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Distracted decision makers: ship noise and predation risk change shell choice in hermit crabs

2019
Pay-walled Article

Behavioural Ecology

Tidau, Svenja, and Briffa Mark

Human-induced rapid environmental change such as noise pollution alters the ability of animals to integrate information cues. Many studies focus on how noise impacts single sensory...
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Keywords: Hermit crabs, Noise impacts, Noise pollution, Predator cue, Shell size, Ship

Anthropogenic noise pollution reverses grouping behaviour in hermit crabs

2019
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Animal Behaviour

Tidau, S. and Briffa, M.

Noise is a form of human-induced rapid environmental change, and mounting evidence suggests that it can affect the sensory environment and consequently the decision-making ability of...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Environmental change, Grouping preference, Hermit crabs, Intraspecific interaction, Sensory environment