Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) song varies with urban noise

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 650-659

  Wood, William E ^a   Yezerinac, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Melospiza melodia; Ontogeny; Song; Song Sparrow; Urban noise

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; NOISE POLLUTION; ONTOGENY; SONGBIRD; SPECTRUM; URBAN AREA;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 33746299226     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[650:SSMMSV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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