Patterns of Song across Natural and Anthropogenic Soundscapes Suggest That White-Crowned Sparrows Minimize Acoustic Masking and Maximize Signal Content

• Elizabeth P. Derryberry ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Raymond M. Danner, Julie E. Danner

  * E-mail: ederrybe@tulane.edu

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8248-9748

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• Raymond M. Danner ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Raymond M. Danner, Julie E. Danner

  Current address: Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

  Affiliation Biology Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

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• Julie E. Danner ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Raymond M. Danner, Julie E. Danner

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Graham E. Derryberry,

  Affiliation Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Jennifer N. Phillips,

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Sara E. Lipshutz,

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Katherine Gentry,

  Affiliation Biology Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

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• David A. Luther

  Affiliations Biology Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Institution, National Zoo, Washington, DC, United States of America

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