Effects of urban noise on song and response behaviour in great tits

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1669, 2009, Pages 2979-2985

  Mockford, Emily J ^a   Marshall, Rupert C ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Great tit; Playback response; Signal divergence; Song; Urban noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEARING; NOISE POLLUTION; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD; URBAN AREA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SINGING; SONGBIRD; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 68249124555     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0586     Document Type: Article

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