TY - JOUR
T1 - A Framework to Assess Evolutionary Responses to Anthropogenic Light and Sound
AU - Barber, Jesse R.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - Human activities have caused a near-ubiquitous and evolutionarily-unprecedented increase in environmental sound levels and artificial night lighting. These stimuli reorganize communities by interfering with species specific perception of time-cues, habitat features, and auditory and visual signals. Rapid evolutionary changes could occur in response to light and noise, given their magnitude, geographical extent, and degree to which they represent unprecedented environmental conditions. We present a framework for investigating anthropogenic light and noise as agents of selection, and as drivers of other evolutionary processes, to influence a range of behavioral and physiological traits such as phenological characters and sensory and signaling systems. In this context, opportunities abound for understanding contemporary and rapid evolution in response to human caused environmental change.
AB - Human activities have caused a near-ubiquitous and evolutionarily-unprecedented increase in environmental sound levels and artificial night lighting. These stimuli reorganize communities by interfering with species specific perception of time-cues, habitat features, and auditory and visual signals. Rapid evolutionary changes could occur in response to light and noise, given their magnitude, geographical extent, and degree to which they represent unprecedented environmental conditions. We present a framework for investigating anthropogenic light and noise as agents of selection, and as drivers of other evolutionary processes, to influence a range of behavioral and physiological traits such as phenological characters and sensory and signaling systems. In this context, opportunities abound for understanding contemporary and rapid evolution in response to human caused environmental change.
KW - anthropogenic noise
KW - circadian rhythms
KW - light at night
KW - masking
KW - phenology
KW - signaling
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/bio_facpubs/447
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.06.009
U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2015.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2015.06.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 26169593
JO - History Faculty Publications and Presentations
JF - History Faculty Publications and Presentations
ER -