[HTML][HTML] Exposure to artificial light at night and the consequences for flora, fauna, and ecosystems

J Falcón, A Torriglia, D Attia, F Viénot… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The present review draws together wide-ranging studies performed over the last decades
that catalogue the effects of artificial-light-at-night (ALAN) upon living species and their …

[HTML][HTML] 11 pressing research questions on how light pollution affects biodiversity

F Hölker, J Bolliger, TW Davies, S Giavi… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is closely associated with modern societies and is rapidly
increasing worldwide. A dynamically growing body of literature shows that ALAN poses a …

Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology

DM Dominoni, W Halfwerk, E Baird… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Global expansion of human activities is associated with the introduction of novel stimuli,
such as anthropogenic noise, artificial lights and chemical agents. Progress in documenting …

[HTML][HTML] Warning on nine pollutants and their effects on avian communities

FJ Richard, M Gigauri, G Bellini, O Rojas… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic pollution is increasingly pervasive throughout all ecosystems worldwide. In
recent years, negative consequences on many taxa, such as birds, have been observed. We …

Artificial night light and anthropogenic noise interact to influence bird abundance over a continental scale

AA Wilson, MA Ditmer, JR Barber… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The extent of artificial night light and anthropogenic noise (ie,“light” and “noise”) impacts is
global and has the capacity to threaten species across diverse ecosystems. Existing …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review for establishing relevant environmental parameters for urban lighting: Translating research into practice

C Pérez Vega, KM Zielinska-Dabkowska, S Schroer… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The application of lighting technologies developed in the 20th century has increased the
brightness and changed the spectral composition of nocturnal night-time habitats and night …

[HTML][HTML] A plea for a worldwide development of dark infrastructure for biodiversity–Practical examples and ways to go forward

R Sordello, S Busson, JH Cornuau… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Artificial light at night (ALAN) has been massively deployed worldwide and has become a
major environmental pressure for biodiversity, especially contributing to habitat loss and …

Light pollution in complex ecological systems

MR Hirt, DM Evans, CR Miller… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Light pollution has emerged as a burgeoning area of scientific interest, receiving increasing
attention in recent years. The resulting body of literature has revealed a diverse array of …

Anthropogenic noise and light pollution additively affect sleep behaviour in free-living birds in sex-and season-dependent fashions

AS Grunst, ML Grunst, T Raap, R Pinxten… - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid anthropogenic transformation of environments exposes organisms to diverse
disturbance factors, including anthropogenic noise pollution and artificial light at night …

Anthropogenic changes to the nighttime environment

KJ Gaston, AS Gardner, DTC Cox - Bioscience, 2023 - academic.oup.com
How the relative impacts of anthropogenic pressures on the natural environment vary
between different taxonomic groups, habitats, and geographic regions is increasingly well …