Increase in song frequency in response to urban noise in the great tit Parus Major as shown by data from the Madrid (Spain) city noise map

Ardeola

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-11

  Salaberria, Concepción ^a   Gil, Diego ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Habitat adaptation; Maximum frequency; Minimum frequency; Parus Major; Strophe length; Urban noise

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 78149314942     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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