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  • BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | City birds sing for silent nights

    Robins in urban areas are singing at night because it is too noisy during the day, researchers suggest. Scientists from the University of Sheffield say there is a link between an area's daytime noise levels and the number of birds singing at night. Until now, light pollution had been blamed because it was thought that street lights tricked the birds into thinking it was still daytime. The findings

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    mshkh 2007/04/25
    コマドリが夜に鳴くようになったのは,電灯等の明るさのせいだと考えられていたが,実は日中のひどい騒音が原因ではないかという研究(夜は比較的静かなので,鳴き声によって鳥同士がコミュニケートしやすい).
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