SynthesisBiology letters2019
The effects of anthropogenic noise on animals: a meta-analysis.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Inequalities in noise will affect urban wildlife.Nature ecology & evolution · 2024Pooled it
- A meta-analysis on the evolution of the Lombard effect reveals that amplitude adjustments are a widespread vertebrate mechanism.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Pooled it
- An experimental test of chronic traffic noise exposure on parental behaviour and reproduction in zebra finches.Biology open · 2022Pooled it
- Species sensitivities to a global pollutant: A meta-analysis on acoustic signals in response to anthropogenic noise.Global change biology · 2021Pooled it
- A New Effect Size for Meta-Analysis of Magnitude: lnM.Ecology letters · 2026Article
- Wildlife Responses to Drone Noise: A Preliminary Approach for Quantifying Disturbance During Single- and Dual-Drone Flights.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Ecological Exposure History Shapes Giraffe Vigilance Responses to Anthropogenic Noise: A Multisite Playback Experiment.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Experimental Exposure to Noise Affects Hunting Behavior Already From a Young Age in a Nocturnal Acoustic Predator.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Thrush nightingales adjust the peak frequency and structure of their songs in response to different types of experimental noise.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Community impacts of aviation noise: a pilot survey.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Building pondscapes for amphibian metapopulations.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2024Article
- Vibrational noise disrupts Nezara viridula communication, irrespective of spectral overlap.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Sonic restoration: acoustic stimulation enhances plant growth-promoting fungi activity.Biology letters · 2024Article
- Experimental playback of urban noise does not affect cognitive performance in captive Australian magpies.Biology open · 2024Article
- Anthropogenic noise disrupts acoustic cues for recruitment.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Potential effects of traffic noise on anuran call characteristics in Louisiana, USA during winter.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Acoustic features as a tool to visualize and explore marine soundscapes: Applications illustrated using marine mammal passive acoustic monitoring datasets.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Using unstructured crowd-sourced data to evaluate urban tolerance of terrestrial native animal species within a California Mega-City.PloS one · 2024Article
- Sound waves alter the viability of tobacco cells via changes in cytosolic calcium, membrane integrity, and cell wall composition.PloS one · 2024Article
- A global meta-analysis reveals contrasting impacts of air, light, and noise pollution on pollination.Ecology and evolution · 2023Review
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Abstract
Anthropogenic noise has become a major global pollutant and studies have shown that noise can affect animals. However, such single studies cannot provide holistic quantitative assessments on the potential effects of noise across species. Using a multi-level phylogenetically controlled meta-analysis, we provide the first holistic quantitative analysis on the effects of anthropogenic noise. We found that noise affects many species of amphibians, arthropods, birds, fish mammals, molluscs and reptilians. Interestingly, phylogeny contributes only little to the variation in response to noise. Thus, the effects of anthropogenic noise can be explained by the majority of species responding to noise rather than a few species being particularly sensitive to noise. Consequently, anthropogenic noise must be considered as a serious form of environmental change and pollution as it affects both aquatic and terrestrial species. Our analyses provide the quantitative evidence necessary for legislative bodies to regulate this environmental stressor more effectively.
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