Geographically pervasive effects of urban noise on frequency and syllable rate of songs and calls in silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1717, 2011, Pages 2464-2469

  Potvin, Dominique A ^a   Parris, Kirsten M ^a   Mulder, Raoul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic interference; Calls; Silvereye; Song; Urban noise; Zosterops lateralis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; NOISE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SONG; SONGBIRD; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NOISE; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; SILVEREYES; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 79960133764     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2296     Document Type: Article

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