Different behavioural responses to anthropogenic noise by two closely related passerine birds

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 850-852

  Francis, Clinton D ^a   Ortega, Catherine P ^b   Cruz, Alexander ^c  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^b FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Anthropogenic noise; Masking; Occupancy rate; Signal change; Vireo

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE; NOISE POLLUTION; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SIGNAL; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 80655136944     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0359     Document Type: Article

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