Effects of signal features and environmental noise on signal detection in the great tit, Parus major

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1293-1300

  Pohl, Nina U ^a   Slabbekoorn, Hans ^b   Klump, Georg M ^a   Langemann, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acoustics; birdsong; communication; environmental noise; great tit; hearing; Parus major; signal detection; signal feature

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACOUSTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NOISE; PERCEPTION; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 70649101216     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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