Is there a sound reception window in coastal environments? Evidence from shorebird communication systems

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 228-230

  Douglas III, Hector D ^a,b   Conner, William E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; MODULATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033043587     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050603     Document Type: Article

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