Traffic noise drowns out great tit alarm calls

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2016, Pages R1173-R1174

  Templeton, Christopher N ^a,b   Zollinger, Sue Anne ^c   Brumm, Henrik ^c  

^a PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TRAFFIC NOISE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; GERMANY; MALE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84997080082     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.058     Document Type: Letter

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