The impact of roads on birds: Does song frequency play a role in determining susceptibility to noise pollution?;Die Auswirkungen von Straßen auf Vögel: Ist Gesangsfrequenz ein Faktor für Lärmempfindlichkeit?

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-306

  Rheindt, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic masking; Bird song; Population decline; Sound pollution; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOACOUSTICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; NOISE POLLUTION; ROAD; SONG;

AVES; FAGUS; PASSERIFORMES; QUERCUS;

EID: 0042354074     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0361.2003.03004.x     Document Type: Article

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