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- A field study of auditory sensitivity of the Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica
Highlighted Article: The threatened seabird the Atlantic puffin has a comparatively sensitive audiogram, indicating it has fully functioning aerial hearing despite the constraints of its deep-diving, amphibious lifestyle.
- Signal-specific amplitude adjustment to noise in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Editors' Choice: Common bottlenose dolphins increase whistle amplitude as ambient noise increases, but not enough to maintain the same effective range in increasing noise and with a smaller degree of compensation for individually distinctive signature whistles compared with non-signature whistles.
- Anthropogenic noise and the bioacoustics of terrestrial invertebrates
Summary: We review the current literature on invertebrate bioacoustics and characteristics of anthropogenic noise to suggest a framework for understanding the potential impact of anthropogenic noise on terrestrial invertebrates.
- Field-based hearing measurements of two seabird species
Summary: Field-based physiological hearing measurements of a puffin and murre show they hear like other birds. The method provides clear responses, reduced environmental noise and is transferrable to other avian taxa.