Homogenisation of birdsong along a natural-urban gradient in Argentina

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-287

  Laiolo, P ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

acoustic differentiation; birdsong; spatial behaviour; urban architecture; urban bioacoustics; urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACOUSTICS; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; HOMOGENEITY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; RECOGNITION; SONG; SPACING; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WILD POPULATION;

ARGENTINA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 79960376914     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2011.567299     Document Type: Article

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