Anthropogenic noise impairs foraging for cryptic prey via cross-sensory interference.

ABSTRACT: Anthropogenic noise levels are globally rising with profound impacts on ecosystems and the species that live in them. Masking or distraction by noise can interfere with relevant sounds and thereby impact ecological interactions between individuals of the same or different species. Predator-prey dynamics are particularly likely to be influenced by rising noise levels, with important population- and community-level consequences, as species may differentially adapt to noise disturbance. Acoustic noise can, however, also impair the use of visual information by animals through the process of cross-sensory interference, possibly impacting species interactions that have so far been largely ignored by noise impact studies. Here, we assessed how noise affected the performance of great tit (Parus

SUBMITTER: Halfwerk W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7209062 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature