Take only pictures, leave only...fear？ The effects of photography on the West Indian anole Anolis cristatellus

作     者：Brian HUANG Katie LUBARSKY Tiffany TENG Daniel T. BLUMSTEIN 

作者机构：Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of California 621 Young Drive South Los Angeles CA 90095-1606 USA 

出 版 物：《Current Zoology》 (动物学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第57卷第1期

页      面：77-82页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 08[工学] 0905[农学-畜牧学] 0906[农学-兽医学] 0804[工学-仪器科学与技术] 080402[工学-测试计量技术及仪器] 0802[工学-机械工程] 

基　　金：Rafe Boulon for facilitating our field research permits Research was conducted under UCLA ARC Protocol 

主　　题：野生动物摄影 西印度 图片 恐惧 时间显示 自然栖息地 生态旅游 快门 

摘      要：Ecotourism encourages an environmentally friendly exploration of the world s natural habitats. Tourists often engage in wildlife photography, an activity that is generally not considered disturbing to animals. We investigated the effects of camera-related stimuli to determine whether shutter noise and/or flash affected the immediate behavior of female crested anolesAnolis cristaellus. Anoles decreased their display rate following stimuli that included shutter noises, but did not change their behavior in response to flash or silence treatments. To determine the relative importance of this response, we observed anole behavior following playbacks of calls from kestrelsFalco sparverius, a predator, and bananaquitsCoereba flaveola, a non-predator. Anoles decreased display rates following kestrel calls when compared to their response to bananaquit calls. Furthermore, anoles spent a greater proportion of time displaying following bananaquit calls compared to both kestrel calls and silence. The magnitude of response to shutter noises was about the same as that to predator calls. This demonstrates that photography may not be as benign as commonly believed, and we should consider whether restrictions on camera noises should be implemented to reduce animal disturbance.