An experimental investigation into the effects of traffic noise on distributions of birds: Avoiding the phantom road

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1773, 2013, Pages

  McClure, Christopher J W ^a   Ware, Heidi E ^a   Carlisle, Jay ^a   Kaltenecker, Gregory ^a   Barber, Jesse R ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Bird migration; Noise pollution; Road ecology; Stopover habitat; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIRD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; STOPOVER; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; BIRD MIGRATION; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROAD ECOLOGY; STOPOVER HABITAT; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE; BIRD MIGRATION; NOISE POLLUTION; ROAD ECOLOGY; STOPOVER HABITAT; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902203574     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2290     Document Type: Article

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