The effects of anthropogenic noise on feeding behaviour in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)

Campbell, Kimberley A.; Proppe, Darren S.; Congdon, Jenna V.; Scully, Erin N.; Miscler, Shannon K.; Sturdy, Christopher B.

doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2018.10.015

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“…This matches well with a pattern of noise-dependent aggression levels (Slabbekoorn, 2013), for which there is growing evidence from birds in cities (Phillips and Derryberry, 2018) and around airports (Wolfenden et al, 2019). Lower song activity during noisy daytime conditions, as found in our study, also matches with noise-induced rise in vigilance and distraction, which has been shown to reduce foraging efficiency (Quinn et al, 2006;Campbell et al, 2019). Again, actual proof of any negative fitness consequences does also not exist yet.…”

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Variation in Diurnal Patterns of Singing Activity Between Urban and Rural Great Tits

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Human settlements and activities alter the natural environment acoustically and visually. Traffic noise and street lights are two of the most prominent pollutants which may affect animal activity patterns. Birds in urban areas have been reported to sing nocturnally and to have an earlier dawn chorus compared to their rural counterparts. However, few studies have measured whether singing more at night or earlier in the morning means singing less during daytime. It is therefore unclear whether they shift or extend or overall increase their activities. Furthermore, few studies on anthropogenic noise-related shifts in song activity replicated well at the habitat level. We recorded singing activity in urban and rural great tits (Parus major) for 24 h and sampled 11 urban-rural pairs of territories, inside and outside 11 different cities across the Netherlands. We found that urban birds sing earlier during the day, have similar singing effort in the dawn chorus, but sing less than rural birds during the rest of the day. The shift in timing between urban and rural birds was 22 min on average and resulted in more songs for urban birds during a less noisy time of the day. The lower singing activity over the day made that urban birds sang less when it was more noisy compared to the natural rhythm of rural great tits. We currently lack insight into whether these differences yield any positive or negative fitness consequences, but it is a clear case of how anthropogenic effects on the natural environment influence fundamental aspects of daily life in the animal communities with which we share the urban habitat.

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Variation in Diurnal Patterns of Singing Activity Between Urban and Rural Great Tits

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“…Further, at this noise level, very few individuals showed retreat or flight behaviors, indicating that bean geese have the ability to adapt to or tolerate mild noise stimulation. When the intensity is 75 dB, birds showed an increased vigilance and reduced foraging behavior [ 26 , 32 ]. Moreover, as the intensity increased to 80 dB, the number of individuals showing foraging behavior decreased gradually, while the frequency of vigilance behaviors continued to increase.…”

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“…Owing to the reduced noise sources in the study area in the winter, the equivalent sound level was measured for 5 min, revealing that the background noise in the test area was lower than 50 dB. Noise playback [ 26 , 27 , 28 ] was used to simulate the sound of ship operations. Six noise level gradients were set: control group (ZR, background noise) and experimental group (60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 dB) obtained by adjusting the volume of the audio equipment 1 m away from the playback device.…”

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Behavioral Response of Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) to Simulated Ship Noises at Lake

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Zhou

Cai

et al. 2022

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Wild animals are vulnerable to environmental noise. In wetlands, wintering waterbirds are easily disturbed by ship noises; however, the behavioral changes of waterbirds in response to different levels of noise are unclear. We simulated the acoustic environment created by ship movement to investigate the effects of ship noise on foraging, vigilance, and flight behaviors of the wintering bean goose (Anser fabalis). In particular, we used a noise playback method to simulate the acoustic environment created by ship operations at various noise levels (i.e., background noise <50 dB, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 dB), distances from the noise (i.e., short <100 m, medium 100–200 m, and long distances 200–300 m), and noise duration (i.e., short 0–1 min, medium 2–3 min, and long 4–5 min). Results indicated that the noise intensity and interference distance had obvious influence on the bean geese behavior, but the noise duration had no effect. Smaller populations (N ≤ 30) were more sensitive to noise interference. As the noise level increased, the frequency of foraging behavior decreased and the frequencies of vigilance and flight behaviors increased, particularly above 70 dB. For noises >70 dB at short disturbance distances and >80 dB at medium disturbance distances, flight behavior increased significantly. These findings suggested that ships should keep a distance of more than 200 m from waterbirds to reduce noise interference.

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“…Similarly, Injaian, Poon, et al (2018) found decreased productivity of tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor exposed to road noise. In our study system, drilling noise may reduce Savannah Sparrow nestling body condition because noise decreases feeding rates of adults, as a result of distraction or increased vigilance in noisy environments (Campbell et al, 2019;Ware et al, 2015), or perhaps because nestlings or parents exposed to noise experience altered corticosterone levels (Injaian, Taff, et al, 2018). We note that there are likely to be numerous other ecological interactions that are disrupted by drilling noise, but which we could not measure in our study, such as interspecific competition and other heterospecific interactions (e.g.…”

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Impacts of oil well drilling and operating noise on abundance and productivity of grassland songbirds

Rosa

Koper

2021

Journal of Applied Ecology

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The increasing encroachment of anthropogenic noise into natural environments is a source of significant concern for wildlife conservation (Shannon, McKenna, et al., 2016), and both spatial extent and complexity of anthropogenic noise from activities related to natural resource extraction are expected to rise as development increases across the world. This noise pollution may increase risks to species reliant on acoustic communication that are already experiencing significant population declines (Barber et al., 2010), such as grass-

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The effects of anthropogenic noise on feeding behaviour in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

Variation in Diurnal Patterns of Singing Activity Between Urban and Rural Great Tits

Variation in Diurnal Patterns of Singing Activity Between Urban and Rural Great Tits

Behavioral Response of Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) to Simulated Ship Noises at Lake

Impacts of oil well drilling and operating noise on abundance and productivity of grassland songbirds

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