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How do territorial songbirds convey aggression?

By Sean Roach|2022-04-11T15:40:14+00:0011 Apr 2022|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, ecology, IBIS, passerines, song, sound|

An examination of overlapping, matching, and unique song forms

A warbler’s choice

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-01-10T14:42:34+00:0013 Jan 2022|acoustic monitoring, breeding biology, communication, experiment, habitat selection, sound, territoriality|

How do Black-and-white Warblers select a breeding location?

The changing sounds of spring

By Catriona Morrison|2021-11-15T10:32:04+00:0015 Nov 2021|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, biodiversity, bird assemblages, bird communities, bird song, citizen science, communication, community ecology, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, passerines, sound, vocalisations|

Citizen science data reveals a decline in the quality of soundscapes across two continents.

Does your neighbourhood make you stressed?

By Diane Colombelli-Négrel|2021-04-23T08:58:09+00:0026 Apr 2021|bird-human interactions, colonial birds, Disturbance, physiology, predation, Seabirds, sound|

Little Penguins living in different environments differ in their response to stressors

Booming Bitterns

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-12-15T17:25:23+00:005 Sep 2019|bioacoustics, camouflage, Conservation, cryptic, monitoring, News, nocturnal birds, sound|

When is the best time to monitor bitterns?

Broadbills sing with their wings

By Alex Kirschel|2021-11-18T14:43:24+00:0025 Apr 2016|behaviour, bird song, communications, display, non-vocal communication, song, sound|

How do Broadbills produce that loud mechanical sound while displaying?