Hunting at the highway: Traffic noise reduces foraging efficiency in acoustic predators

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1712, 2011, Pages 1646-1652

  Siemers, Bjorn M ^a   Schaub, Andrea ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Attention; Bats; Foraging; Masking; Sensory ecology

Indexed keywords

BAT; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NOISE POLLUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROAD; RODENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS MYOTIS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 79955404192     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2262     Document Type: Article

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