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Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on Animals

  • Brings together what is known about effects of sound on vertebrates
  • Provides a critical introduction to fundamental principles of hearing and acoustics that are needed by all investigators interested in effects of noise on animals
  • Chapters focus on taking what is known about basic hearing principles and applying them to the acoustic world of animals.

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research (SHAR, volume 66)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Man-Made Sounds and Animals

    • Hans Slabbekoorn, Robert J. Dooling, Arthur N. Popper
    Pages 1-22
  3. Communication Masking by Man-Made Noise

    • Robert J. Dooling, Marjorie R. Leek
    Pages 23-46
  4. Principles of Auditory Object Formation by Nonhuman Animals

    • Micheal L. Dent, Mark A. Bee
    Pages 47-82
  5. Characteristics of Temporary and Permanent Threshold Shifts in Vertebrates

    • James C. Saunders, Robert J. Dooling
    Pages 83-107
  6. Acoustic Conditions Affecting Sound Communication in Air and Underwater

    • Ole Næsbye Larsen, Craig Radford
    Pages 109-144
  7. Effects of Man-Made Sound on Fishes

    • Anthony D. Hawkins, Arthur N. Popper
    Pages 145-177
  8. Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on Amphibians and Reptiles

    • Andrea Megela Simmons, Peter M. Narins
    Pages 179-208
  9. Impact of Man-Made Sound on Birds and Their Songs

    • Wouter Halfwerk, Bernard Lohr, Hans Slabbekoorn
    Pages 209-242
  10. Effects of Man-Made Sound on Terrestrial Mammals

    • Hans Slabbekoorn, JoAnn McGee, Edward J. Walsh
    Pages 243-276
  11. Effects of Noise on Marine Mammals

    • Christine Erbe, Rebecca Dunlop, Sarah Dolman
    Pages 277-309

About this book

Over the past several years, many investigators interested in the effects of man-made sounds on animals have come to realize that there is much to gain from studying the broader literature on hearing sound and the effects of sound as well as data from the effects on humans. It has also become clear that knowledge of the effects of sound on one group of animals (e.g., birds or frogs) can guide studies on other groups (e.g., marine mammals or fishes) and that a review of all such studies together would be very useful to get a better understanding of the general principles and underlying cochlear and cognitive mechanisms that explain damage, disturbance, and deterrence across taxa.

The purpose of this volume, then, is to provide a comprehensive review of the effects of man-made sounds on animals, with the goal of fulfilling two major needs. First, it was thought to be important to bring together data on sound and bioacoustics that have implications across all taxa (including humans) so that such information is generally available to the community of scholars interested in the effects of sound. This is done in Chaps. 2-5. Second, in Chaps. 6-10, the volume brings together what is known about the effects of sound on diverse vertebrate taxa so that investigators with interests in specific groups can learn from the data and experimental approaches from other species. Put another way, having an overview of the similarities and discrepancies among various animal groups and insight into the “how and why” will benefit the overall conceptual understanding, applications in society, and all future research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Hans Slabbekoorn

  • Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Robert J. Dooling

  • Department of Biology, University of Maryland, Silver Spring, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

  • Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Richard R. Fay

About the editors

Hans Slabbekoorn is an Associate Professor at Leiden University

Robert J. Dooling is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland


Arthur N. Popper is Professor Emeritus and research Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park



Richard R Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola University Chicago






Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on Animals

  • Editors: Hans Slabbekoorn, Robert J. Dooling, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay

  • Series Title: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8574-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8572-2Published: 21 August 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-9330-7Published: 10 December 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-8574-6Published: 20 August 2018

  • Series ISSN: 0947-2657

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-1897

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 309

  • Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Ecology

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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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