1 Introduction
Henrik Brumm
Part I: Signal Detection Theory
2 Signal Detection, Noise, and the Evolution of Communication
R. Haven Wiley
Part II: Acoustic Signals
3 Masking by Noise in Acoustic Insects: Problems and Solutions
Heiner Römer
4 Effects of Noise on Sound Detection and Acoustic Communication in Fishes
Friedrich Ladich
5 Anuran Acoustic Signal Production in Noisy Environments
Joshua J. Schwartz and Mark A. Bee
6 Anuran Acoustic Signal Perception in Noisy Environments
Alejandro Vélez, Joshua J. Schwartz, and Mark A. Bee
7 Avian Vocal Production in Noise
Henrik Brumm and Sue Anne Zollinger
8 Avian Sound Perception in Noise
Robert J. Dooling and Sandra H. Blumenrath
9 Effects of Noise on Acoustic Signal Production in Marine Mammals.
Peter L. Tyack and Vincent M. Janik
10 Effects of Noise on Sound Perception in
Marine MammalsJames J. Finneran and Brian K. Branstetter
Part III: Optical, Electric, and Chemical Signals
11 Noise in Visual Communication: Motion from Wind-Blown Plants
Richard A Peters
12 Neural Noise in Electro communication -from Burden to Benefits
Jan Benda, Jan Grewe and Rüdiger Krahe
13 Noise in Chemical Communication
Volker Nehring, Tristram D. Wyatt and Patrizia d'Ettorre
Part IV: Impacts of Anthropogenic Noise
14. Anthropogenic Noise and Conservation
Peter K. McGregor, Andrew G. Horn, Marty L. Leonard and, Frank Thomsen