The effects of rain on acoustic communication: Tawny owls have good reason for calling less in wet weather

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1505, 2002, Pages 2121-2125

  Lengagne, Thierry ^a   Slater, Peter J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Active space; Rain; Tawny owl

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

BIOACOUSTICS; CLIMATE; COMMUNICATION; RAINFALL;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TERRITORIALITY; ANIMAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; RAIN; SOUND; STRIGIFORMES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037159386     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2115     Document Type: Article

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