Behavioural Ecology: Noise Annoys at Community Level
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A new study on the impact of anthropogenic noise on birds takes a behavioural discipline to the level of community ecology: noise can not only harm individual species but also alter species relationships.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 19 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009