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KEVIN J GASTON

Professor of Biodiversity & Conservation at University of Exeter

  • Research
    • Common ecology: it’s (nearly) everything
    • Nighttime ecology: the dark side of ecology
      • Ecolight – Ecological impacts of artificial nighttime light
        • Artificial light at night
        • Biological, organismal and ecological impacts
        • Humans
        • Methods
        • Mitigation
        • EMISSI@N Project
    • Personalised ecology: because we are all different
  • Projects
  • Research Group
  • Publications
    • Papers
    • Books and Edited Volumes
  • Biography
  • Opportunities
  • Contact

Outdoor nighttime lighting & people’s light sensitivity

By admin June 10, 2019 Artificial lighting, Ecolight, EMISSI@N, Humans, Kevin Gaston, Street lighting
Outdoor nighttime lighting & people’s light sensitivity

Sánchez de Miguel, A., Bará, S., Aubé, M., Cardiel, N., Tapia, C.E., Zamorano, J. & Gaston, K.J. 2019. Evaluating human photoreceptoral inputs from night-time lights using RGB imaging photometry. Journal of…

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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
Top-down and bottom-up lighting effects

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.…

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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
When a little light goes a long way

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…

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Outdoor lighting continues increase

By editor November 23, 2017 Animals, Artificial lighting, Ecolight, EMISSI@N, Humans, Kevin Gaston, Plants, Satellite data, Street lighting
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…

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Streetlighting impacts on vegetation

By admin June 9, 2017 Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Field experiment, Kevin Gaston, Mitigation, Plants, Street lighting
Streetlighting impacts on vegetation

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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Lighting impacts on invertebrates

By admin February 1, 2017 Animals, Artificial lighting, Field experiment, Kevin Gaston, Mitigation, Street lighting
Lighting impacts on invertebrates

Davies, T.W., Bennie, J., Cruse, D., Blumgart, D., Inger, R. & Gaston, K.J. 2017. Multiple night-time light-emitting diode lighting strategies impact grassland invertebrate assemblages. Global Change Biology, in press. White…

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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.…

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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…

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Flickering of the light

By admin June 13, 2014 Animals, Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Humans, Kevin Gaston, Street lighting, Temporal

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…

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Mapping lights for ecology

By editor April 29, 2014 Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Fine scale measurement of lighting, Spectral, Street lighting
Mapping lights for ecology

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…

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