A new methodology to infer the singing activity of an avian community: The Acoustic Complexity Index (ACI)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 868-873

  Pieretti, N ^a   Farina, A ^a   Morri, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic metrics; Beech forest; Birds; Human disturbance; Soundscape

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE ENGINES; AIRPLANE ROUTES; AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; BEECH FOREST; ENGINE NOISE; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; INTENSITY VALUES; LAND-USE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN FORESTS; NATIONAL PARKS; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; SOUNDSCAPES; SPEARMAN'S RHO; STUDY AREAS;

BINS; BIRDS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PARKS;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS;

ALGORITHM; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; NATIONAL PARK; NOISE; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; BINS; BIRDS; FAGUS; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

ITALY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EMILIA; FAGUS; PASSERI;

EID: 78751574183     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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