title: A framework to assess evolutionary responses to anthropogenic light and sound.
abstract: Human activities have caused a near-ubiquitous and evolutionarily-unprecedented increase in environmental sound levels and artificial night lighting. These stimuli reorganize communities by interfering with species-specific perception of time-cues, habitat features, and auditory and visual signals. Rapid evolutionary changes could occur in response to light and noise, given their magnitude, geographical extent, and degree to which they represent unprecedented environmental conditions. We present a framework for investigating anthropogenic light and noise as agents of selection, and as drivers of other evolutionary processes, to influence a range of behavioral and physiological traits such as phenological characters and sensory and signaling systems. In this context, opportunities abound for understanding contemporary and rapid evolution in response to human-caused environmental change.
authors.affiliation: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Swaddle
authors.affiliation: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Clinton D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.affiliation: Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA.
authors.forename: Jesse R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.affiliation: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Caren B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ and Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Christopher C M
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Kyba
authors.affiliation: University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: Davide M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dominoni
authors.affiliation: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shannon
authors.affiliation: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aschehoug
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.affiliation: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Akito Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.affiliation: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Luther
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Kamiel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Spoelstra
authors.affiliation: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Voss
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California and The Urban Wildlands Group, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: longcore@usc.edu.
authors.forename: Travis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Longcore
mesh_terms: D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D017753:Ecosystem; D006802:Human Activities; D008027:Light / Q000009:adverse effects; D008029:Lighting / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012641:Selection, Genetic
keywords: anthropogenic noise; circadian rhythms; light at night; masking; phenology; signaling