Seasonality and social factors, but not noise pollution, influence the song characteristics of two leaf warbler species.

ABSTRACT: Changes in the acoustic signalling of animals occupying urban ecosystems is often associated with the masking effects of noise pollution, but the way in which they respond to noise pollution is not straightforward. An increasing number of studies indicate that responses can be case specific, and some species have been found to respond differently to high levels of natural versus anthropogenic noise, as well as different levels of the latter. While the perception of noise between species may vary with its source, amplitude and temporal features, some species may possess broader environmental tolerance to noise pollution, as they use higher frequency vocalizations that are less masked by low-frequency urban noise. In this study, we explored the song variation of two closely related leaf warb

SUBMITTER: Deoniziak K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8412285 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature