Simulated Birdwatchers' Playback Affects the Behavior of Two Tropical Birds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Harris, J Berton C ^a,b   Haskell, David G ^c  

^a Fundacion de Conservacion Jocotoco   (Ecuador)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; GRALLARIA RUFULA; HABITUATION; NONHUMAN; SONGBIRD; THRYOTHORUS EUOPHRYS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; HUMANS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; VOICE;

EID: 84885413120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077902     Document Type: Article

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