Experimental evidence for an impact of anthropogenic noise on dawn chorus timing in urban birds

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 288-296

  Arroyo Solis A ^a   Castillo, J M ^a   Figueroa, E ^a   Lopez Sanchez J L ^a   Slabbekoorn, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; SONG; SONGBIRD; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN AREA;

ANDALUCIA; SEVILLA; SEVILLE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 84877700270     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05796.x     Document Type: Article

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