KEVIN J GASTON

Professor of Biodiversity & Conservation at University of Exeter

Nighttime from on high

By admin February 20, 2019 Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Kevin Gaston, Satellite data, Spectral, Temporal

Sánchez de Miguel, A., Kyba, C.C.M., Aube, M., Zamorano, J., Cardiel, N., Tapia, C., Bennie, J. & Gaston, K.J. 2019. Colour remote sensing of the impact of artificial light at night (I): the potential…

Top-down and bottom-up lighting effects

By admin November 17, 2018 Animals, Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Kevin Gaston, Mesocosm experiment, Mitigation, Plants, Spectral, Street lighting

Bennie, J., Davies, T.W., Cruse, D., Inger, R. & Gaston, K.J. 2018. Artificial light at night causes top-down and bottom-up trophic effects on invertebrate populations. Journal of Applied Ecology 55, 2698-2706.…

The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge

By editor March 16, 2015 Animals, Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Macroecological, Skyglow, Spectral

Gaston, K. J., Visser, M. E., & Hölker, F. (2015). The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0133 A piece setting…

The costs and benefits of artificial light

By editor March 10, 2015 Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Humans, Kevin Gaston, Macroecological, Spectral, Street lighting

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…

Effects of artificial night-time light

By editor November 18, 2014 Animals, Ecolight, Humans, Kevin Gaston, Macroecological, Mitigation, Spectral, Temporal

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…

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…

Lighting and vision

By admin June 10, 2013 Animals, Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Kevin Gaston, Spectral, Street lighting

Davies, T.W., Bennie, J., Inger, R., Hempel de Ibarra, N. & Gaston, K.J. 2013. Artificial light pollution: are shifting spectral signatures changing the balance of species interactions? Global Change Biology 19, 1417-1423.…

The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal

By editor April 8, 2013 Animals, Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Humans, Plants, Spectral, Temporal

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…

Reducing the impacts of nighttime lighting

By admin December 8, 2012 Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Kevin Gaston, Macroecological, Mitigation, Skyglow, Spectral, Street lighting

Gaston, K.J., Davies, T.W., Bennie, J. & Hopkins, J. 2013. Reducing the ecological consequences of night-time light pollution: options and developments. Journal of Applied Ecology 49, 1256-1266. Much concern has been expressed…