Beyond masking: Endangered Stephen's kangaroo rats respond to traffic noise with footdrumming

Biological Conservation

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-58

  Shier, D M ^a   Lea, A J ^a,b   Owen, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Footdrumming; Kangaroo rat; Masking; Road noise; Signal detection; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSPECIFIC; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CORRIDOR; NOISE POLLUTION; PROTECTED AREA; RODENT; SIGNAL; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ANIMALIA; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS STEPHENSI;

EID: 84860222579     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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