Urban noise and grey-headed flying-fox vocalisations: evidence of the silentium effect
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DOI: 10.1007/s11252-018-0814-2
Abstract: We investigated whether urban noise affected communication behavior of grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus), a highly vocal, communally roosting megabat species that is increasingly inhabiting urban areas. We tested the hypothesis that no difference existed between… read more here.
Keywords: headed flying; flying fox; noise; urban noise ... See more keywords
Long-Term Exposures to Urban Noise and Blood Pressure Levels and Control Among Older Adults
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DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.121.17708
Abstract: Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Urban noise is a common environmental exposure that may increase the burden of hypertension in communities, yet it is largely unstudied in the United States, and it… read more here.
Keywords: blood pressure; levels control; hypertension; urban noise ... See more keywords
Comparative Diagnosis of the Urban Noise Problem from Infrastructural and Social Sensing Approaches: A Case Study in Ningbo, China
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19052809
Abstract: Urban noise causes a variety of health problems, and its prevention and control have thus become an important research topic in urban governance. Although existing literature is fairly comprehensive in revealing the physical noise patterns,… read more here.
Keywords: infrastructural social; urban noise; noise; noise problem ... See more keywords