Urban noise influences vocalization structure in the House Wren Troglodytes aedon

 

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Autors: Redondo, Priscilla, Barrantes Montero, Gilbert, Sandoval Vargas, Luis Andrés
Format: artículo original
Data de publicació:2013
Descripció:Urban habitats are noisy and constrain acoustic communication in birds. We analysed the effect of anthropogenic noise on the vocalization characteristics of House Wrens Troglodytes aedon at two sites with different noise levels (rural and urban). We measured in each song and song trill the frequency bandwidth, maximum amplitude, highest and minimum frequency, and trill rate. In noisy urban environments, there was a reduction in bandwidth and an increase in trill rate relative to quieter, rural environments. The whole song of birds from both populations increased in minimum frequency as noise increased, improving song transmission.
Pais:Kérwá
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/79051
Accés en línia:https://hdl.handle.net/10669/79051
Paraula clau:individual response
noise
song
trills
Troglodytidae
urban habitats