustic communication signals in response to noise pollution, but
consequences of these modifications are unknown. Vocalizations that transmit best in noise …

Immediate signaling flexibility in response to experimental noise in urban, but not rural, white‐crowned sparrows

KE Gentry, EP Derryberry, RM Danner, JE Danner… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background noise can interfere with acoustic communication. Signal modifications have the
potential to increase signal‐to‐noise ratios and reduce the masking effect of noise …

Anthropogenic noise masking diminishes house wren (Troglodytes aedon) song transmission in urban natural areas

EE Grabarczyk, SA Gill - Bioacoustics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Anthropogenic noise changes the acoustic environment in which avian signals have
evolved, possibly decreasing active space or the area over which signals may be detected …

What is known—and not known—about acoustic communication in an urban soundscape

EP Derryberry, D Luther - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Urban environments have some of the most highly modified soundscapes on the planet,
affecting the way many animals communicate using acoustic signals. Communication …

[HTML][HTML] Wind farm noise shifts vocalizations of a threatened shrub-steppe passerine

J Gómez-Catasús, A Barrero, D Llusia… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind energy has experienced a notable development during the last decades, driving new
challenges for animal communities. Although bird collisions with wind turbines and spatial …

Urban birdsongs: higher minimum song frequency of an urban colonist persists in a common garden experiment

DG Reichard, JW Atwell, MM Pandit, GC Cardoso… - Animal Behaviour, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Animals in urban environments often produce higher-frequency
sounds.•Frequency differences of urban and rural birds persisted in a quiet, common …