Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future

N Levin, CCM Kyba, Q Zhang, AS de Miguel… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Remote sensing of night light emissions in the visible band offers a unique opportunity to
directly observe human activity from space. This has allowed a host of applications including …

Applications of satellite remote sensing of nighttime light observations: Advances, challenges, and perspectives

M Zhao, Y Zhou, X Li, W Cao, C He, B Yu, X Li… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nighttime light observations from remote sensing provide us with a timely and spatially
explicit measure of human activities, and therefore enable a host of applications such as …

[HTML][HTML] How to measure light pollution—A systematic review of methods and applications

S Mander, F Alam, R Lovreglio, M Ooi - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is ever-present in modern society and has revolutionised our
lives. Along with its many benefits, ALAN can have adverse effects that are studied across …

[HTML][HTML] Traffic noise playback reduces the activity and feeding behaviour of free-living bats

D Finch, H Schofield, F Mathews - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing levels of road noise are creating new anthropogenic soundscapes that may affect
wildlife globally. Bats, which form about a third of all mammal species, are sensitive …

[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 …

Evaluation of light pollution in global protected areas from 1992 to 2018

H Mu, X Li, X Du, J Huang, W Su, T Hu, Y Wen, P Yin… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Light pollution, a phenomenon in which artificial nighttime light (NTL) changes the form of
brightness and darkness in natural areas such as protected areas (PAs), has become a …

The importance of ponds for the conservation of bats in urban landscapes

L Ancillotto, L Bosso, VB Salinas-Ramos… - Landscape and Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ponds have an important role in the ecology of urban areas, as they provide essential
habitats to aquatic species, as well as fundamental resources to terrestrial wildlife. Artificial …

Even low light pollution levels affect the spatial distribution and timing of activity of a “light tolerant” bat species

L Mariton, C Kerbiriou, Y Bas, B Zanda, I Le Viol - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
By disrupting nocturnal landscapes worldwide, light pollution caused by Artificial Light At
Night (ALAN) is recognized as a major threat to biodiversity. As even low light intensities …

Movement responses of common noctule bats to the illuminated urban landscape

CC Voigt, JM Scholl, J Bauer, T Teige, Y Yovel… - Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Context Cities are a challenging habitat for obligate nocturnal mammals because of the
ubiquitous use of artificial light at night (ALAN). How nocturnal animals move in an urban …

Tree cover mediates the effect of artificial light on urban bats

TM Straka, M Wolf, P Gras, S Buchholz… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
With urban areas growing worldwide, so does artificial light at night (ALAN) which negatively
affects many nocturnal animals, including bats. The response of bats to ALAN ranges from …