Organisms adapt to natural noise but suffer stress from anthropogenic noise

Evidence

Natural noise generally is handled by organisms with avoidance or acoustic adaptations, but human-generated noise affects animal physiology and behavior in different ways, producing annoyance, chronic stress, and hearing loss. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1275

Categorization

• XREF: Ties to earlier ch3-adjacent claims about anthrophony suppressing animal communication. — connects to: Whether a natural sound counts as noise depends on the perceiving species — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1242; Technological noise alters animal behavior and threatens species like marine mammals. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 9; Anthropogenic sound grows dominant and damages animal and human health — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 121 (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Sudden modern noise gives species no evolutionary time to adapt #expands (0.92) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 915
• Hearing-specialist fish evolved in quiet waters and suffer heavy masking in noisy ones #exemplifies (0.90) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1347
• Ambient noise impairs birds’ territory defense and mate attraction #exemplifies (0.82) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 942
• Prey animals avoid noisy areas because sound is their security surveillance #exemplifies (0.80) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 107
• Urban noise adaptation can disrupt mating rhythms and increase predation risk #complicates (0.78) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1502