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Chronic exposure to urban noise during the vocal learning period does not lead to increased song frequencies in zebra finches

Liu, Ying ; Zollinger, Sue Anne ; Brumm, Henrik

Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 2021, Vol.75 (1), Article 3 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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  • Título:
    Chronic exposure to urban noise during the vocal learning period does not lead to increased song frequencies in zebra finches
  • Autor: Liu, Ying ; Zollinger, Sue Anne ; Brumm, Henrik
  • Assuntos: Animal Ecology ; Anthropogenic factors ; Background noise ; Behavioral Sciences ; Biomedical and Life Sciences ; Birds ; Chronic exposure ; Cities ; Developmental plasticity ; Exposure ; Fluctuations ; Frequency ; Learning ; LF noise ; Life Sciences ; Males ; Noise levels ; Noise pollution ; Noise sensitivity ; Original Article ; Pitch ; Song ; Songbirds ; Traffic ; Transportation noise ; Urban areas ; Urban noise ; Vocalization behavior ; Zoology
  • É parte de: Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 2021, Vol.75 (1), Article 3
  • Descrição: It has often been observed that birds sing at a higher pitch in cities and other areas that are polluted with intense low-frequency noise. How this pattern arises remains unclear though. One prevailing idea is that songbirds adjust song frequencies to environmental noise profiles through developmental plasticity via vocal learning. However, the conclusions of previous studies testing this hypothesis are inconsistent. Here we report the findings from two song learning experiments with zebra finches ( Taenopygia guttata ), in which we exposed young birds to anthropogenic noise during their sensitive vocal learning period. Unlike previous studies that addressed this issue, we did not use constant synthetic noise but natural urban noise with its typical amplitude fluctuations that was broadcast at realistic sound levels. We found that noise-exposed males in neither experiment developed higher pitched songs compared to control males. This suggests that the natural fluctuations between higher and lower noise levels in cities may allow young birds to exploit relatively quiet moments to hear their tutors and themselves, permitting them to make accurate copies of even low-frequency song elements. Significance statement If animals are to persist in urban habitats, they often must adjust their behavior to the altered conditions. Birds in cities are often observed to sing at a higher pitch, but we are largely ignorant of how this phenomenon arises. We investigated whether low-frequency traffic noise interferes with the song learning of birds so that they develop higher pitched songs. Accordingly, we played back natural traffic noise from urban bird habitats to young birds during their learning period and then analyzed their adult songs. We found that birds that learned their songs in noise did not sing at higher frequencies compared to control males that learned their song with no noise exposure. Our results show that typical traffic noise in cities may not be sufficient to interfere with vocal learning in a way that birds develop higher-pitched songs.
  • Editor: Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Idioma: Inglês
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