Hans Slabbekoorn

Summary

Affiliation: Leiden University
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Bird song, ecology and speciation
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Center for Tropical Research and Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:493-503. 2002
  2. ncbi Habitat-dependent song divergence in the little greenbul: an analysis of environmental selection pressures on acoustic signals
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Center for Tropical Research, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, California 94132, USA
    Evolution 56:1849-58. 2002
  3. ncbi Ecology: Birds sing at a higher pitch in urban noise
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Behavioural Biology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
    Nature 424:267. 2003
  4. ncbi Habitat-dependent ambient noise: consistent spectral profiles in two African forest types
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Center for Tropical Research, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, USA
    J Acoust Soc Am 116:3727-33. 2004
  5. ncbi Behavioural ecology: noise annoys at community level
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Institute of Biology Leiden IBL, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Wassenaarseweg 72, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Curr Biol 19:R693-5. 2009
  6. ncbi Evolutionary consequences of human disturbance in a rainforest bird species from Central Africa
    Thomas B Smith
    Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, University of California Los Angeles, 619 Charles Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    Mol Ecol 17:58-71. 2008
  7. ncbi A noisy spring: the impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Behavioural Biology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
    Trends Ecol Evol 25:419-27. 2010
  8. ncbi Low-frequency songs lose their potency in noisy urban conditions
    Wouter Halfwerk
    Behavioral Biology, Institute of Biology IBL, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:14549-54. 2011
  9. ncbi Birds and anthropogenic noise: singing higher may matter
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Behavioral Biology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, P O Box 9516, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Am Nat 180:142-5; author reply 146-52. 2012
  10. ncbi Birdsong and anthropogenic noise: implications and applications for conservation
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
    Mol Ecol 17:72-83. 2008

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Bird song, ecology and speciation
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Center for Tropical Research and Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:493-503. 2002
    ..We argue that song learning may initially constrain reproductive divergence, while in the later stages of population divergence it may promote speciation...
  2. ncbi Habitat-dependent song divergence in the little greenbul: an analysis of environmental selection pressures on acoustic signals
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Center for Tropical Research, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, California 94132, USA
    Evolution 56:1849-58. 2002
    ..Such an association may promote assortative mating and may be a mechanism driving reproductive divergence across ecological gradients...
  3. ncbi Ecology: Birds sing at a higher pitch in urban noise
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Behavioural Biology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
    Nature 424:267. 2003
  4. ncbi Habitat-dependent ambient noise: consistent spectral profiles in two African forest types
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Center for Tropical Research, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, USA
    J Acoust Soc Am 116:3727-33. 2004
    ..Habitat-dependent abiotic and biotic sound sources and to some extent habitat-dependent sound transmission are the likely causes of these habitat-dependent noise spectra...
  5. ncbi Behavioural ecology: noise annoys at community level
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Institute of Biology Leiden IBL, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Wassenaarseweg 72, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Curr Biol 19:R693-5. 2009
    ..A new study on the impact of anthropogenic noise on birds takes a behavioural discipline to the level of community ecology: noise can not only harm individual species but also alter species relationships...
  6. ncbi Evolutionary consequences of human disturbance in a rainforest bird species from Central Africa
    Thomas B Smith
    Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, University of California Los Angeles, 619 Charles Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    Mol Ecol 17:58-71. 2008
    ..Results suggest that anthropogenic habitat changes may have evolutionary consequences, with implications for conservation and restoration...
  7. ncbi A noisy spring: the impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Behavioural Biology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
    Trends Ecol Evol 25:419-27. 2010
    ..Here we call attention to the urgent need to study the role of sound in the lives of fish and to develop a better understanding of the ecological impact of anthropogenic noise...
  8. ncbi Low-frequency songs lose their potency in noisy urban conditions
    Wouter Halfwerk
    Behavioral Biology, Institute of Biology IBL, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:14549-54. 2011
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  9. ncbi Birds and anthropogenic noise: singing higher may matter
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Behavioral Biology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, P O Box 9516, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Am Nat 180:142-5; author reply 146-52. 2012
    ..Hence, we conclude that noise-dependent frequency shifts in urban birds can be adaptive...
  10. ncbi Birdsong and anthropogenic noise: implications and applications for conservation
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
    Mol Ecol 17:72-83. 2008
    ..Bird conservationists probably gain most by realizing that birds and humans often benefit from the same or only slightly modified measures...
  11. ncbi Cities change the songs of birds
    Hans Slabbekoorn
    Behavioural Biology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
    Curr Biol 16:2326-31. 2006
    ..At the same time, they reveal a behavioral plasticity that may be key to urban success and the lack of which may explain detrimental effects on bird communities that live in noisy urbanized areas or along highways...
  12. ncbi Male territorial vocalizations and responses are decoupled in an avian hybrid zone
    Paula M den Hartog
    Behavioural Biology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 363:2879-89. 2008
    ..Learning to respond to locally abundant signals may be the best individual strategy and is likely to contribute to the maintenance of a hybrid zone...