Streetlighting impacts on vegetation
Bennie, J., Davies, T.W., Cruse, D., Bell, F. & Gaston, K.J. 2017. Artificial light at night alters grassland vegetation species composition and phenology. Journal of Applied Ecology, in press. 1.…
Read moreLighting 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…
Read moreStreetlights and bat conservation
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.…
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 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 moreMapping 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…
Read moreLighting and vision
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.…
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 moreReducing the impacts of nighttime 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…
Read moreStreet lighting changes communities
Davies, T.W., Bennie, J. & Gaston, K.J. 2012. Street lighting changes the composition of invertebrate communities. Biology Letters 8, 764-767. Artificial lighting has been used to illuminate the nocturnal environment for centuries…
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