Not so sexy in the city: urban birds adjust songs to noise but compromise vocal performance

Impacts of Traffic Noise and Traffic Volume on Birds of Roadside Habitats

(2016) Kirsten M. Parris et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Anthropogenic noise is associated with changes in acoustic but not visual signals in red-winged blackbirds

(2015) Alejandro A. Ríos-Chelén et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Can animals detect differences in vocalizations adjusted for anthropogenic noise?

(2014) David Luther et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Road traffic noise modifies behaviour of a keystone species

(2014) Graeme Shannon et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Uneven Sampling and the Analysis of Vocal Performance Constraints

(2013) David R. Wilson et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Songs of the city: noise-dependent spectral plasticity in the acoustic phenotype of urban birds

(2013) Hans Slabbekoorn   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Physically Challenging Song Traits, Male Quality, and Reproductive Success in House Wrens

(2013) Emily R. A. Cramer   PLoS One

Responses to song playback vary with the vocal performance of both signal senders and receivers

(2013) D. L. Moseley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bird song and anthropogenic noise: vocal constraints may explain why birds sing higher-frequency songs in cities

(2013) E. Nemeth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Featured Articles in This Month's Animal Behaviour

(2012) William A. Searcy et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Birdsongs keep pace with city life: changes in song over time in an urban songbird affects communication

(2012) David A. Luther et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

CORRELATED EVOLUTION OF BEAK MORPHOLOGY AND SONG IN THE NEOTROPICAL WOODCREEPER RADIATION

(2012) Elizabeth Perrault Derryberry et al.   EVOLUTION

Staying tuned: grasshoppers from noisy roadside habitats produce courtship signals with elevated frequency components

(2012) Ulrike Lampe et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Birdsong Performance and the Evolution of Simple (Rather than Elaborate) Sexual Signals

(2011) Gonçalo C. Cardoso et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Androgen-dependent male vocal performance influences female preference in Neotropical singing mice

(2011) Bret Pasch et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Comparative effects of urban development and anthropogenic noise on bird songs

(2011) J.L. Dowling et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Song amplitude affects territorial aggression of male receivers in chaffinches

(2011) H. Brumm et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Vocalizations reveal body condition and are associated with visual display traits in great frigatebirds (Fregata minor)

(2011) Frans A. Juola et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The evolution of the Lombard effect: 100 years of psychoacoustic research

(2011) Henrik Brumm et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Different behavioural responses to anthropogenic noise by two closely related passerine birds

(2011) C. D. Francis et al.   Biology Letters

Low-frequency songs lose their potency in noisy urban conditions

(2011) W. Halfwerk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Habitat-dependent acoustic divergence affects playback response in urban and forest populations of the European blackbird

(2010) Erwin A. P. Ripmeester et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Sound-pressure Levels and Song Preferences in Female Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) (Aves, Emberizidae)

(2010) William A. Searcy   ETHOLOGY

Ecology Shapes Birdsong Evolution: Variation in Morphology and Habitat Explains Variation in White‐Crowned Sparrow Song

(2009) Elizabeth P. Derryberry   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Blackbirds sing higher-pitched songs in cities: adaptation to habitat acoustics or side-effect of urbanization?

(2009) Erwin Nemeth et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Strategies of song adaptation to urban noise in the house finch: syllable pitch plasticity or differential syllable use?

(2009) Eira Bermúdez-Cuamatzin et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Swamp sparrows modulate vocal performance in an aggressive context

(2009) A. L DuBois et al.   Biology Letters

Noise Pollution Changes Avian Communities and Species Interactions

(2009) Clinton D. Francis et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Effects of urban noise on song and response behaviour in great tits

(2009) E. J. Mockford et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Urban noise and the cultural evolution of bird songs

(2009) D. Luther et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The costs of chronic noise exposure for terrestrial organisms

(2009) Jesse R. Barber et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Aggressive responses to broadband trills are related to subsequent pairing success in nightingales

(2008) Rouven Schmidt et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Vocal performance reflects individual quality in a nonpasserine

(2007) Tim Janicke et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR