KEVIN J GASTON

Professor of Biodiversity & Conservation at University of Exeter

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.…

Green light for efficiency

By admin June 10, 2013 Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Humans, Kevin Gaston, Mitigation, Street lighting

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…

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…

Street lighting changes communities

By admin September 16, 2012 Animals, Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Kevin Gaston, Street lighting

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…

Media on lighting

By admin June 17, 2012 Ecolight, Kevin Gaston, Street lighting

Our paper on the ecological effects of street lighting received lots of media coverage, including by the BBC, New Scientist, major UK and international newspapers, and numerous web sites and blogs.…