Anuran communities increase aggregations of conspecific calls in response to aircraft noise.

ABSTRACT: Noise pollution has been shown to affect wild animals in various ways, but little is known about its consequences at the community level. Investigating animals' overall vocal responses to noise across multiple sympatric species can reveal the complex nature of noise impacts but is challenging. In this study, we employed social network analysis (SNA) to evaluate how anuran communities and populations vary their calling behaviors in response to aircraft noise. SNA of anuran communities revealed that conspecific individuals increase the aggregation of their spectral (i.e., minimum frequency, maximum frequency, and dominant frequency), temporal (call duration, call rate, and call effort), and overall spectral-temporal features as an airplane passes through. SNA of populations also revealed tha

SUBMITTER: Zhao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12011480 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature