In recent decades, advances in lighting technology have precipitated exponential increases
in night sky brightness worldwide, raising concerns in the scientific community about the …

Social interactions are ubiquitous across the animal kingdom. A variety of ecological and
evolutionary processes are dependent on social interactions, such as movement, disease …

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 …

Light pollution caused by artificial light at night (ALAN) is increasingly recognized as a major
driver of global environmental change. Since emissions are rapidly growing in an urbanizing …

Change in day length is an important cue for reproductive activation in seasonally breeding
animals to ensure that the timing of greatest maternal investment (eg lactation in mammals) …

Light is fundamental to biological systems, affecting the daily rhythms of bacteria, plants, and
animals. Artificial light at night (ALAN), a ubiquitous feature of urbanization, interferes with …

Artificial light at night is a novel anthropogenic stressor. The resulting ecological light
pollution affects a wide breadth of biological systems on many spatio-temporal scales, from …

Illuminated bridges have become important assets to navigable aquatic systems. However, if
artificial light at night (ALAN) from illuminated bridges reaches aquatic habitats, such as …

Artificial lighting at night (ALAN) produced by urban, industrial, and roadway lighting, as well
as other sources, has dramatically increased in recent decades, especially in coastal …

Urban ecology is a rapidly growing research field that has to keep pace with the pressing
need to tackle the sustainability crisis. As an inherently multi‐disciplinary field with close ties …