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Behavioral responses of rural and urban greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula) to sound disturbance
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-7663
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8664-9956
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6010-1127
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1479-1443
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2663-9385
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-958X
Abstract The development of urban areas imposes challenges that wildlife must adapt to in order to persist in these new habitats. One of the greatest changes brought by urbanization has been an increase in anthropogenic noise, with negative consequences for the natural behavior of animals. Small mammals are particularly vulnerable to urbanization and noise, despite some species having successfully occupied urban environments. To understand some of the traits that have enabled small mammals to deal with the consequences of urbanization, we compared the behavioral responses of urban and rural greater white-toothed shrews, Crocidura russula, to different sound stimuli. A total of 32 shrews, 16 from each habitat, were exposed in captivity to four sound treatments: silence, tawny owl calls, traffic noise, and white noise. Urban and rural shrews showed different behaviors, with urban animals being more active, feeding more frequently, and using less torpor than rural individuals. However, responses to sound treatments were similar in both populations: urban and rural shrews exhibited a slight decrease in activity and feeding behavior, as well as more fleeing responses, when exposed to traffic noise or white noise, but not to owl calls. These results suggest urbanization induces long-term changes in the general activity of C. russula, but the short-term behavioral response to sound disturbance remains similar in rural and urban populations.
Behavioral responses of rural and urban greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula) to sound disturbance
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-7663
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8664-9956
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6010-1127
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1479-1443
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2663-9385
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-958X
Abstract The development of urban areas imposes challenges that wildlife must adapt to in order to persist in these new habitats. One of the greatest changes brought by urbanization has been an increase in anthropogenic noise, with negative consequences for the natural behavior of animals. Small mammals are particularly vulnerable to urbanization and noise, despite some species having successfully occupied urban environments. To understand some of the traits that have enabled small mammals to deal with the consequences of urbanization, we compared the behavioral responses of urban and rural greater white-toothed shrews, Crocidura russula, to different sound stimuli. A total of 32 shrews, 16 from each habitat, were exposed in captivity to four sound treatments: silence, tawny owl calls, traffic noise, and white noise. Urban and rural shrews showed different behaviors, with urban animals being more active, feeding more frequently, and using less torpor than rural individuals. However, responses to sound treatments were similar in both populations: urban and rural shrews exhibited a slight decrease in activity and feeding behavior, as well as more fleeing responses, when exposed to traffic noise or white noise, but not to owl calls. These results suggest urbanization induces long-term changes in the general activity of C. russula, but the short-term behavioral response to sound disturbance remains similar in rural and urban populations.
Behavioral responses of rural and urban greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula) to sound disturbance
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-7663
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8664-9956
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6010-1127
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1479-1443
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2663-9385
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-958X
Abstract The development of urban areas imposes challenges that wildlife must adapt to in order to persist in these new habitats. One of the greatest changes brought by urbanization has been an increase in anthropogenic noise, with negative consequences for the natural behavior of animals. Small mammals are particularly vulnerable to urbanization and noise, despite some species having successfully occupied urban environments. To understand some of the traits that have enabled small mammals to deal with the consequences of urbanization, we compared the behavioral responses of urban and rural greater white-toothed shrews, Crocidura russula, to different sound stimuli. A total of 32 shrews, 16 from each habitat, were exposed in captivity to four sound treatments: silence, tawny owl calls, traffic noise, and white noise. Urban and rural shrews showed different behaviors, with urban animals being more active, feeding more frequently, and using less torpor than rural individuals. However, responses to sound treatments were similar in both populations: urban and rural shrews exhibited a slight decrease in activity and feeding behavior, as well as more fleeing responses, when exposed to traffic noise or white noise, but not to owl calls. These results suggest urbanization induces long-term changes in the general activity of C. russula, but the short-term behavioral response to sound disturbance remains similar in rural and urban populations.
Behavioral responses of rural and urban greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula) to sound disturbance
Oliveira, Flávio G. (Autor:in) / Tapisso, Joaquim T. (Autor:in) / von Merten, Sophie (Autor:in) / Rychlik, Leszek (Autor:in) / Fonseca, Paulo J. (Autor:in) / Mathias, Maria da Luz (Autor:in)
Urban Ecosystems ; 24
2021
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
BKL:
43.31
Naturschutz
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42.90$jÖkologie: Allgemeines
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43.31$jNaturschutz
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42.90
Ökologie: Allgemeines
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74.12
Stadtgeographie, Siedlungsgeographie
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74.12$jStadtgeographie$jSiedlungsgeographie
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