Impacts of traffic noise and traffic volume on birds of roadside habitats

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Parris, Kirsten M ^a,b   Schneider, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic interference; Ambient noise; Bioacoustics; Conservation biology; Road ecology; Signal design; Traffic noise; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; BIOACOUSTICS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROADKILL; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MORNINGTON PENINSULA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLLURICINCLA HARMONICA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; RHIPIDURA FULIGINOSA;

EID: 69149101906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02761-140129     Document Type: Article

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