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| Title |
Daytime noise predicts nocturnal singing in urban robins
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biology Letters, April 2007
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| DOI | 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0134 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Richard A Fuller, Philip H Warren, Kevin J Gaston |
| Abstract |
Ambient noise interferes with the propagation of acoustic signals through the environment from sender to receiver. Over the past few centuries, urbanization and the development of busy transport networks have led to dramatic increases in the levels of ambient noise with which animal acoustic communications must compete. Here we show that urban European robins Erithacus rubecula, highly territorial birds reliant on vocal communication, reduce acoustic interference by singing during the night in areas that are noisy during the day. The effect of ambient light pollution, to which nocturnal singing in urban birds is frequently attributed, is much weaker than that of daytime noise. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 38 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 16% |
| United States | 5 | 13% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 23 | 61% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 35 | 92% |
| Scientists | 3 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 643 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 1% |
| Brazil | 6 | <1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| Mexico | 3 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 3 | <1% |
| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 8 | 1% |
| Unknown | 596 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 160 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 106 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 99 | 15% |
| Researcher | 87 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 20 | 3% |
| Other | 85 | 13% |
| Unknown | 86 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 381 | 59% |
| Environmental Science | 100 | 16% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 1% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 8 | 1% |
| Other | 29 | 5% |
| Unknown | 104 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 219. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 March 2024.
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#178,829
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Outputs from Biology Letters
#221
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#232
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#5
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