Anthropogenic Impacts as a Driver of Sensory Organ Morphology DOI Open Access
Christopher B. Freelance

Wild, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2(2), P. 17 - 17

Published: May 7, 2025

All animals require the ability to use visual, auditory, tactile, and olfactory information survive through activities including locating identifying conspecifics potential mates, food or shelter, noticing an approaching predator. Detecting such invariably requires sensory organs. The morphology of organs evolves under natural selection optimise detect salient cues signals against background noise in environment. rapidly proliferating anthropogenic impacts on almost all environments include light, noise, chemical pollution, which can interfere with animal’s acoustic seismic, information, respectively. Many studies examine resulting changes characteristics behavioural responses them affected populations, but very few required signals; those that do find evidence morphological changes. Here, I review current knowledge impact pollution organ wild captive highlighting gaps future directions for addressing them. This is especially important context growing recognition cruciality ecology design effective threatened species conservation programs invasive management strategies.

Language: Английский

The impact of pollution from road runoff on lesser treefrogs, Dendropsophus minutus (Anura: Hylidae) DOI
Marcelino Benvindo‐Souza, Cirley Gomes Araújo dos Santos, Rhayane Alves de Assis

et al.

Environmental Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 121144 - 121144

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Avian acoustic communication: Understanding of peripheral and central neural systems with ecological adaptations DOI Creative Commons
Xuan Peng, Linda Wang,

Chenchen Shao

et al.

Avian Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100248 - 100248

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Unraveling Soundscape Dynamics: The Interaction Between Vegetation Structure and Acoustic Patterns DOI Open Access

Giorgia Guagliumi,

Claudia Canedoli, Andrea Potenza

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(9), P. 4204 - 4204

Published: May 6, 2025

Ecoacoustics examines the interactions between soundscapes, ecological processes, and anthropogenic disturbance. Acoustic communication is crucial for wildlife, making noise pollution a key factor in shaping biodiversity, though its effects are also modulated by habitat characteristics. In this work, we assess influence of highway vegetation structure on soundscape avian distribution Moriano oxbow lake (Bereguardo, PV, Italy), Site Community Importance Ticino Valley Regional Park. A two-week monitoring campaign (April 2022) used eight recorders arranged grid to analyze dynamics through ecoacoustic indices (ACI, ADI, AEI, BI, NDSI, H, DSC, ZCR). Vegetation surveys quantified tree diversity structural parameters such as basal area, height, stem density, biomass, leaf cover. Correlation analyses revealed that Quercus robur abundance significantly influenced acoustic environment, while bird richness correlated positively with biomass presence. Highway proximity was structuring factor, (ADI, ACI) increasing distance. These findings underscore dual role soundscapes highlight importance incorporating features into assessments better understand biodiversity patterns anthropized landscapes.

Language: Английский

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Anthropogenic Impacts as a Driver of Sensory Organ Morphology DOI Open Access
Christopher B. Freelance

Wild, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2(2), P. 17 - 17

Published: May 7, 2025

All animals require the ability to use visual, auditory, tactile, and olfactory information survive through activities including locating identifying conspecifics potential mates, food or shelter, noticing an approaching predator. Detecting such invariably requires sensory organs. The morphology of organs evolves under natural selection optimise detect salient cues signals against background noise in environment. rapidly proliferating anthropogenic impacts on almost all environments include light, noise, chemical pollution, which can interfere with animal’s acoustic seismic, information, respectively. Many studies examine resulting changes characteristics behavioural responses them affected populations, but very few required signals; those that do find evidence morphological changes. Here, I review current knowledge impact pollution organ wild captive highlighting gaps future directions for addressing them. This is especially important context growing recognition cruciality ecology design effective threatened species conservation programs invasive management strategies.

Language: Английский

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0