High levels of environmental noise erode pair preferences in zebra finches: implications for noise pollution

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Strategies of song adaptation to urban noise in the house finch: syllable pitch plasticity or differential syllable use? (2009, background): “…to population decline, some data suggest that the latter may be a consequence of noise masking birdsong (Rheindt, 2003), which in turn may impair processes of sexual selection, erode pair preferences (Reijnen & Foppen, 1994; Swaddle & Page, 2007), or disrupt bird vocal communication in general.”
Research, part of a Special Feature on Effects of Roads and Traffic on Wildlife Populations and Landscape Function Impacts of Traffic Noise and Traffic Volume on Birds of Roadside Habitats (2009, background): “Acoustic interference from noise could hamper the detection of song by conspecifics, making it more difficult for birds to establish and maintain territories, attract mates, and/or maintain pair bonds (Reijnen and Foppen 1994, Habib et al. 2007, Swaddle and Page 2007).”
The emerging significance of bioacoustics in animal species conservation (2010, background): “Swaddle and Page (2007), by studying zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata, found that pair bonds may become weaker and extra-pair behaviour increases in noisy environments because noise masks pair-bond calls.”