Anthropogenic noise decreases urban songbird diversity and may contribute to homogenization

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1075-1084

  Proppe, Darren ^a   Sturdy, Christopher B ^a   St Clair, Colleen Cassady ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Bird song; Diversity; Frequency; Urban abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GREENBELT; GREENSPACE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NOISE; POPULATION DECLINE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; NOISE; SONGBIRD; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; NOISE; SONGBIRDS; URBANIZATION;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 84874733596     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12098     Document Type: Article

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