Outdoor lighting continues increase
Kyba, C.C.M., Kuester, T., Sánchez de Miguel, S., Baugh, K., Jechow, A., Hölker, F., Bennie, J., Elvidge, C.D., Gaston, K.J. & Guanter, L. 2017. Artificially lit surface of Earth at…
Read moreThe costs and benefits of artificial light
Gaston, K.J., Gaston, S., Bennie, J. & Hopkins, J. (2015) Benefits and costs of artificial nighttime lighting of the environment. Environmental Reviews 23, 14-23. Artificial lighting has transformed the outdoor…
Read moreEffects of artificial night-time light
Gaston, K. J., Duffy, J. P., Gaston, S., Bennie, J. & Davies, T. W. (2014) Human alteration of natural light cycles: causes and ecological consequences. Oecologia 176, 917–931. Artificial light…
Read moreFlickering of the light
Inger, R., Bennie, J., Davies, T.W. & Gaston, K.J. 2014. Potential biological and ecological effects of flickering artificial light. PLoS One 9, e98631. Organisms have evolved under stable natural lighting…
Read moreDemographic effects of artificial nighttime lighting on animal populations
Gaston, Kevin J., and Jonathan Bennie. “Demographic effects of artificial nighttime lighting on animal populations.” Environmental Reviews 22.4 (2014): 323-330. Artificial lighting, especially but not exclusively through street lights, has…
Read moreGreen light for efficiency
Gaston, K.J. 2013. A green light for efficiency. Nature 497, 560-561. A Comment piece arguing that efforts to improve street lights are providing a rare opportunity to cut both financial and environmental…
Read moreThe ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal
Gaston, K.J., Bennie, J, Davies, T.W., Hopkins, J. (2013) The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal. Biological Reviews 88 912–927 doi: 10.1111/brv.12036 The ecological impacts of nighttime…
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