Global increases in environmental noise levels–arising from expansion of human
populations, transportation networks, and resource extraction–have catalysed a recent …

Anthropogenic (man-made) noise has changed the acoustic environment both on land and
underwater and is now recognized as a pollutant of international concern. Increasing …

A continuously growing body of evidence indicates that astrocytes, which is the most
abundant sub-type of glial cells in the nervous system, not only provide structural and …

Social interactions are ubiquitous across the animal kingdom. A variety of ecological and
evolutionary processes are dependent on social interactions, such as movement, disease …

Birds are renowned for their exceptional vision and the way that this enables them to survive
and navigate the world in such a unique way. However, it is now recognised that avian …

Anthropogenic noise affects the behavior of a variety of animal taxa around the world. In
many taxa, minimum frequencies of acoustic signals increase with ambient noise levels, and …

Abstract Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is located in Massachusetts Bay off the
densely populated northeast coast of the United States; subsequently, the marine …

Biosemiotics to date has focused on the exchange of signals between organisms, in line
with bioacoustics; consideration of the wider acoustic environment as a semiotic medium is …

Animals modify acoustic communication signals in response to noise pollution, but
consequences of these modifications are unknown. Vocalizations that transmit best in noise …

Many species of birds conspicuously call or sing early in the morning, thereby creating an
avian dawn chorus. While these vocalizations probably function to advertise territory …