Are bird species that vocalize at higher frequencies preadapted to inhabit noisy urban areas?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1268-1273

  Hu, Yang ^a   Cardoso, Goncalo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Song; Urban bird communities; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMBIENT NOISE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; BODY SIZE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NOISE POLLUTION; SONG; URBAN AREA; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 70450265387     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp131     Document Type: Article

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