Terray Léa, Petiteau Benjamin, Dutilleux Guillaume, Vanpeene Sylvie, Amiard Pamela, Sordello Romain, Reyjol Yorick
PATRINAT (OFB - MNHN), Paris, France.
Acoustics Group, Department of Electronic Systems, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Environ Evid. 2025 Jul 26;14(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s13750-025-00368-3.
Noise from human activities is a major concern for wildlife, with numerous studies demonstrating significant impacts. In 2020, Sordello and collaborators systematically mapped the literature on the impacts of anthropogenic noise on wildlife up to 2018. Since then, research on this topic has continued to grow steadily. To reflect these developments, we present an updated systematic map encompassing studies published through 2023, exclusively focused on airborne noise.
The method follows the a priori protocol published by Sordello and collaborators in 2019. The present work includes literature searches by Sordello et al. (2020) and a complementary search update performed on 2020-2023. Literature from Sordello et al. (2020) was re-screened to align with the updated scope, now restricted to airborne noise. For the update, both peer-reviewed and grey literature were retrieved from Scopus, the Web of Science Core Collection, and Google Scholar. Titles, abstracts, and full texts were screened by eligibility criteria, and included articles were coded. We included all wild terrestrial or semi-aquatic taxonomic groups, and anthropogenic noise from various sources (e.g., transport, urban, recreational) was considered, along with all relevant outcomes (e.g., behaviour, reproduction, physiology).
Sordello et al. (2020) provided 1,794 articles, of which 466 were retained after re-screening the full texts. The search update yielded 13,698 citations, resulting in 397 relevant articles. A total of 863 articles were included in the map (665 primary research studies, 196 reviews and meta-analyses, 2 modelling papers). Most studies have been conducted in the USA. Birds are the most studied taxonomic group (64%), followed by mammals (22%); transportation is the most studied source of noise (43%), followed by urban noise (24%); behaviour (27%) and vocal communication (25%) are the most studied outcomes.
The map represents an updated state of the art on the impact of airborne anthropogenic noise on wildlife and can serve as a starting point for further syntheses of evidence. Three clusters of knowledge were identified as suitable candidates for future syntheses: (1) What is the impact of anthropogenic noise on mammals' behaviour? (2) What is the impact of anthropogenic noise on birds' reproductive success? (3) What is the impact of anthropogenic noise on species richness and diversity? In addition, the knowledge gaps identified may be used to inform future research and address the apparent imbalance in the published research: many taxonomic groups are still understudied (e.g., especially reptiles and arachnids), many potential sources of noise disturbance are neglected (e.g., recreational and military noise) and the impacts of noise are unevenly studied between taxonomic groups.
人类活动产生的噪音是野生动物面临的主要问题，众多研究表明其具有重大影响。2020年，索尔代洛及其合作者系统梳理了截至2018年关于人为噪音对野生动物影响的文献。自那时起，关于该主题的研究持续稳步增长。为反映这些进展，我们呈现了一份更新的系统地图，涵盖截至2023年发表的研究，且专门聚焦于空气传播噪声。
该方法遵循索尔代洛及其合作者于2019年发表的先验方案。本研究包括索尔代洛等人（2020年）的文献检索以及在2020 - 2023年进行的补充检索更新。对索尔代洛等人（2020年）的文献进行重新筛选，以使其与更新后的范围一致，现仅限于空气传播噪声。对于更新部分，从Scopus、科学引文索引核心合集和谷歌学术中检索了同行评审文献和灰色文献。根据入选标准对标题、摘要和全文进行筛选，并对纳入的文章进行编码。我们纳入了所有野生陆地或半水生生物分类群，并考虑了来自各种来源（如交通、城市、娱乐）的人为噪音以及所有相关结果（如行为、繁殖、生理）。
索尔代洛等人（2020年）提供了1794篇文章，其中在全文重新筛选后保留了466篇。检索更新产生了13698条引文，得到397篇相关文章。该地图共纳入863篇文章（665篇初步研究、196篇综述和荟萃分析、2篇建模论文）。大多数研究在美国进行。鸟类是研究最多的生物分类群（64%），其次是哺乳动物（22%）；交通是研究最多的噪音来源（43%），其次是城市噪音（24%）；行为（27%）和声音交流（25%）是研究最多的结果。
该地图代表了关于空气传播人为噪音对野生动物影响的最新技术水平，可作为进一步综合证据的起点。确定了三个知识集群作为未来综合研究的合适候选对象：（1）人为噪音对哺乳动物行为有何影响？（2）人为噪音对鸟类繁殖成功率有何影响？（3）人为噪音对物种丰富度和多样性有何影响？此外，所确定的知识空白可用于为未来研究提供信息，并解决已发表研究中明显的不平衡问题：许多生物分类群仍未得到充分研究（如特别是爬行动物和蜘蛛纲动物），许多潜在的噪音干扰源被忽视（如娱乐和军事噪音），并且在生物分类群之间对噪音影响的研究不均衡。
