Understanding sensory mechanisms to develop effective conservation and management tools

Blumstein, Daniel T.; Berger‐Tal, Oded

doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.06.008

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“…). In recent years, there has been a noticeable effort to integrate knowledge from these disciplines into ecological research to improve assessment of complex interactions affecting animal communication systems across several taxa (e.g., see Kight and Swaddle , Blumstein and Berger‐Tal , Halfwerk and Slabbekoorn , Bee and Miller ), and knowledge gained from these efforts has made it clear that most past assessments of noise impacts on animal behavior have probably underestimated the true ecological costs (McGregor et al. ).…”

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Integrating multiple disciplines to understand effects of anthropogenic noise on animal communication

Rosa

Koper

2018

Ecosphere

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Citation: Rosa, P., and N. Koper. 2018. Integrating multiple disciplines to understand effects of anthropogenic noise on animal communication. Ecosphere 9(2):e02127. 10.1002/ecs2.2127Abstract. Anthropogenic noise is pervasive and may affect wildlife in many ways. Anthropogenic noise also adds to the acoustic environment's complexity, making it more difficult for animals to detect and discriminate among important signals. By integrating knowledge gained from research in experimental psychoacoustics, psychophysics, and neurophysiology into applied ecology, we can refine our understanding of the impacts of anthropogenic noise on wild populations. A multidisciplinary approach is particularly important for understanding signal perception, masking, auditory scene analysis, multimodal communication, and cross-modal interference. We demonstrate the benefits of using knowledge gained from a variety of different disciplines to understand masking effects of anthropogenic noise using our research on effects of petroleum infrastructure on grassland songbirds. Incorporating knowledge from diverse disciplines and involving several taxa, including humans, can help inform ecological conservation and management practices, and has the potential to help researchers generate novel and effective mitigation measures to counter negative effects of noise.

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Integrating multiple disciplines to understand effects of anthropogenic noise on animal communication

Rosa

Koper

2018

Ecosphere

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“…Worldwide human population growth has resulted in the rapid expansion of artificial light into previously unlit areas leading to a novel anthropogenic pressure on wildlife (Dominoni & Partecke, ; Lyytimäki, ; Swaddle et al., ). As artificial light encroaches into these untouched habitats, it leads to changes in the irradiance, direction, duration, and spectral composition of light (Blumstein & Berger‐Tal, ; Davies, Bennie, Inger, & Gaston, ; Davies, Bennie, Inger, Ibarra, & Gaston, ; Gaston, Duffy, Gaston, Bennie, & Davies, ; Longcore & Rich, ). These changes mask natural photoperiods providing misleading cues and ultimately result in daily and seasonal desynchronization in photo‐dependent animals (Duffy, Bennie, Durán, & Gaston, ; Gaston, Bennie, Davies, & Hopkins, ; Hölker, Wolter, Perkin, & Tockner, ; Le Tallec, Perret, & Théry, ; Pawson & Bader, ; Stone, Jones, & Harris, ).…”

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Artificial light pollution: Shifting spectral wavelengths to mitigate physiological and health consequences in a nocturnal marsupial mammal

Dimovski

Robert

2018

J Exp Zool Pt A

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The focus of sustainable lighting tends to be on reduced CO emissions and cost savings, but not on the wider environmental effects. Ironically, the introduction of energy-efficient lighting, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), may be having a great impact on the health of wildlife. These white LEDs are generated with a high content of short-wavelength 'blue' light. While light of any kind can suppress melatonin and the physiological processes it regulates, these short wavelengths are potent suppressors of melatonin. Here, we manipulated the spectral composition of LED lights and tested their capacity to mitigate the physiological and health consequences associated with their use. We experimentally investigated the impact of white LEDs (peak wavelength 448 nm; mean irradiance 2.87 W/m ), long-wavelength shifted amber LEDs (peak wavelength 605 nm; mean irradiance 2.00 W/m ), and no lighting (irradiance from sky glow < 0.37 × 10 W/m ), on melatonin production, lipid peroxidation, and circulating antioxidant capacity in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Night-time melatonin and oxidative status were determined at baseline and again following 10 weeks exposure to light treatments. White LED exposed wallabies had significantly suppressed nocturnal melatonin compared to no light and amber LED exposed wallabies, while there was no difference in lipid peroxidation. Antioxidant capacity declined from baseline to week 10 under all treatments. These results provide further evidence that short-wavelength light at night is a potent suppressor of nocturnal melatonin. Importantly, we also illustrate that shifting the spectral output to longer wavelengths could mitigate these negative physiological impacts.

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“…And finally, these wildlife managers may also have advocate for additional management methods like trapping, aimed hunting and other tools. Alongside wildlife densities, reproductive rates and behavioural changes (Blumstein and Berger-Tal, 2015), regional geography and the willingness and abilities of hunters have to be considered in deciding which hunting and management methods will be most effective.…”

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“…However, additional management measures, especially with non-hunting methods, are extremely unpopular amongst hunters. For the acceptance and success of management programs, the following requirements are needed (Massei et al, 2011;Treves et al, 2006): 1) evaluating the opinion and attitudes of stakeholders, hunters, and the general public as well as legal restrictions and behavioural changes of game species (Blumstein and Berger-Tal, 2015); 2) incorporating scientific background, social needs, and social attitudes; and 3) monitoring of success.…”

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Regulating wild boar populations is “somebody else's problem”! - Human dimension in wild boar management

Keuling

Strauß

Siebert

2016

Science of The Total Environment

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Understanding sensory mechanisms to develop effective conservation and management tools

Cited by 43 publications

References 52 publications

Integrating multiple disciplines to understand effects of anthropogenic noise on animal communication

Integrating multiple disciplines to understand effects of anthropogenic noise on animal communication

Artificial light pollution: Shifting spectral wavelengths to mitigate physiological and health consequences in a nocturnal marsupial mammal

Regulating wild boar populations is “somebody else's problem”! - Human dimension in wild boar management

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