High levels of environmental noise erode pair preferences in zebra finches: implications for noise pollution

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-368

  Swaddle, John P ^a   Page, Laura C ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic; cognition; courtship; environmental noise; extrapair copulation; mate choice; perception; Taeniopygia guttata; vocal communication; zebra finch

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MATE CHOICE; NOISE POLLUTION; PAIR BOND; PATERNITY; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 34548617370     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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