Which birds adjust the frequency of vocalizations in urban noise?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 863-867

  Hu, Yang ^a   Cardoso, Gonçalo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

acoustic adaptation; urban noise; vocalization frequency

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PASSERINE; URBAN AREA; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 77949487365     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.036     Document Type: Article

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