Nature Communications (Nov 2021)
Bird population declines and species turnover are changing the acoustic properties of spring soundscapes
- C. A. Morrison,
- A. Auniņš,
- Z. Benkő,
- L. Brotons,
- T. Chodkiewicz,
- P. Chylarecki,
- V. Escandell,
- D. P. Eskildsen,
- A. Gamero,
- S. Herrando,
- F. Jiguet,
- J. A. Kålås,
- J. Kamp,
- A. Klvaňová,
- P. Kmecl,
- A. Lehikoinen,
- Å. Lindström,
- C. Moshøj,
- D. G. Noble,
- I. J. Øien,
- J-Y. Paquet,
- J. Reif,
- T. Sattler,
- B. S. Seaman,
- N. Teufelbauer,
- S. Trautmann,
- C. A. M. van Turnhout,
- P. Vořišek,
- S. J. Butler
Affiliations
- C. A. Morrison
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
- A. Auniņš
- Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia
- Z. Benkő
- Romanian Ornithological Society/BirdLife Romania
- L. Brotons
- InForest JRU (CTFC-CREAF)
- T. Chodkiewicz
- Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
- P. Chylarecki
- Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
- V. Escandell
- Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife)
- D. P. Eskildsen
- Dansk Ornitologisk Forening, BirdLife Denmark
- A. Gamero
- European Bird Census Council-Czech Society for Ornithology
- S. Herrando
- CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès
- F. Jiguet
- Centre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, UMR7204 MNHN-CNRS-SU
- J. A. Kålås
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
- J. Kamp
- University of Göttingen, Department of Conservation Science
- A. Klvaňová
- European Bird Census Council-Czech Society for Ornithology
- P. Kmecl
- DOPPS - BirdLife Slovenia
- A. Lehikoinen
- Finnish Museum of Natural History, FI-00014 University of Helsinki
- Å. Lindström
- Biodiversity Unit, Department of Biology, Lund University
- C. Moshøj
- Dansk Ornitologisk Forening, BirdLife Denmark
- D. G. Noble
- British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery
- I. J. Øien
- NOF-BirdLife Norway
- J-Y. Paquet
- Natagora, Département Études
- J. Reif
- Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
- T. Sattler
- Swiss Ornithological Institute
- B. S. Seaman
- BirdLife Österreich
- N. Teufelbauer
- BirdLife Österreich
- S. Trautmann
- Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten (DDA)
- C. A. M. van Turnhout
- Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology
- P. Vořišek
- European Bird Census Council-Czech Society for Ornithology
- S. J. Butler
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26488-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Birdsong has long connected humans to nature. Historical reconstructions using bird monitoring and song recordings collected by citizen scientists reveal that the soundscape of birdsong in North America and Europe is both quieter and less varied, mirroring declines in bird diversity and abundance.
