Acoustic space is affected by anthropogenic habitat features: Implications for AVIAN vocal communication

Ornithological Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-62

  Kight, Caitlin R ^a,b   Hinders, Mark K ^a   Swaddle, John P ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bird song; disturbance; impervious surface; secondary cavity nester; sound propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881086582     PISSN: 00786594     EISSN: 19412282     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1525/om.2012.74.1.47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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