Environmental conditions lead to shifts in individual communication, which can cause cascading effects on soundscape composition

ABSTRACT: Abstract Climate change is increasing aridity in grassland and desert habitats across the southwestern United States, reducing available resources and drastically changing the breeding habitat of many bird species. Increases in aridity reduce sound propagation distances, potentially impacting habitat soundscapes, and could lead to a breakdown of the avian soundscapes in the form of loss of vocal culture, reduced mating opportunities, and local population extinctions. We developed an agent‐based model to examine how changes in aridity will affect both sound propagation and the ability of territorial birds to audibly contact their neighbors. We simulated vocal signal attenuation under a variety of environmental scenarios for the south, central semi‐arid prairies of the United States, ranging

SUBMITTER: Pandit M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9526030 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature