Anthropogenic Noise: Implications for Conservation

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 89-93

  Brumm, H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Acoustic masking; Anthropogenic noise; Biodiversity; Conservation; Management policies; Population decline; Traffic noise; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069229064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00289-8     Document Type: Chapter

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