Behavioral responses to changing environments

Behavioral Ecology, Journal Year: 2014, Volume and Issue: 26(3), P. 665 - 673

Published: Oct. 15, 2014

Humans have brought about unprecedented changes to environments worldwide.For many species, behavioral adjustments represent the first response altered conditions.In this review, we consider pivotal role that behavior plays in determining fate of species under human-induced environmental change and highlight key research priorities.In particular, discuss importance plasticity whether adaptive plastic responses are sufficient keeping pace with changing conditions.We then examine interplay between individual population processes ways which can affect ecosystem function stability.Lastly, turn evolutionary consequences anthropogenic impact behaviors on process facilitate or hinder adaptation change.

Language: Английский

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An overview of the evolutionary causes and consequences of behavioural plasticity

Animal Behaviour, Journal Year: 2013, Volume and Issue: 85(5), P. 1004 - 1011

Published: March 5, 2013

Language: Английский

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Understanding variation in behavioural responses to human-induced rapid environmental change: a conceptual overview

Animal Behaviour, Journal Year: 2013, Volume and Issue: 85(5), P. 1077 - 1088

Published: March 26, 2013

Language: Английский

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Between-individual differences in behavioural plasticity within populations: causes and consequences

Animal Behaviour, Journal Year: 2013, Volume and Issue: 85(5), P. 1031 - 1039

Published: Feb. 1, 2013

Language: Английский

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Urbanisation tolerance and the loss of avian diversity

Ecology Letters, Journal Year: 2014, Volume and Issue: 17(8), P. 942 - 950

Published: May 19, 2014

Abstract Urbanisation is considered an important driver of current biodiversity loss, but the underlying causes are not fully understood. It generally assumed that this loss reflects fact most organisms do tolerate well environmental alterations associated with urbanisation. Nevertheless, evidence inconclusive and alternative result random mechanisms has never been evaluated. Analysing changes in abundance between urbanised environments their non‐urbanised surroundings > 800 avian species from five continents, we show here although processes account for part urbanisation, much a lack appropriate adaptations exploiting resources avoiding risks urban environments. These findings have conservation implications because extinction particular features should higher impact on ecosystem function than loss.

Language: Английский

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Adaptation and Adaptedness of Organisms to Urban Environments

Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, Journal Year: 2015, Volume and Issue: 46(1), P. 261 - 280

Published: Oct. 7, 2015

Around the world development and growth of cities towns are having a significant impact on local global biodiversity. There is growing interest in adaptation nonhuman organisms to urban environments, we distinguish between concepts adaptedness. Most these studies have focused animals, especially birds. Commonly recorded responses environments include regulatory acclimatory involving changes behavior, communication, physiology. Developmental tend be morphological nature but can also involve cultural learning. evidence microevolutionary associated with adaptive environments. This review highlights urgent need refine terminology currently used describe order improve scientific understanding more effectively identify communicate actions required create biodiversity- adaptation-friendly for future.

Language: Английский

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Ecological traps: current evidence and future directions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2016, Volume and Issue: 283(1824), P. 20152647 - 20152647

Published: Feb. 10, 2016

Ecological traps, which occur when animals mistakenly prefer habitats where their fitness is lower than in other available following rapid environmental change, have important conservation and management implications. Empirical research has focused largely on assessing the behavioural effects of by studying a small number geographically close habitat patches. Traps, however, also been defined terms population-level (i.e. as preferred sufficiently low quality to cause population declines), this scale most relevant for management. We systematically review ecological traps literature (i) describe geographical taxonomic distribution efforts study (ii) examine how different vary strength preference fitness, (iii) evaluate robustness methods being used identify (iv) determine whether information required assess consequences considered. use our results discuss key knowledge gaps, propose improved highlight fruitful avenues future research.

Language: Английский

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How Nature-Based Tourism Might Increase Prey Vulnerability to Predators

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2015, Volume and Issue: 30(12), P. 755 - 765

Published: Oct. 23, 2015

Language: Английский

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Songs of the city: noise-dependent spectral plasticity in the acoustic phenotype of urban birds

Animal Behaviour, Journal Year: 2013, Volume and Issue: 85(5), P. 1089 - 1099

Published: March 5, 2013

Language: Английский

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A decadal review of urban ornithology and a prospectus for the future

Ibis, Journal Year: 2016, Volume and Issue: 159(1), P. 1 - 13

Published: Oct. 22, 2016

The study of urban birds has increased exponentially in the last century. A prior review scientific literature up to year 2000 found 100 research articles on birds, but past decade alone, over 1000 have been published. Here I studies from 2006–2015 characterize their approach, location, general findings and recent obsessions, with an eye toward suggesting important future directions. Urban ornithology remains centred northern hemisphere, although there is a rapid increase southern, tropical biodiverse settings. Studies north changed documentation composition avifaunas include many demographic response aspects environments. pattern remain most common Latin America, Asia, Africa, New Zealand Middle East. Across world, ornithologists are revealing evolution behavioural morphological adaptations by environment, much which due phenotypic plasticity. relationship humans nature generally specifically increasingly studied as driver avifaunal change well factor affecting human ethics. rarely experimental, it matured point supporting synthetic reviews meta‐analyses that quantify loss avian diversity city centres, successful discuss role amount arrangement vegetation bird life, explore complex relationships between subsidies hazards life survival reproduction birds. Yet be learned, including how some species thrive cities abundant predators; form location affect peak richness occurs typically at intermediate levels urbanization; significance functional biotic homogenization; ways engaging citizens informs broader environmental land ethic.

Language: Английский

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