ArticleEcology2017
Light and noise pollution interact to disrupt interspecific interactions.
Article in Ecology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of urbanisation on social behaviour: a comprehensive review.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Pooled it
- Pollination Across the Diel Cycle: A Global Meta-Analysis.Ecology letters · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of biological impacts of artificial light at night.Nature ecology & evolution · 2021Pooled it
- Frog-biting midges and mosquitoes: Comparative insights from the Oriental and Sino-Japanese regions.Entomological science · 2026Review
- Amphibian Strategies Against Attacks by Flies: Host-Specificity and Threats.Ecology and evolution · 2026Review
- Experimental Exposure to Noise Affects Hunting Behavior Already From a Young Age in a Nocturnal Acoustic Predator.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Experimental noise and light pollution alter prey detection in a nocturnal bird of prey.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Article
- The influences of urbanization on breeding behavior of American bullfrog (Aquarana catesbeiana) in South Korea.PloS one · 2025Article
- The Governance of Traffic Noise Impacting Pedestrian Amenities in Melbourne Australia: A Critical Policy Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Investigating the impact of anthropogenic noise on the decision-making of dwarf mongoose offspring.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
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- Light pollution of freshwater ecosystems: principles, ecological impacts and remedies.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Review
- Is ecology anti-urban? Urban ideas and imaginaries across one hundred years of ecological publications.Environment and planning. E, Nature and space · 2023Article
- Anthropogenic changes to the nighttime environment.Bioscience · 2023Article
- A comprehensive overview of the effects of urbanisation on sexual selection and sexual traits.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022Review
- Artificial light at night reverses monthly foraging pattern under simulated moonlight.Biology letters · 2022Article
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- Long-term noise pollution affects seedling recruitment and community composition, with negative effects persisting after removal.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Symbiosis and the Anthropocene.Symbiosis (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2021Article
- Exposure to Artificial Light at Night and the Consequences for Flora, Fauna, and Ecosystems.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Review
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Abstract
Studies on the consequences of urbanization often examine the effects of light, noise, and heat pollution independently on isolated species providing a limited understanding of how these combined stressors affect species interactions. Here, we investigate how these factors interact to affect parasitic frog-biting midges (Corethrella spp.) and their túngara frog (Engystomops pustulosus) hosts. A survey of túngara frog calling sites revealed that frog abundance was not significantly correlated with urbanization, light, noise, or temperature. In contrast, frog-biting midges were sensitive to light pollution and noise pollution. Increased light intensity significantly reduced midge abundance at low noise levels. At high noise intensity, there were no midges regardless of light level. Two field experiments controlling light and noise levels to examine attraction of the midges to their host and their feeding behavior confirmed the causality of these field patterns. These findings demonstrate that both light and noise pollution disrupt this host-parasite interaction and highlight the importance of considering interactions among species and types of pollutants to accurately assess the impacts of urbanization on ecological communities.
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