Disturbance Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Does human routine alter bird behaviour?

By Edvaldo F. Silva-Jr|2021-06-04T08:57:12+00:007 Jun 2021|acoustic monitoring, behaviour, bird song, bird-human interactions, Disturbance, noise pollution, road traffic, song, Urban birds|

Rufous Horneros behave equally during weekly cycles of human activity

Does your neighbourhood make you stressed?

By Diane Colombelli-Négrel|2021-04-23T08:58:09+00:0026 Apr 2021|bird-human interactions, colonial birds, Disturbance, physiology, predation, Seabirds, sound|

Little Penguins living in different environments differ in their response to stressors

The sound of birds in a world of noise

By Hannah Vincelette|2021-02-12T10:58:33+00:0018 Feb 2021|acoustic monitoring, bird song, Disturbance, noise, noise pollution, protected areas, vocal activity|

Acoustic monitoring enlightens aircraft noise impacts on remote bird communities

Shale gas development affects the epigenetic patterns in Louisiana Waterthrushes

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-01-14T07:58:01+00:0014 Jan 2021|adaptation, Disturbance, Genetics|

Males and females react differently to this environmental disturbance.

Birds facing increasing anthropogenic noise

By Adrián Barrero Diego|2021-01-06T08:34:12+00:0011 Jan 2021|agriculture, bird song, Disturbance, Farmland birds, Little Bustard, noise pollution, road traffic|

Can a non-passerine bird adjust its song according to noise?

Getting near the Noddies

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-12-22T15:05:46+00:0022 Oct 2020|behaviour, Disturbance, island birds, Seabirds|

Human visits to remote islands affect the behaviour of breeding Brown Noddies.

Can leisure and birds coexist on beaches?

By Miguel Gomez-Serrano|2020-10-05T15:31:27+00:0014 Sep 2020|Conservation, Disturbance, flushing behaviour, habituation, shorebirds, thermal stress, waders|

Dogs disturb nesting plovers more than people do on tourist beaches

The forgotten Breckland Curlew – another predation victim

By Natalia Zielonka|2020-12-15T14:37:41+00:0026 Feb 2020|Conservation, Disturbance, grassland, nest predation, waders|

Is ground-disturbance management the answer for protection of breeding Curlew?

The lie of the “black lightning”: signal reliability in a seabird

By Camilla Soravia|2020-10-08T13:56:13+00:0016 Sep 2019|colouration, Disturbance, plumage, Seabirds|

Does Storm Petrels’ plumage coloration reliably signal body condition?

Are Burrowing Owls stuck in an ecological trap?

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-12-16T14:53:36+00:0018 Apr 2019|agriculture, Breeding, Disturbance, fledglings, habitat selection, News|

Exploring the influence of agriculture on nesting success.