A synthesis of two decades of research documenting the effects of noise on wildlife

G Shannon, MF McKenna, LM Angeloni… - Biological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Global increases in environmental noise levels–arising from expansion of human
populations, transportation networks, and resource extraction–have catalysed a recent …

Effects of road density and pattern on the conservation of species and biodiversity

VJ Bennett - Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 2017 - Springer
The development and presence of roads can reduce landscape permeability, lead to habitat
loss, and increase habitat fragmentation. It is these fundamental changes in landscape …

The importance of invertebrates when considering the impacts of anthropogenic noise

EL Morley, G Jones… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic noise is now recognized as a major global pollutant. Rapidly burgeoning
research has identified impacts on individual behaviour and physiology through to …

A meta‐analysis of the influence of anthropogenic noise on terrestrial wildlife communication strategies

CA Duquette, SR Loss, TJ Hovick - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐caused noise pollution dominates the soundscape of modern ecosystems, from
urban centres to national parks. Although wildlife can generally alter their communication to …

Road traffic noise modifies behaviour of a keystone species

G Shannon, LM Angeloni, G Wittemyer, KM Fristrup… - Animal Behaviour, 2014 - Elsevier
Prey species have to balance their foraging and vigilance behaviour in order to maximize
nutritional and energetic intake while avoiding predation. Anthropogenic noise, a ubiquitous …

Tacit knowledge, practical intelligence, general mental ability, and job knowledge

FL Schmidt, JE Hunter - Current directions in psychological …, 1993 - journals.sagepub.com
Sternberg and Wagner (this issue) propose to add two new constructs to existing theory of
human ability:“practical intelligence" and “tacit knowledge." Practical intelligence is simply a …

Spatial and temporal response of wildlife to recreational activities in the San Francisco Bay ecoregion

ML Reilly, MW Tobler, DL Sonderegger, P Beier - Biological conservation, 2017 - Elsevier
Non-motorized human recreation may displace animals from otherwise suitable habitat; in
addition, animals may alter their activity patterns to reduce (or increase) interactions with …

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on noise pollution in three protected areas in metropolitan Boston (USA)

C Terry, M Rothendler, L Zipf, MC Dietze… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Noise pollution can reduce the ability of urban protected areas to provide a refuge for people
and habitat for wildlife. Amidst an unprecedented global pandemic, it is unknown if the …

[PDF][PDF] The influence of natural sounds on attention restoration

L Abbott, P Newman, J Benfield - 2015 - parks.hikercompany.com
The evolution of internet, smartphones and tablets allow us to constantly be connected with
work, friends, family, etc. The distractions of these technologies, along with a longer work …

Anthropogenic effects on activity patterns of wildlife at crossing structures

M Barrueto, AT Ford, AP Clevenger - Ecosphere, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the popular perception of protected areas as vestiges of remnant wilderness, the
behavior and activity patterns of wildlife in these areas are still subject to many forms of …