Landscape composition is a stronger determinant than noise and light of avian community structure in an urbanizing county DOI Creative Commons
Karina A. Sanchez, Lauryn Benedict, Emily A. Holt

et al.

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Oct. 17, 2023

Urban development has drastically altered ecosystems with dramatic effects on avian diversity and community structure. Most studies investigating this phenomenon are conducted in large established cities, fewer areas of current urbanization. Measuring structure recently growing cities is necessary to understand which species being affected a range urban environments. There also critical need explore multiple measures urbanization, as different axes human influence might have varied wildlife. This study investigated the relationship between communities noise, light, landscape composition Weld County, CO, one United States’ fastest metropolitan areas. We tested general hypothesis that assemblages would vary characteristics. measured across 16 sites ranging from non-urban paired these data census data. used multivariate analyses test for covariance our three characteristics, examine patterns presence abundances at sites. Results suggest developed land water covary Anthropogenic noise light did not drive strongly percent water. These characteristics or form linear gradient, suggesting urbanization can patchy unpredictable effects, highlighting value measuring separately.

Language: Английский

Pesticides exposure and compromised fitness in wild birds: Focusing on the reproductive endocrine disruption DOI

Banalata Mohanty

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 199, P. 105800 - 105800

Published: Jan. 28, 2024

Language: Английский

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Balancing ecotourism and wildlife management through a conservation behavior approach DOI Creative Commons
Rachel Y. Chock,

Eduardo Bessa,

Josue David Arteaga‐Torres

et al.

Conservation Science and Practice, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 13, 2025

Abstract Ecotourism promises to reconcile wildlife conservation and human development if negative impacts of visitation associated infrastructure can be minimized. Animal behavior studies used identify individual population responses anthropogenic before other fitness consequences are documented. With input from professionals in animal ecotourism, we identified key questions needed better understand the impact ecotourism on wildlife. Activity budgets, foraging, movement, stress, habituation, reproduction were themes that emerged our survey. We highlight promising research these remaining behavioral about conserving context ecotourism. Although activities often have detrimental effects behavior, needs inform management ecotourist education improve more compatible with sustainable use nature.

Language: Английский

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Urban stressors: Interactive effects of noise, light regime and fluoxetine on zebrafish behavior DOI

Asma Al Shuraiqi,

Michael J. Barry

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 972, P. 179101 - 179101

Published: March 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Urban bird diversity conservation plan based on the MaxEnt model and InVEST model: A case study of Jinan, China DOI
Huixuan Yang, Haoyu Zhang, Yiran Wang

et al.

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 174, P. 113463 - 113463

Published: April 9, 2025

Language: Английский

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The effects of acoustic-light-thermal environment quality parameters on pedestrians’ overall comforts in residential districts DOI Creative Commons
Fanxi Zeng, Shuang Liang, Jian Zhang

et al.

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: Aug. 23, 2024

This study explored subjective responses towards various environmental quality parameters. It would be helpful to approach an overall comfort improvement relating physics. In order investigate the combined effects of sound, light and heat on pedestrians, which could evaluated by vote, two residential areas in Yubei District, Chongqing (a Cfa city China) were selected for field measurements questionnaires. Three three key findings concluded based parameters via multiple linear regression. First, average outdoor neutral temperature, mean sound level illumination intensity determined 26.6 °C (determined physiologically equivalent temperature), 56.5 dBA A-weighted continuous level) 21.4 klx LUX), respectively. Second, considering both physiology psychology, thermal perceptions varied acoustic environments. Residents partially had lower temperatures at noisy condition. Third, factors a significant effect comfort. Positive correlation between temperature vote was found (sig < 0.000); while pressure not always significant. Hence, stress played role people's has environment human perceptions. provided better understanding against dwellers' feelings under complex circumstances. Future urban design planning works should consider cooling regarding contextual acoustical visual

Language: Английский

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Noise pollution and conservation DOI
Dylan Gomes, Henrik Brumm, Andrew G. Horn

et al.

Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Skyglow and especially direct streetlight pollution alter moth communities DOI
Evert Van de Schoot, Renate A. Wesselingh, Hans Van Dyck

et al.

Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 126068 - 126068

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Counteracting the effects of artificial light at night: The role of melatonin in brain plasticity and nighttime activity in a songbird DOI Creative Commons
Stan Moaraf,

R. Heiblum,

Inon Scharf

et al.

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 975, P. 179251 - 179251

Published: April 3, 2025

Melatonin is important for synchronizing biological rhythms and regulating behavioral, physiological, neurobiological circadian processes. Therefore, it a good candidate investigating the consequences of artificial light at night (ALAN), which major global pollutant reduces nighttime melatonin levels. The negative effects ALAN on health biodiversity are thoroughly studied, however less known about its adult brain plasticity (ABP). This study investigated role in mediating ABP behavior zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Birds were exposed to control (dark nights) or (5 lx) conditions treated with via skin cream. We measured locomotor activity (NMA), plasma levels, parameters: cell proliferation ventricular zone, neuronal recruitment, apoptosis, total densities three forebrain regions: nidopallium caudale (NC), medial striatum (MSt), hippocampus (HC). alone reduced melatonin, increased NMA, proliferation, apoptosis MSt NC but not HC, appeared more resilient. However, when treatments combined ALAN, generally counteracted NMA ABP, except remained resilient even under treatments. Our findings suggest that can counteract ALAN-induced changes behavior. Further research (e.g. wild species lifelong ALAN-exposed birds) needed evaluate these results an ecological context, be used nature conservation efforts.

Language: Английский

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Cognition mediates response to anthropogenic noise in wild Western Australian magpies (Gmynorhina tibicen dorsalis) DOI Creative Commons

Grace Blackburn,

Benjamin J. Ashton, Alex Thornton

et al.

Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 29(24), P. 6912 - 6930

Published: Oct. 17, 2023

Anthropogenic noise is a pollutant of growing concern, with wide-ranging effects on taxa across ecosystems. Until recently, studies investigating the anthropogenic animals focused primarily population-level consequences, rather than individual-level impacts. Individual variation in response to may result from extrinsic or intrinsic factors. One such factor, cognitive performance, varies between individuals and hypothesised aid behavioural novel stressors. Here, we combine testing, focals playback experiments investigate how affects behaviour anti-predator Western Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis), determine whether this linked performance. We found significant effect foraging effort, efficiency, vigilance, vocalisation rate magpies, birds decreasing their foraging, behaviours response, increasing vigilance when loud was present. also that varied playbacks depending performed better an associative learning task maintaining alarm call played noise. Our results add body literature documenting adverse wildlife provide first evidence for association individual performance responses

Language: Английский

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The interplay between sleep and ecophysiology, behaviour and responses to environmental change in fish DOI Creative Commons

Helena Norman,

Amelia Munson,

Daphne Cortese

et al.

Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 227(11)

Published: June 1, 2024

ABSTRACT Evidence of behavioural sleep has been observed in every animal species studied to date, but current knowledge the behaviour, neurophysiology and ecophysiology associated with is concentrated on mammals birds. Fish are a hugely diverse group that can offer novel insights into variety sleep-related behaviours across environments, ecophysiological relevance fish largely overlooked. Here, we systematically reviewed literature assess breadth sleep, surveyed physiological effects sleep. We also discuss possible ways which unstudied external factors may alter behaviours. For example, predation risk patterns, as shown mammalian, avian reptilian species. Other environmental – such water temperature oxygen availability have potential patterns differently than for terrestrial endotherms. Understanding ecological influences vital, deprivation affect waking behaviour fitness owing cognitive impairments, possibly affecting phenomena sensitivity stressors not considered.

Language: Английский

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