When sounds collide: The effect of anthropogenic noise on a breeding assemblage of frogs in Belize, Central America

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-232

  Kaiser, Kristine ^a   Scofield, Douglas G ^a   Alloush, Menemsha ^a,b   Jones, Robin M ^a,c   Marczak, Susanne ^a,d   Martineau, Katherine ^a,e   Oliva, Mark A ^a,f   Narins, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d Institute for Conservation Research   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anuran; Chorus tenure; Dendropsophus microcephalus; Urban noise

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 79851501774     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X551660     Document Type: Article

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