Phenotypic plasticity affects the response of a sexually selected trait to anthropogenic noise

Timing vocal behavior: Lack of temporal overlap avoidance to fluctuating noise levels in singing Eurasian wrens

“…For example, many bird species have been shown to sing relatively high-frequency songs at places with much low-frequency noise (e.g., Slabbekoorn and Peet, 2003;Fernández-Juricic et al, 2005;Slabbekoorn and den Boer-Visser, 2006;Brumm and Slater, 2006;Parris and Schneider, 2009;Nemeth and Brumm, 2009;Francis et al, 2011;Potvin et al, 2011). For several species there is now also experimental evidence for the capacity to rapidly adjust pitch to currently fluctuating noise conditions (e.g., Halfwerk and Slabbekoorn, 2009;Verzijden et al, 2010;Gross et al, 2010;Bermúdez-Cuamatzin et al, 2011;Montague et al, 2013;McLaughlin and Kunc, 2013).…”

Experimental chronic noise exposure affects adult song in zebra finches

“…However, the time period over which these changes take place is variable. For example, birds may be able to increase song amplitude, frequency or song type immediately in response to a change in environmental noise conditions (great tits, European robins, silvereyes and chiffchaffs, Phylloscopus collybita: Halfwerk & Slabbekoorn, 2009; Montague et al, 2013;Potvin & Mulder, 2013;Verzijden, Ripmeester, Ohms, Snelderwaard, & Slabbekoorn, 2010). Whether changes might occur over an individual's lifetime as a result of dispersing to a new environment, in a process similar to physiological acclimation, is a question that remains understudied in this field.…”

Dynamic changes in display architecture and function across environments revealed by a systems approach to animal communication*

“…), prevalence of anthropogenic (Montague et al. ), and natural noise (e.g., Halfwerk et al. ), predator cues (Candolin ; Wilgers et al.…”