Mountain chickadees adjust songs, calls and chorus composition with increasing ambient and experimental anthropogenic noise
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DOI: 10.1007/s11252-017-0652-7
Abstract: Vocal plasticity may allow birds to reduce masking effects of noise pollution arising from urbanization. Mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli) use both songs and calls during the dawn chorus, which vary in masking susceptibility. Thus, increasing… read more here.
Keywords: calls chorus; songs calls; noise; mountain chickadees ... See more keywords
What makes specialized food-caching mountain chickadees successful city slickers?
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2613
Abstract: Anthropogenic environments are a dominant feature of the modern world; therefore, understanding which traits allow animals to succeed in these urban environments is especially important. Overall, generalist species are thought to be most successful in… read more here.
Keywords: specialized food; urban environments; food caching; mountain chickadees ... See more keywords