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ArticleBiology letters2025

The combined effects of elevated predation risk and anthropogenic noise on dwarf mongoose vigilance behaviour.

Lucy Westover, Amy Morris-Drake, Megan Layton, Julie M Kern, Josh J Arbon, Andrew N Radford

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Article in Biology letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Lucy WestoverSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
Amy Morris-DrakeSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4243-4651
Megan LaytonSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
Julie M KernSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7619-8653
Josh J ArbonSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8509-4362
Andrew N RadfordSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5470-3463

Funding

European Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anthropogenic noise is a pervasive pollutant in the world's ecosystems, with numerous studies demonstrating negative physiological, developmental and behavioural impacts across taxa. However, research has tended to focus on anthropogenic noise in isolation; many species often experience this pollutant in conjunction with other anthropogenic and natural stressors. Here, we used a field experiment to investigate the combined effects of a sequential elevation in perceived predation risk followed by exposure to road noise on the vigilance behaviour of dwarf mongooses (

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Anthropogenic EffectsHerpestidaeNoisePredatory BehaviorAnimalsMaleanthropogenic noisedual stressorsplayback experimentpredation riskrisk-disturbance hypothesisvigilance

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PMID39933570
PMCPMC11813581

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