Research on avian song gets global publicity for PhD student Katherine Gentry

Katherine Gentry of the Department of Environmental Science and Policy is a PhD student studying under Dr. David Luther of the Department of Biology.  Her graduate research on avian song plasticity adjustments to traffic noise in Washington, DC recently made the news in Canada and Spain.  Please visit the links below to learn more about her research.

Original article: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09524622.2017.1303645

Canada news coverage: http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sci-tech/birds-sing-shorter-songs-in-response-to-traffic-noise-study-1.3373409

Spanish news coverage: http://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/ciencia/2017/04/18/58f5f4b3e2704ed72a8b457d.html