Animal communication: city birds have changed their tune

Henrik Brumm

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.043

Animal communication: city birds have changed their tune

Curr Biol. 2006 Dec 5;16(23):R1003-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.043.

Author

Henrik Brumm¹

Affiliation

¹ Bird and Mammal Acoustic Communication Group, and Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TS, UK. henrik.brumm@st-andrews.ac.uk

PMID: 17141599
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.043

Abstract

Birds adjust their songs to make themselves heard in the presence of ambient noise. New research comparing songs of great tits across Europe shows how animals adapt their signals to the urban din.

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MeSH terms

Adaptation, Psychological*
Animal Communication*
Animals
Birds / physiology*
Cities
Noise
Trees
Urbanization