Traffic noise affects forest bird species in a protected tropical forest

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 969-980

  Arévalo, J Edgardo ^a   Newhard, Kimberly ^a,b  

^a School for Field Studies   (Costa Rica)

^b Kimberly Newhard   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird abundance; Bird road avoidance; Bird species richness; Carara national park; Costa rica; Noise transmission; Traffic volume

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC NOISE; TREE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; HUMANS; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TREES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES;

EID: 79956331229     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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