Anthropogenic noise affects song structure in red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3549-3556

  Hanna, Dalal ^a   Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^a   Wilson, David R ^b   Mennill, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Behavioural plasticity; Birdsong; Communication; Conservation; Red winged blackbird; Song structure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VOCALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; LINEAR MODELS; NOISE; ONTARIO; SONGBIRDS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 80054685366     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.060194     Document Type: Article

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