Cacti losing darkness
Correa-Cano, M.E., Goettsch, B., Duffy, J.P., Bennie, J., Inger, R. & Gaston, K.J. 2018. Erosion of natural darkness in the geographic ranges of cacti. Scientific Reports 8, 4347. Naturally dark…
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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…
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Gaston, K.J., Davies, T.W., Nedelec, S.L. & Holt, L.A. 2017. Impacts of artificial light at night on biological timings. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 48, 49-68. The use…
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Bennie, J., Davies, T.W., Cruse, D., Bell, F. & Gaston, K.J. 2018. Artificial light at night alters grassland vegetation species composition and phenology. Journal of Applied Ecology 15, 442-450. 1.…
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de Freitas, J.R., Bennie, J., Mantovani, W. & Gaston, K.J. 2017. Exposure of tropical ecosystems to artificial light at night: Brazil as a case study. PLoS One 12, e0171655. Artificial…
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Bennie, J., Davies, T.W., Cruse, D. & Gaston, K.J. 2016. Ecological effects of artificial light at night on wild plants. Journal of Ecology 104, 611-620. (Image from Shutterstock) 1. Plants…
Read morePea aphids and artificial light
Bennie, J., Davies, T.W, Cruse, D., Inger, R. & Gaston, K.J (2015) Cascading effects of artificial light at night: resource-mediated control of herbivores in a grassland ecosystem. Philosophical Transactions of…
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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