Spatio-temporal variability in human and natural sounds in a rural landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 945-959

  Matsinos, Yiannis G ^a   Mazaris, Antonios D ^b   Papadimitriou, Kimon D ^b   Mniestris, Andreas ^c   Hatzigiannidis, George ^b   Maioglou, Dimitris ^b   Pantis, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Ionian University   (Greece)

Author keywords

Landscape attributes; Perceived sound intensity; Sound classification; Soundscape

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PERCEPTION; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 52549125410     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9250-7     Document Type: Article

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