Urban noise 'killing baby birds'
Noise in urban areas could stop adult house sparrows hearing their young, resulting in a rise in the mortality rate of baby birds, a study shows. Source: BBC News - Discipline: Ecology...
Source: LabSpaces - Thursday, 12 July, 2012
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