Are less vocal rainforest mammals susceptible to impacts from traffic noise?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 355-365

  Byrnes, Peter ^a   Goosem, Miriam ^a   Turton, Stephen M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; MARSUPIAL; MOTORWAY; MOVEMENT; NOISE; RAINFOREST; ROADKILL; TORTUOSITY; TRACKING; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; VOCALIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

HYPSIPRYMNODON MOSCHATUS; MAMMALIA; PERAMELES NASUTA; UROMYS CAUDIMACULATUS;

EID: 84861517939     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11010     Document Type: Article

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