ReviewBehavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Causes and consequences of intraspecific variation in animal responses to anthropogenic noise.
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- Potential effects of traffic noise on anuran call characteristics in Louisiana, USA during winter.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
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- Effect of intensity and duration of anthropic noises on European mink locomotor activity and fecal cortisol metabolite levels.Current zoology · 2022Article
- The effect of time regime in noise exposure on the auditory system and behavioural stress in the zebrafish.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The social transmission of stress in animal collectives.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Review
- Neurobiology and changing ecosystems: Toward understanding the impact of anthropogenic influences on neurons and circuits.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2022Review
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- Impacts of multiple anthropogenic stressors on stream macroinvertebrate community composition and functional diversity.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Condition-dependent responses of fish to motorboats.Biology letters · 2020Article
- Environmental unpredictability shapes glucocorticoid regulation across populations of tree swallows.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Mapping Shade Availability and Use in Zoo Environments: A Tool for Evaluating Thermal Comfort.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Individual differences show that only some bats can cope with noise-induced masking and distraction.PeerJ · 2020Article
- Urban sensory conditions alter rival interactions and mate choice in urban and forest túngara frogs.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Anthropogenic noise is a recognized global pollutant, affecting a wide range of nonhuman animals. However, most research considers only whether noise pollution has an impact, ignoring that individuals within a species or population exhibit substantial variation in responses to stress. Here, we first outline how intrinsic characteristics (e.g., body size, condition, sex, and personality) and extrinsic factors (e.g., environmental context, repeated exposure, prior experience, and multiple stressors) can affect responses to environmental stressors. We then present the results of a systematic search of the anthropogenic-noise literature, identifying articles that investigated intraspecific variation in the responses of nonhuman animals to noise. This reveals that fewer than 10% of articles (51 of 589) examining impacts of noise test experimentally for intraspecific variation in responses; of those that do, more than 75% report significant effects. We assess these existing studies to determine the current scope of research and findings to-date, and to provide suggestions for good practice in the design, implementation, and reporting of robust experiments in this field. We close by explaining how understanding intraspecific variation in responses to anthropogenic noise is crucial for improving how we manage captive animals, monitor wild populations, model species responses, and mitigate effects of noise pollution on wildlife. Our aim is to stimulate greater knowledge and more effective management of the harmful consequences of this global pollutant.
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