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SUBMITTER: Evans JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312262 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Evans Julian C JC Dall Sasha R X SRX Kight Caitlin R CR
PloS one 20181231 12
Ambient noise can affect the availability of acoustic information to animals, altering both foraging and vigilance behaviour. Using captive zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata, we examined the effect of ambient broadband noise on foraging decisions. Birds were given a choice between foraging in a quiet area where conspecific calls could be heard or a noisy area where these calls would be masked. Birds foraging in noisy areas spent a significantly more time vigilant than those in quiet areas, resul ...[more]