A global synthesis of the impacts of urbanization on bird dawn choruses

OH Marín‐Gómez, I MacGregor‐Fors - Ibis, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization drives changes in acoustic communication systems in some animal species.
Noise and light pollution are among the main urban factors known to disrupt the timing and …

The bird dawn chorus revisited

D Gil, D Llusia - Coding strategies in vertebrate acoustic …, 2020 - Springer
The bird dawn chorus has fascinated humans since ancient times, but still today numerous
questions remain unclear. This chapter will explore this puzzling phenomenon, a communal …

Mapping projected variations of temperature and precipitation due to climate change in Venezuela

JA Viloria, BO Olivares, P García, F Paredes-Trejo… - Hydrology, 2023 - mdpi.com
The impacts of climate change will not be homogeneous in all countries or between regions
within each country. Mapping projected changes in temperature and precipitation is crucial …

What do we mean by “soundscape”? A functional description

E Grinfeder, C Lorenzi, S Haupert… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The concept of soundscape was originally coined to study the relationship between humans
and their sonic environment. Since then, several definitions of soundscapes have been …

Skyglow relieves a crepuscular bird from visual constraints on being active

R Evens, M Lathouwers, JN Pradervand… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Artificial light at night significantly alters the predictability of the natural light cycles that most
animals use as an essential Zeitgeber for daily activity. Direct light has well-documented …

Dawn chorus start time variation in a temperate bird community: relationships with seasonality, weather, and ambient light

A Bruni, DJ Mennill, JR Foote - Journal of Ornithology, 2014 - Springer
The avian dawn chorus is a daily period of high song output performed predominantly
during the breeding season. Dawn chorus performance varies at both the individual and …

Singing from North to South: latitudinal variation in timing of dawn singing under natural and artificial light conditions

A Da Silva, B Kempenaers - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Animals breeding at northern latitudes experience drastic changes in daily light conditions
during the breeding season with decreasing periods of darkness, whereas those living at …

Aerial insectivorous bat activity in relation to moonlight intensity

G Appel, A López-Baucells, W Ernest-Magnusson… - Mammalian …, 2017 - Springer
It is commonly assumed that aerial insectivorous bats in the tropics respond to moonlight
intensity by decreasing their foraging activity during bright nights due either to an increase in …

Temporal patterns of visitation of birds and mammals at mineral licks in the Peruvian Amazon

BM Griffiths, M Bowler, MP Gilmore… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mineral licks are key ecological resources for many species of birds and mammals in
Amazonia, providing essential dietary nutrients and clays, yet little is known about which …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of natural and artificial light at night on nocturnal song in the diurnal willie wagtail

AL Dickerson, ML Hall, TM Jones - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Artificial light at night (ALAN) has rapidly and drastically changed the global nocturnal
environment. Evidence for the effect of ALAN on animal behaviour is mounting and animals …