ArticleScientific reports2017
Ambient anthropogenic noise but not light is associated with the ecophysiology of free-living songbird nestlings.
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- Experimental noise and light pollution alter prey detection in a nocturnal bird of prey.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Article
- Artificial light at night weakens body condition but does not negatively affect physiological markers of health in great tits.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025Article
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- Artificial Light at Night Advances the Onset of Vocal Activity in Both Male and Female Great Tits During the Breeding Season, While Noise Pollution Has Less Impact and Only in Females.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Experimental playback of urban noise does not affect cognitive performance in captive Australian magpies.Biology open · 2024Article
- Anthropogenic noise interacts with the predation risk assessment in a free-ranging bird.Current zoology · 2024Article
- Innate immune function and antioxidant capacity of nestlings of an African raptor covary with the level of urbanisation around breeding territories.The Journal of animal ecology · 2023Article
- Feather, But Not Plasma, Glucocorticoid Response to Artificial Light at Night Differs between Urban and Forest Blue Tit Nestlings.Integrative and comparative biology · 2021Article
- Artificial light at night causes an unexpected increase in oxalate in developing male songbirds.Conservation physiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Urbanization is associated with dramatic increases in noise and light pollution, which affect animal behaviour, physiology and fitness. However, few studies have examined these stressors simultaneously. Moreover, effects of urbanization during early-life may be detrimental but are largely unknown. In developing great tits (Parus major), a frequently-used model species, we determined important indicators of immunity and physiological condition: plasma haptoglobin (Hp) and nitric oxide (NOx) concentration. We also determined fledging mass, an indicator for current health and survival. Associations of ambient noise and light exposure with these indicators were studied. Anthropogenic noise, light and their interaction were unrelated to fledging mass. Nestlings exposed to more noise showed higher plasma levels of Hp but not of NOx. Light was unrelated to Hp and NOx and did not interact with the effect of noise on nestlings' physiology. Increasing levels of Hp are potentially energy demanding and trade-offs could occur with life-history traits, such as survival. Effects of light pollution on nestlings of a cavity-nesting species appear to be limited. Nonetheless, our results suggest that the urban environment, through noise exposure, may entail important physiological costs for developing organisms.
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