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DOI | 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.07.001 |
Avian anthrophobia? Behavioral and physiological responses of house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) to human and predator threats across an urban gradient | |
Weaver, Melinda; Ligon, Russell A.; Mousel, Melanie; McGraw, Kevin J. | |
2018-11-01 | |
发表期刊 | LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
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ISSN | 0169-2046 |
EISSN | 1872-6062 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 179页码:46-54 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Urban environments present animals with many novel experiences, not the least of which is the physical presence of humans. However, most studies on urban predation do not take human presence into account. We examined behavioral and physiological responses of a songbird species (the house finch, Haemorhous mexicanus) that is abundant in both natural and urban areas to the presence of humans and to a native predator model to distinguish whether urban birds show consistently bolder behavior or if they differentially respond to a threatening native predator versus a potentially more benign human. During three field seasons (winter 2012, summer-fall 2012, and winter 2013), we captured birds at six sites (urban, suburban, and rural) and measured breath rate (an indicator of stress). We then tested behavioral reactions of caged finches to an approaching human and both a hawk (predator) and dove (control-bird) flyover. We found that rural birds had lower breath rates than urban birds, but that urban birds showed fewer activity behaviors (e.g., hops, flights) than rural birds in response to an approaching human. Urban and rural birds did not differ in their behavioral responses to either the hawk or dove mount, though there were seasonal differences. Because house finch behavioral responses varied as a function of type of stimulus presented, our results point to an example of plasticity rather than to a generalized bold urban phenotype and also implicate tolerance of human proximity as a key factor driving urban success in some avian species. |
英文关键词 | Behavior Behavioral syndromes Birds Boldness Personality Predator response Urbanization |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000444927200004 |
WOS关键词 | FLIGHT INITIATION DISTANCE ; RURAL POPULATIONS ; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION ; PERSONALITY-TRAITS ; HANDLING STRESS ; PARUS-MAJOR ; BREATH RATE ; BIRDS ; URBANIZATION ; BOLDNESS |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Studies ; Geography ; Geography, Physical ; Regional & Urban Planning ; Urban Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geography ; Physical Geography ; Public Administration ; Urban Studies |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/25291 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | Arizona State Univ, Sch Life Sci, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Weaver, Melinda,Ligon, Russell A.,Mousel, Melanie,et al. Avian anthrophobia? Behavioral and physiological responses of house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) to human and predator threats across an urban gradient[J]. LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING,2018,179:46-54. |
APA | Weaver, Melinda,Ligon, Russell A.,Mousel, Melanie,&McGraw, Kevin J..(2018).Avian anthrophobia? Behavioral and physiological responses of house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) to human and predator threats across an urban gradient.LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING,179,46-54. |
MLA | Weaver, Melinda,et al."Avian anthrophobia? Behavioral and physiological responses of house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) to human and predator threats across an urban gradient".LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING 179(2018):46-54. |
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