Lights, Noise, Nesting? Effects of Human Disturbances on Reproduction in Cavity-Nesting Songbirds

IF 0.5 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Northeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI:10.1656/045.030.0304

Haley M. Howerin, Sarah L. Foltz

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Abstract

Abstract - Human habitat disturbances impact wildlife, including cavity-nesting birds. We explored species-specific relationships between 4 anthropogenically altered nest-box features (canopy cover, human activity, noise, and artificial light at night) on the nest-box use, nestling quality, and fledgling success of Sialia sialis (Eastern Bluebird) and Tachycineta bicolor (Tree Swallow). Both species, but especially Tree Swallows, used boxes with lower canopy cover, and Tree swallows used boxes with more human activity, while Bluebirds used low-activity boxes. Fledging success varied significantly by species, and nestling quality showed a weak positive trend with noise. These results suggest that impacts of human disturbance should be considered on a species-by-species basis, even in groups with significant overlap in habitat preference and life-history traits.

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灯光、噪音、嵌套？人为干扰对穴巢鸣禽繁殖的影响

摘要-人类栖息地的干扰影响野生动物，包括洞穴筑巢的鸟类。我们探讨了4种人类遗传学改变的巢箱特征（树冠覆盖、人类活动、噪音和夜间人造光）与Sialia sialis（东方蓝鸟）和Tachycineta bicolor（树燕）的巢箱使用、筑巢质量和初出茅庐的成功之间的物种特异性关系。这两个物种，尤其是树燕，都使用树冠覆盖较低的盒子，树燕使用人类活动较多的盒子，而蓝鸟使用低活动的盒子。不同物种的出巢成功率差异很大，巢质量随噪声呈弱阳性趋势。这些结果表明，人类干扰的影响应该在逐个物种的基础上考虑，即使是在栖息地偏好和生活史特征显著重叠的群体中也是如此。

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Northeastern Naturalist 环境科学-生态学

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1.10

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0.00%

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18-36 weeks

期刊介绍： The Northeastern Naturalist covers all aspects of the natural history sciences of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine organisms and the environments of the northeastern portion of North America, roughly bounded from Virginia to Missouri, north to Minnesota and Nunavut, east to Newfoundland, and south back to Virginia. Manuscripts based on field studies outside of this region that provide information on species within this region may be considered at the Editor’s discretion. The journal welcomes manuscripts based on observations and research focused on the biology of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine organisms and communities as it relates to their life histories and their function within, use of, and adaptation to the environment and the habitats in which they are found, as well as on the ecology and conservation of species and habitats. Such studies may encompass measurements, surveys, and/or experiments in the field, under lab conditions, or utilizing museum and herbarium specimens. Subject areas include, but are not limited to, anatomy, behavior, biogeography, biology, conservation, evolution, ecology, genetics, parasitology, physiology, population biology, and taxonomy. Strict lab, modeling, and simulation studies on natural history aspects of the region, without any field component, will be considered for publication as long as the research has direct and clear significance to field naturalists and the manuscript discusses these implications.