Serins respond to anthropogenic noise by increasing vocal activity

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 332-336

  Díaz, Mario ^a   Parra, Antonio ^b   Gallardo, Clemente ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

anthropogenic noise; noise threshold; Serin; Serinus serinus; vocal activity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; NOISE POLLUTION; PASSERINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; SURVIVAL; THRESHOLD; VIGILANCE; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; SERINUS SERINUS;

EID: 79953897569     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq210     Document Type: Article

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