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 …

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 …

Environmental risks from artificial nighttime lighting widespread and increasing across Europe

A Sánchez de Miguel, J Bennie, E Rosenfeld… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The nighttime environment of much of Earth is being changed rapidly by the introduction of
artificial lighting. While data on spatial and temporal variation in the intensity of artificial …

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 …

Measuring night sky brightness: methods and challenges

A Hänel, T Posch, SJ Ribas, M Aubé, D Duriscoe… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2018 - Elsevier
Measuring the brightness of the night sky has become an increasingly important topic in
recent years, as artificial lights and their scattering by the Earth's atmosphere continue …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing road verges to aid pollinator conservation: A review

BB Phillips, C Wallace, BR Roberts… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Road verges provide habitats that have considerable potential as a tool for pollinator
conservation, especially given the significant area of land that they collectively cover …

Restless roosts: Light pollution affects behavior, sleep, and physiology in a free‐living songbird

JQ Ouyang, M de Jong, RHA van Grunsven… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The natural nighttime environment is increasingly polluted by artificial light. Several studies
have linked artificial light at night to negative impacts on human health. In free‐living …

Artificial light at night affects organism flux across ecosystem boundaries and drives community structure in the recipient ecosystem

A Manfrin, G Singer, S Larsen, N Weiß… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a widespread alteration of the natural environment that can
affect the functioning of ecosystems. ALAN can change the movement patterns of freshwater …

Advances in insect phototaxis and application to pest management: A review

KN Kim, QY Huang, CL Lei - Pest management science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many insects, especially nocturnal insects, exhibit positive phototaxis to artificial lights. Light
traps are currently used to monitor and manage insect pest populations, and play a crucial …