Horvevdiiligle feeJ"ithere is much to be learned from taking a step
)l back and idii'SiAdiing research focused on the effects of any
;..,i environmental noise on vildlife, whether it is anthropogenic or
il 'natural'. This enables researchers to take advantage of over a half-
:. i century of extensive laboratorywork conducted on well-characterised
;:l ,1, focal species such as rz:ts (Rittur noneglcut) and mice (Mas masctkl.
Although the results of this work may not be broadly applicable to all