Animal communication: city birds have changed their tune.
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.
Brumm
Henrik
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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
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D002947:Cities; D009622:Noise; D014197:Trees; D014507:Urbanization