An experimental test of chronic traffic noise exposure on parental behaviour and reproduction in zebra finches.

ABSTRACT: Chronic traffic noise is increasingly recognised as a potential hazard to wildlife. Several songbird species have been shown to breed poorly in traffic noise exposed habitats. However, identifying whether noise is causal in this requires experimental approaches. We tested whether experimental exposure to chronic traffic noise affected parental behaviour and reproductive success in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). In a counterbalanced repeated-measures design, breeding pairs were exposed to continuous playback of one of two types of highway noise previously shown to be either neutral (control) or aversive. Parental nest attendance positively correlated with feeding effort and was higher for the aversive than the control sound and this effect was more pronounced for parents attending lar

SUBMITTER: Liu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9002793 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature