Effect of anthropogenic light on bird movement, habitat selection, and distribution: a systematic map protocol
Abstract Background Anthropogenic light is known or suspected to exert profound effects on many taxa, including birds. Documentation of bird aggregation around artificial light at night, as well as observations of bird reactions to strobe lights and lasers, suggests that light may both attract and r...
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| author | Carrie Ann Adams Arden Blumenthal Esteban Fernández-Juricic Erin Bayne Colleen Cassady St. Clair |
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| description | Abstract Background Anthropogenic light is known or suspected to exert profound effects on many taxa, including birds. Documentation of bird aggregation around artificial light at night, as well as observations of bird reactions to strobe lights and lasers, suggests that light may both attract and repel birds, although this assumption has yet to be tested. These effects may cause immediate changes to bird movement, habitat selection and settlement, and ultimately alter bird distribution at large spatial scales. Global increases in the extent of anthropogenic light contribute to interest by wildlife managers and the public in managing light to reduce harm to birds, but there are no evidence syntheses of the multiple ways light affects birds to guide this effort. Existing reviews usually emphasize either bird aggregation or deterrence and do so for a specific context, such as aggregation at communication towers and deterrence from airports. We outline a protocol for a systematic map that collects and organizes evidence from the many contexts in which anthropogenic light is reported to affect bird movement, habitat selection, or distribution. Our map will provide an objective synthesis of the evidence that identifies subtopics that may support systematic review and knowledge gaps that could direct future research questions. These products will substantially advance an understanding of both patterns and processes associated with the responses of birds to anthropogenic light. Methods The protocol describes the steps taken to ensure the search for evidence is comprehensive, transparent and replicable. We will find relevant studies in the grey and peer-reviewed literature using publication databases, Google Scholar, stakeholder suggestions, and organizational websites. We will select studies for inclusion in the map by identification of relevant: (i) population including any species of bird; (ii) intervention or exposure to anthropogenic light; and (iii) outcomes including changes in bird movement, habitat occupancy, population density, or distribution. We will extract and organize metadata into a systematic map that can support subsequent search by interested individuals. The quantity of evidence on particular topics will be characterized through heat maps and narrative syntheses, but subsequent work will be needed to evaluate evidence validity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a178b057ba5448087960b287ddeb7ec2022-12-22T00:35:34ZengBMCEnvironmental Evidence2047-23822019-06-018S111610.1186/s13750-019-0155-5Effect of anthropogenic light on bird movement, habitat selection, and distribution: a systematic map protocolCarrie Ann Adams0Arden Blumenthal1Esteban Fernández-Juricic2Erin Bayne3Colleen Cassady St. Clair4Department of Biological Science, University of AlbertaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Purdue UniversityDepartment of Biological Sciences, Purdue UniversityDepartment of Biological Science, University of AlbertaDepartment of Biological Science, University of AlbertaAbstract Background Anthropogenic light is known or suspected to exert profound effects on many taxa, including birds. Documentation of bird aggregation around artificial light at night, as well as observations of bird reactions to strobe lights and lasers, suggests that light may both attract and repel birds, although this assumption has yet to be tested. These effects may cause immediate changes to bird movement, habitat selection and settlement, and ultimately alter bird distribution at large spatial scales. Global increases in the extent of anthropogenic light contribute to interest by wildlife managers and the public in managing light to reduce harm to birds, but there are no evidence syntheses of the multiple ways light affects birds to guide this effort. Existing reviews usually emphasize either bird aggregation or deterrence and do so for a specific context, such as aggregation at communication towers and deterrence from airports. We outline a protocol for a systematic map that collects and organizes evidence from the many contexts in which anthropogenic light is reported to affect bird movement, habitat selection, or distribution. Our map will provide an objective synthesis of the evidence that identifies subtopics that may support systematic review and knowledge gaps that could direct future research questions. These products will substantially advance an understanding of both patterns and processes associated with the responses of birds to anthropogenic light. Methods The protocol describes the steps taken to ensure the search for evidence is comprehensive, transparent and replicable. We will find relevant studies in the grey and peer-reviewed literature using publication databases, Google Scholar, stakeholder suggestions, and organizational websites. We will select studies for inclusion in the map by identification of relevant: (i) population including any species of bird; (ii) intervention or exposure to anthropogenic light; and (iii) outcomes including changes in bird movement, habitat occupancy, population density, or distribution. We will extract and organize metadata into a systematic map that can support subsequent search by interested individuals. The quantity of evidence on particular topics will be characterized through heat maps and narrative syntheses, but subsequent work will be needed to evaluate evidence validity.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13750-019-0155-5Light pollutionArtificial lightWildlife conservationEvidence synthesisHuman–wildlife conflictBehaviour |
| spellingShingle | Carrie Ann Adams Arden Blumenthal Esteban Fernández-Juricic Erin Bayne Colleen Cassady St. Clair Effect of anthropogenic light on bird movement, habitat selection, and distribution: a systematic map protocol Environmental Evidence Light pollution Artificial light Wildlife conservation Evidence synthesis Human–wildlife conflict Behaviour |
| title | Effect of anthropogenic light on bird movement, habitat selection, and distribution: a systematic map protocol |
| title_full | Effect of anthropogenic light on bird movement, habitat selection, and distribution: a systematic map protocol |
| title_fullStr | Effect of anthropogenic light on bird movement, habitat selection, and distribution: a systematic map protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of anthropogenic light on bird movement, habitat selection, and distribution: a systematic map protocol |
| title_short | Effect of anthropogenic light on bird movement, habitat selection, and distribution: a systematic map protocol |
| title_sort | effect of anthropogenic light on bird movement habitat selection and distribution a systematic map protocol |
| topic | Light pollution Artificial light Wildlife conservation Evidence synthesis Human–wildlife conflict Behaviour |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13750-019-0155-5 |
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