Behaviora l responses by two songbirds to natura l-gas-well compressor noise

Ornithological Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-46

  Francis, Clinton D ^a,c   Kleist, Nathan J ^a   Davidson, Benjamin J ^a   Ortega, Catherine P ^b,d   Cruz, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^d Ecosphere Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic masking; anthropogenic noise; Blue gray Gnatcatcher; frequency change; habitat occupancy; New Mexico; Pipilo maculates; Polioptila caerulea; Spotted Towhee

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881094557     PISSN: 00786594     EISSN: 19412282     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1525/om.2012.74.1.36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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