When ambient noise impairs parent-offspring communication

Lucass, Carsten; Eens, Marcel; Müller, Wendt

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2016.03.015

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“…, 2011) and communication between nestlings and parents (Leonard et al. , 2015; Lucass et al. , 2016) could be affected by the background environmental noise.…”

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Effects of traffic noise exposure on corticosterone, glutathione and tonic immobility in chicks of a precocial bird

Flores

Penna

Wingfield

et al. 2019

Conservation Physiology

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Repeated exposure to traffic noise may be perceived as a succession of stressors, and therefore, noisy urban environments could lead to a state of chronic stress. In developing animals, glucocorticoids can have organizational effects on the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in addition to the classic activation effects, so evaluating the effect of traffic noise during development is urgently needed. To our knowledge, to date six studies have investigated the effects of traffic noise on baseline corticosterone (CORT) and/or the stress response in birds during development; however, these studies were performed in nestling (altricial species), where confounding factors (e.g. communication between nestlings and parents) could mask the real impact of traffic noise on stress. In this study, we evaluated the effect of traffic noise (traffic noise group vs. rural noise group) on baseline levels of CORT and stress responses in chicks of a precocial bird species, the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Because CORT can also decrease glutathione (GSH) levels (antioxidant and neurotransmitter/modulator), secondly by means of path analysis we investigated whether the strength of the association between CORT levels, GSH levels and tonic immobility (TI) varied in relation to treatment. We observed (i) similar baseline levels of CORT in both groups, (ii) a trend toward higher stress response in the traffic noise group (P = 0.08), (iii) similar TI duration in both groups, (iv) higher GSH levels in the traffic noise group and (v) differences in the strength and sign of the associations in relation to the treatment (traffic vs. rural). We conclude that the acoustic environment perceived during development has implications for physiology and behaviour; as more research is done on this topic, the need for sustainable urban planning will become clearer.

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“…, 2011) and communication between nestlings and parents (Leonard et al. , 2015; Lucass et al. , 2016) could be affected by the background environmental noise.…”

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Effects of traffic noise exposure on corticosterone, glutathione and tonic immobility in chicks of a precocial bird

Flores

Penna

Wingfield

et al. 2019

Conservation Physiology

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“…Noise disturbance can mask the acoustic signals used by birds for communication, cause physiological stress, changes in vocal communication or foraging behaviour, with negative consequences on survival and reproductive success or causing avoidance of the noisy area [138] (e.g. [139][140][141][142]). Even for a species that is common in urban areas such as the great tit Parus major, motorway traffic noise was found to have a negative effect on its reproductive success [143].…”

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Can linear transportation infrastructure verges constitute a habitat and/or a corridor for vertebrates in temperate ecosystems? A systematic review

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Background: Linear transportation infrastructures (roads, railways, oil and gas pipelines, powerlines and waterways) generate well documented fragmenting effects on species habitats. However, the potential of verges of linear transportation infrastructures (road and railway embankments, strips of grass under power lines or above buried pipelines, or waterway banks) as habitat or corridor for biodiversity, remains controversial. In a context of constant loss of natural habitats, the opportunities of anthropogenic areas for compensating the loss of biodiversity they generated have to be considered. This paper is the first synthesis of evidence addressing this topic for vertebrates (mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles) in temperate ecosystems. Methods: We conducted a systematic literature survey using two online publication databases, three search engines, specialist websites, and by sending a call for literature to subject experts. We successively screened the articles for relevance on titles, abstracts and full texts using criteria detailed in an a priori protocol. We then used six specific questions to categorize the retained studies and to critically appraise them. These questions encompassed the potential of verges as habitats and corridors for vertebrates, and the effects of landscape and management on these potentialities. We critically appraised all studies to assess their risk of bias and created a database of the studies with low and medium risk of bias. We synthesized results for each specific question in narrative syntheses. Finally, studies that met meta-analysis requirements were used for quantitative syntheses. Results: Our initial searches identified 83,565 documents. After critical appraisal, we retained 119 documents that reported 128 studies. Most studies were conducted in Europe (49%) and in the United States of America (22%), and were about mammals (61%) and birds (20%). Results from the narrative synthesis and meta-analyses converged and revealed that the potential of linear transportation infrastructures verges to constitute a habitat for vertebrate species varies according to the infrastructure and the biological group considered. Especially, highway verges may be a refuge for small mammals but seems detrimental to birds. The potential also varied depending on the landscape considered, with urbanisation being related to lower biodiversity hosted by verges. We found a wide variety of verge

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“…The reasons why organisms communicate with each other are, thus, manifold. Essential elements in all forms of communication are (1) a sender and a receiver, and (2) a signal of sufficient detectability and distinctiveness, so as to avoid loss of information or misinterpretation by the receiver (Torricelli et al 1986;Lucass et al 2016). Researchers from many disciplines have exploited communication signals to address behavioural, or evolutionary research questions (Ord et al 2013;Schiestl and Johnson 2013), and also used data from such signals in integrative taxonomic approaches to the study of various animal groups, including anuran amphibians (Padial et al 2010;Köhler et al 2017).…”

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A guild classification system proposed for anuran advertisement calls

Emmrich¹,

Vences²,

Ernst³

et al. 2020

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Zoologists have widely acknowledged the utility of classification systems for characterising variation in anuran egg and clutch types, tadpole morphotypes, embryonic and tadpole development, amplexus types and reproductive modes. These classification systems have facilitated unambiguous communication between researchers, often working in completely different fields (e.g. taxonomy, ecology, behaviour), as well as comparisons among studies. A syntactic system, classifying anuran call guilds, is so far lacking. Based on examination of the calls of 1253 anuran species we present a simple, easy to use dichotomous key and guild system for classifying anuran advertisement calls – the call type most frequently emitted by anurans and studied by researchers. The use of only three call elements, namely clearly-defined calls, notes, and pulses, plus presence or absence of frequency modulation, allows assigning all currently known anuran advertisement calls to one of eight distinct call guilds defined here. This novel toolkit will facilitate comparative studies across the many thousand anuran species, and may help to unravel drivers of anuran call evolution, and to identify ecological patterns at the level of acoustic communities.

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When ambient noise impairs parent-offspring communication

Cited by 35 publications

References 47 publications

Effects of traffic noise exposure on corticosterone, glutathione and tonic immobility in chicks of a precocial bird

Effects of traffic noise exposure on corticosterone, glutathione and tonic immobility in chicks of a precocial bird

Can linear transportation infrastructure verges constitute a habitat and/or a corridor for vertebrates in temperate ecosystems? A systematic review

A guild classification system proposed for anuran advertisement calls

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