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. 2011 Sep 7;6(9):e23198. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023198

Table 2. Duration of song bouts and peak song amplitudes for each background noise condition, and correlation coefficients of song amplitude and bout duration for each individual.

Background noise level
Bird ID N Min – Max 50–54 dB 66–68 dB 70–74 dB 80–86 dB ρ P
G16* 57 Song amplitude (dB(A)) 73.6–82.5 92.2–94.1 97.0–107.6 108.3–115.1 0.057 0.675
duration (s) 3.07–13.49 1.95–5.16 2.88–14.38 3.63–13.51
G62* 13 Song amplitude (dB(A)) 86.5–86.4 - 94.9–96.1 106.2–107.7 0.183 0.550
duration (s) 1.63–1.65 - 1.02–2.94 0.81–2.08
G68* 55 Song amplitude (dB(A)) 80.1–81.4 92.5–94.8 96.0–97.1 102.2–109.1 0.048 0.728
duration (s) 0.65–3.97 0.69–5.48 0.98–4.67 0.84–2.99
G18 21 Song amplitude (dB(A)) 76.1–88.4 90.8–95.6 96.9–98.0 100.1–100.2 0.047 0.840
duration (s) 1.49–5.35 0.51–6.96 1.76–7.16 2.69–3.47
G36 60 Song amplitude (dB(A)) 75.1–81.7 91.2–94.3 87.5–99.4 101.9–103.9 0.110 0.401
duration (s) 0.78/7.28 1.05–6.67 0.29–2.75 1.06–2.28
Y42 33 Song amplitude (dB(A)) 89.0–89.9 - 90.1–96.1 98.1–107.0 0.251 0.128
duration (s) 0.56–2.46 - 1.97–4.35 0.36–7.19
*

Recordings made while bird was in the respirometry helmet.