Do birds vocalize at higher pitch in noise, or is it a matter of measurement?

A comparison between two ways to measure minimum frequency and an experimental test of vocal plasticity in red-winged blackbirds in response to noise

(2016)   BEHAVIOUR

Patterns of Song across Natural and Anthropogenic Soundscapes Suggest That White-Crowned Sparrows Minimize Acoustic Masking and Maximize Signal Content

(2016) Elizabeth P. Derryberry et al.   PLoS One

Effect of ambient noise on parent–offspring interactions in tree swallows

(2015) Marty L. Leonard et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

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

(2015) David A. Luther et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Urban-associated drivers of song variation along a rural–urban gradient

(2015) Desirée L. Narango et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

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

The thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) in Moscow and Moscow suburbs: City noise influences the frequency parameters of its song

(2015) V. V. Ivanitskii et al.   BIOLOGY BULLETIN

Variation in Avian Vocalizations during the Non-Breeding Season in Response to Traffic Noise

(2015) Amy I. Oden et al.   ETHOLOGY

Traffic noise affects embryo mortality and nestling growth rates in captive zebra finches

(2015) Dominique A. Potvin et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Silvereyes decrease acoustic frequency but increase efficacy of alarm calls in urban noise

(2014) Dominique A. Potvin et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

No frequency shift in the “D” notes of Carolina chickadee calls in response to traffic noise

(2014) Molly K. Grace et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

White-throated sparrows alter songs differentially in response to chorusing anurans and other background noise

(2014) Ariel K. Lenske et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Song characteristics track bill morphology along a gradient of urbanization in house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus)

(2014) Mathieu Giraudeau et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

El jilguero dorado (Sicalis flaveola) modifica la estructura de sus vocalizaciones para adaptarse a hábitats urbanos

(2014) Evelina León et al.   Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

Singing seaside: Pacific Wrens (Troglodytes pacificus) change their songs in the presence of natural and anthropogenic noise

(2014) Danielle C. Gough et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

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

(2013) Hans Slabbekoorn   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Immediate, independent adjustment of call pitch and amplitude in response to varying background noise by silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis)

(2013) D. A. Potvin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Temporal change of the song of a local population of the Grey Warbler (Gerygone igata): has its song changed over time?

(2013) Joseph F. Azar et al.   EMU

Urban noise influences vocalization structure in the House WrenTroglodytes aedon

(2013) Priscilla Redondo et al.   IBIS

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

Urban noise affects song structure and daily patterns of song production in Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)

(2013) Lyndsay A. Cartwright et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Effect Sizes and the Integrative Understanding of Urban Bird Song

(2012) Erwin Nemeth et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Birds and Anthropogenic Noise: Singing Higher May Matter

(2012) Hans Slabbekoorn et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

On amplitude and frequency in birdsong: a reply to Zollinger et al.

(2012) Gonçalo C. Cardoso et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Great tits in urban noise benefit from high frequencies in song detection and discrimination

(2012) Nina U. Pohl 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

On the relationship between, and measurement of, amplitude and frequency in birdsong

(2012) Sue Anne Zollinger et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Phenotypic plasticity affects the response of a sexually selected trait to anthropogenic noise

(2012) Mary J. Montague et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Dealing with urban noise: vermilion flycatchers sing longer songs in noisier territories

(2012) Alejandro Ariel Ríos-Chelén et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

URBAN NOISE PREDICTS SONG FREQUENCY IN NORTHERN CARDINALS AND AMERICAN ROBINS

(2012) KERRI D. SEGER-FULLAM et al.   BIOACOUSTICS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SOUND AND ITS RECORDING

The learning advantage: bird species that learn their song show a tighter adjustment of song to noisy environments than those that do not learn

(2012) A. A. Ríos-Chelén et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

On the relation between loudness and the increased song frequency of urban birds

(2011) Gonçalo C. Cardoso et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Comparative effects of urban development and anthropogenic noise on bird songs

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

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

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

Urban noise and male density affect songs in the great titParus major

(2011) S. Hamao et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Anthropogenic noise affects song structure in red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)

(2011) D. Hanna et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

Geographically pervasive effects of urban noise on frequency and syllable rate of songs and calls in silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis)

(2011) D. A. Potvin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Birds and Anthropogenic Noise: Are Urban Songs Adaptive?

(2010) Erwin Nemeth et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Behavioral Plasticity Allows Short‐Term Adjustment to a Novel Environment

(2010) Karin Gross et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Which birds adjust the frequency of vocalizations in urban noise?

(2010) Yang Hu et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Experimental evidence for real-time song frequency shift in response to urban noise in a passerine bird

(2010) E. Bermudez-Cuamatzin et al.   Biology Letters

DIRECTIONAL CULTURAL CHANGE BY MODIFICATION AND REPLACEMENT OF MEMES

(2010) Gonçalo C. Cardoso et al.   EVOLUTION

Immediate spectral flexibility in singing chiffchaffs during experimental exposure to highway noise

(2010) M. N. Verzijden et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Bird song variations along an urban gradient: The case of the European blackbird (Turdus merula)

(2010) Solange Mendes et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Vocal frequency change reflects different responses to anthropogenic noise in two suboscine tyrant flycatchers

(2010) C. D. Francis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Are bird species that vocalize at higher frequencies preadapted to inhabit noisy urban areas?

(2009) Yang Hu et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

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

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

Does ambient noise affect growth and begging call structure in nestling birds?

(2008) Marty L. Leonard et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY