Experimentally increased noise levels change spatial and singing behaviour

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  McLaughlin, Kirsty Elizabeth ^a   Kunc, Hansjoerg P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Environmental change; Noise pollution; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACOUSTICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NOISE POLLUTION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ERITHACUS RUBECULA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RECORDING; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SOUND DETECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOISE; NORTHERN IRELAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SINGING; SONGBIRDS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84872016209     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0771     Document Type: Article

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