The effects of extended exposure to traffic noise on parid social and risk-taking behavior

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-69

  Owens, Jessica L ^a   Stec, Courtney L ^a   O'Hatnick, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distracted Prey Hypothesis; Increased Threat Hypothesis; Risk taking; Social behavior; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FITNESS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATING SUCCESS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; PASSERINE; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RISK FACTOR; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ANIMALS; AUTOMOBILES; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PASSERIFORMES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; BAEOLOPHUS BICOLOR; PARIDAE; PARUS BICOLOR; PARUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 84864106426     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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