A behavioural mechanism explaining noise-dependent frequency use in urban birdsong

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1301-1307

  Halfwerk, Wouter ^a   Slabbekoorn, Hans ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acoustic adaptation; ambient noise; behavioural flexibility; frequency dependent masking; great tit; Parus major

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACOUSTICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NOISE; SONGBIRD; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 70649095173     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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