The impact of artificial light at night on nocturnal insects: a review and synthesis

ACS Owens, SM Lewis - Ecology and evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, advances in lighting technology have precipitated exponential increases
in night sky brightness worldwide, raising concerns in the scientific community about the …

Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle

DH Boyes, DM Evans, R Fox… - Insect Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The night‐time environment is increasingly being lit, often by broad‐spectrum lighting, and
there is growing evidence that artificial light at night (ALAN) has consequences for …

Light pollution is a driver of insect declines

ACS Owens, P Cochard, J Durrant, B Farnworth… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Insects around the world are rapidly declining. Concerns over what this loss means for food
security and ecological communities have compelled a growing number of researchers to …

Street lighting has detrimental impacts on local insect populations

DH Boyes, DM Evans, R Fox, MS Parsons… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Reported declines in insect populations have sparked global concern, with artificial light at
night (ALAN) identified as a potential contributing factor. Despite strong evidence that …

[图书][B] Insect diapause

DL Denlinger - 2022 - books.google.com
Our highly seasonal world restricts insect activity to brief portions of the year. This feature
necessitates a sophisticated interpretation of seasonal changes and enactment of …

Why artificial light at night should be a focus for global change research in the 21st century

TW Davies, T Smyth - Global Change Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental impacts of artificial light at night have been a rapidly growing field of
global change science in recent years. Yet, light pollution has not achieved parity with other …

Ecological effects of artificial light at night on wild plants

J Bennie, TW Davies, D Cruse, KJ Gaston - Journal of Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Plants use light as a source of both energy and information. Plant physiological responses to
light, and interactions between plants and animals (such as herbivory and pollination), have …

The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge

KJ Gaston, ME Visser, F Hölker - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Daily, lunar and seasonal cycles of natural light have been key forms of environmental
variation across the Earth's surface since the first emergence of life. They have driven the …

Pollination by nocturnal L epidoptera, and the effects of light pollution: a review

CJ MacGregor, MJO Pocock, R Fox… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
1. Moths (L epidoptera) are the major nocturnal pollinators of flowers. However, their
importance and contribution to the provision of pollination ecosystem services may have …

Insect declines and agroecosystems: does light pollution matter?

M Grubisic, RHA van Grunsven… - Annals of applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Drastic declines in insect populations,'Ecological Armageddon', have recently gained
increased attention in the scientific community, and are commonly considered to be the …