On the relation between loudness and the increased song frequency of urban birds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 831-836

  Cardoso, Gonçalo C ^a   Atwell, Jonathan W ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Communication; Dark eyed junco; Frequency; Junco hyemalis; Lombard effect; Noise pollution; Sound amplitude; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SONG; SONGBIRD; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

AVES; JUNCO HYEMALIS; PASSERI;

EID: 80052727004     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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