The Impact of Acute Loud Noise on the Behavior of Laboratory Birds

Corbani, Tayanne L.; Martin, Jessica; Healy, Susan D.

doi:10.3389/fvets.2020.607632

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“…The impacts of noise exposure on parental behaviour are in line with other studies reporting behavioural effects of noise on zebra finches fitness-relevant contexts, such as mate choice, intra-pair communication, vigilance, foraging and learning about new food sources ( Swaddle and Page, 2007 ; Villain et al, 2016 ; Evans et al, 2018 ; Liu et al, 2020 ; Corbani et al, 2021 ; Osbrink et al, 2021 ). Against this backdrop, the absence of an effect on reproductive success and offspring condition seems at first surprising and also to differ from the findings of an earlier, comparable noise exposure study in zebra finches ( Potvin and MacDougall-Shackleton, 2015 ) where traffic noise exposure led to more nesting attempts, delayed egg laying dates, and a higher embryo mortality rate than in pairs in a control group breeding without noise exposure.…”

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An experimental test of chronic traffic noise exposure on parental behaviour and reproduction in zebra finches

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Chronic traffic noise is increasingly recognised as a potential hazard to wildlife. Several songbird species have been shown to breed poorly in traffic noise exposed habitats. However, identifying whether noise is causal in this requires experimental approaches. We tested whether experimental exposure to chronic traffic noise affected parental behaviour and reproductive success in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). In a counterbalanced repeated-measures design, breeding pairs were exposed to continuous playback of one of two types of highway noise previously shown to be either neutral (control) or aversive. Parental nest attendance positively correlated with feeding effort and was higher for the aversive than the control sound and this effect was more pronounced for parents attending larger broods. However, neither noise condition affected offspring number, growth or body mass. The absence of an effect held when we combined our data with data from two other comparable studies into a meta-analysis. We discuss whether the increased nest attendance could be a compensatory strategy that alleviated detrimental noise effects on the chicks, and whether it could be caused by impaired parent-offspring or within-pair communication. Future work should test these hypotheses and investigate potential long-term costs of increased parental engagement.

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An experimental test of chronic traffic noise exposure on parental behaviour and reproduction in zebra finches

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“…The impacts of noise exposure on parental behaviour are in line with other studies reporting behavioural effects of noise on zebra finches fitness-relevant contexts, such as mate choice, intra-pair communication, vigilance, foraging and learning about new food sources (Swaddle & Page, 2007; Villain et al, 2016; Evans et al, 2018; Liu et al, 2020; Corbani et al, 2021; Osbrink et al, 2021). Against this backdrop, the absence of an effect on reproductive success and offspring condition seems at first surprising and also to differ from the findings of an earlier, comparable noise exposure study in zebra finches (Potvin & MacDougall-Shackleton 2015) where traffic noise exposure led to more nesting attempts, delayed egg laying dates, and a higher embryo mortality rate than pairs in a control group breeding without noise exposure.…”

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An experimental test of chronic traffic noise exposure on parental behaviour and reproduction in zebra finches

Liu

Fontein

Gelok

et al. 2021

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Chronic traffic noise is increasingly recognised as a potential hazard to wildlife. Various songbird species, for example, have been shown to breed poorly in traffic noise exposed habitats. However, identifying whether noise is causal in this requires experimental approaches. We here tested whether experimental exposure to chronic traffic noise affected parental behaviour and reproductive success in offspring number and growth in an important model of avian development, the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). In a counterbalanced repeated-measures design, breeding pairs experienced continuous playbacks of one of two types of highway noise that previous spatial choice tests had shown to be neutral (control) or aversive. We monitored offspring development and parental feeding rates and nest attendance. Parental nest attendance was positively correlated with feeding effort and was higher in the aversive than in the control sound treatment and this effect was more pronounced for parents attending larger broods. However, neither noise condition affected offspring number, growth or body mass. There was also an absence of an effect of noisy conditions on these reproductive parameters when we combined our data with two other comparable studies in the same species in a meta-analysis. We discuss whether the increased parental engagement is a potential compensatory strategy that alleviated direct noise effects on the chicks. However, impaired parent-offspring or within-pair communication could also have increased parents’ nest attendance time. Future work is required to test these possible explanations and investigate potential long-term costs of increased parental engagement.

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A Systematic Review of Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species

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Young,

Davies

et al. 2024

Curr Pollution Rep

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Purpose of review This study aims to investigate anthropogenic noise impact on avian species by means of a systematic review of literature. Recent findings Based on previous anthropogenic noise impact frameworks, it was possible to: clarify the impacts of noise on birds; optimise the existing frameworks with findings produced over 44 years; recategorise noise impacts into more appropriate categories, indicating which are the positive and negatives, as well as acute and chronic impacts caused by anthropogenic noise; provide a significant cluster model of anthropogenic noise impacts on avian species subdivided into impacts on ‘Behaviour’ and ‘Communication/Perception’ (Cluster 1) and ‘Physiology’ (Cluster 2); and show how avian hearing frequency range overlaps noise source frequency range. Summary This research adopted the database of Peacock et al. [1, 2] regarding avian species due to its vast coverage across taxa. A systematic literature review of 50 peer-reviewed papers about anthropogenic noise impact on birds was undertaken. A Two-Step Cluster analysis was calculated, showing the data subdivided into two clusters. Cluster 1 (76.9%) showed behavioural responses mainly composed of negative and auditory perception and communication impacts, presenting positive or negative noise impacts. Cluster 2 (23.1%) mainly showed negative impacts on physiological outcomes caused by traffic, anthropogenic, and background noise.

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The Impact of Acute Loud Noise on the Behavior of Laboratory Birds

Cited by 6 publications

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An experimental test of chronic traffic noise exposure on parental behaviour and reproduction in zebra finches

An experimental test of chronic traffic noise exposure on parental behaviour and reproduction in zebra finches

An experimental test of chronic traffic noise exposure on parental behaviour and reproduction in zebra finches

A Systematic Review of Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species

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