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Quick little article on Bernie Krause, who

Quick little article on Bernie Krause, who is compiling a database of animal sounds from habitats around the world. I heard Krause speak at the first Foo Camp and his was one of the most interesting talks I’ve heard at a conference. “Krause noticed that birds who settled in compromised habitats โ€” logged-over second-growth forests, for instance โ€” encountered unexpected vocal competitors from other species and found their mating songs masked. Warblers that failed to find unoccupied [audio] bandwidth failed to breed, Krause observed, eventually convincing him of the validity of his niche hypothesis, the contention that animals evolve to fill vocal niches to best be heard by potential mates.” (via tim o’reilly)