Constraints on acoustic signaling among birds breeding in secondary cavities: The effects of weather, cavity material, and noise on sound propagation

Ornithological Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-77

  Swaddle, John P ^a   Kight, Caitlin R ^a   Perera, Saji ^a   Davila Reyes, Eduardo ^a   Sikora, Shena ^a  

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

Author keywords

acoustic communication; begging; climate; Eastern Bluebird; noise pollution; vocalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881099492     PISSN: 00786594     EISSN: 19412282     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1525/om.2012.74.1.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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