Living in a noisy world: Indirect effects of noise on animal communication

Behaviour

Volumn 150, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1069-1084

  Naguib, Marc ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acoustic communication; attention; noise disturbance; noise pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877605605     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003058     Document Type: Review

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