Immediate, independent adjustment of call pitch and amplitude in response to varying background noise by silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1363-1368

  Potvin, Dominique A ^a,b   Mulder, Raoul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Contact calls; Silvereyes; Zosterops lateralis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVIFAUNA; NOISE; PASSERINE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; URBAN AREA; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84886057928     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art075     Document Type: Article

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