Evidence that traffic noise increases territorial response in vermilion flycatchers
Animals vocalize in particular ways in noise, presumably to increase the probability of detection; however, this idea has been seldom put to the test. Vermilion flycatchers produce longer songs in noisy territories. To test the hypothesis that longer songs increase the probability of detection in no...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1175732/full |