Blackbirds sing higher-pitched songs in cities: adaptation to habitat acoustics or side-effect of urbanization?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 637-641

  Nemeth, Erwin ^a,b   Brumm, Henrik ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

acoustic adaptation; acoustic communication; ambient noise; birdsong; blackbird; Turdus merula; urban ecology; urban habitat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMBIENT NOISE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACOUSTICS; CONSPECIFIC; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SONGBIRD; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; VIENNA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 69249212184     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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