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- Title
Sound Intensity of Booming in Lesser Prairie-Chickens.
- Authors
Butler, Matthew J.; Ballard, Warren B.; Holt, R. Douglas; Whitlaw, Heather A.
- Abstract
Wildlife managers traditionally monitored lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) populations using road-based lek surveys and assumed booming can be heard 1.6 km from a lek. To assess this assumption, we measured sound intensity (decibels) of booming lesser prairie-chickens. Our results indicated sound intensity 1.6 km from a lek would be less than or equal to the sound intensity of a whisper. Thus, 1.6 km is probably too great a distance for audible detection of booming in many conditions.
- Subjects
WILDLIFE monitoring; LESSER prairie chicken; ANIMAL populations; DECIBELS; SOUND measurement; ROAD surveying; SIGNAL detection
- Publication
Journal of Wildlife Management, 2010, Vol 74, Issue 5, p1160
- ISSN
0022-541X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2193/2009-423