What is soundscape ecology? An introduction and overview of an emerging new science

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1213-1232

  Pijanowski, Bryan C ^a   Farina, Almo ^b   Gage, Stuart H ^c   Dumyahn, Sarah L ^a   Krause, Bernie L ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wild Sanctuary Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic ecology; Anthrophony; Bioacoustics; Biophony; Climate change; Geophony; Land use change; Landscape ecology; Soundscape conservation; Soundscape ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACOUSTICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ETHICS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054116066     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9600-8     Document Type: Article

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