Production and perception of communicatory signals in a noisy environment

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-187

  Luther, David A ^a   Wiley, R Haven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic partitioning; Animal communication; Bird song; Neotropical birds; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; COEXISTENCE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; SIGNAL; SOFTWARE; SONGBIRD;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECIES; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; NOISE; SOFTWARE; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 65349167225     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0733     Document Type: Article

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