The impact of environmental noise on song amplitude in a territorial bird

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 434-440

  Brumm, Henrik ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustical masking; Birdsong; Lombard effect; Luscinia megarhynchos; Vocal amplitude

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; SONG; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; PASSERI;

EID: 2342565130     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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