KEVIN J GASTON

Professor of Biodiversity & Conservation at University of Exeter

When a little light goes a long way

By admin August 2, 2018 Animals, Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Fine scale measurement of lighting, Kevin Gaston, Mesocosm experiment, Skyglow, Street lighting

Sanders, D., Kehoe, R., Cruse, D., van Veen, F.J.F. & Gaston, K.J. 2018. Low levels of artificial light at night change food web dynamics. Current Biology, in press. Artificial light…

Ecological impacts of light from vehicles

By editor April 3, 2018 Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Fine scale measurement of lighting, Kevin Gaston

Gaston, K.J. & Holt, L.A. 2018. Nature, extent and ecological implications of nighttime light from road vehicles. Journal of Applied Ecology, in press [online early view]. 1. The erosion of…

Streetlights and bat conservation

By editor July 5, 2015 Animals, Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Fine scale measurement of lighting, Kevin Gaston, Mitigation, Street lighting, Temporal

Day, J., Baker, J., Schofield, H., Mathews, F. & Gaston, K.J. (2015) Part-night lighting: implications for bat conservation. Animal Conservation, DOI: 10.1111/acv.12200. Artificial nighttime lighting has many effects on biodiversity.…

Mapping lights for ecology

By editor April 29, 2014 Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Fine scale measurement of lighting, Spectral, Street lighting

Bennie, J., Davies, T. W., Inger, R. and Gaston, K. J. (2014), Mapping artificial lightscapes for ecological studies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5: 534–540. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.12182 Artificial illumination of the…