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

Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement

(2020) Corinne Le Quéré et al.   Nature Climate Change

COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown as a “Global Human Confinement Experiment” to investigate biodiversity conservation

(2020) Amanda E. Bates et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Rapid recovery of carbon cycle processes after the cessation of chronic nutrient enrichment

(2020) Thomas J. Mozdzer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife

(2020) Christian Rutz et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

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

(2018) Jennifer N. Phillips et al.   Scientific Reports

Surviving in the city: higher apparent survival for urban birds but worse condition on noisy territories

(2018) Jennifer N. Phillips et al.   Ecosphere

White-crowned sparrow males show immediate flexibility in song amplitude but not in song minimum frequency in response to changes in noise levels in the field

(2017) Elizabeth P. Derryberry et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

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

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

A framework to assess evolutionary responses to anthropogenic light and sound

(2015) John P. Swaddle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Song structure, not high-frequency song content, determines high-frequency auditory sensitivity in nine species of New World sparrows (Passeriformes: Emberizidae)

(2014) Alejandro Vélez et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

The Lombard effect

(2011) Sue Anne Zollinger et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Elizabeth P. Derryberry   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The ability to perform physically challenging songs predicts age and size in male swamp sparrows, Melospiza georgiana

(2009) Barbara Ballentine   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR