Vocal characteristics of prairie dog alarm calls across an urban noise gradient

Graeme Shannon,a,b, Megan F. McKenna,c Grete E. Wilson-Henjum,b Lisa M. Angeloni,d Kevin R. Crooks,b and George Wittemyerb aSchool of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK, bDepartment of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Wagar Building, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA, cNatural Sounds and Night Skies Division, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA, and dDepartment of Biology,Biology Building, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Behavioral Ecology

• Publication date

  2020-03-20

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/beheco/arz200
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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