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Mapping lights for ecology

By editor 29/04/2014 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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Demographic effects of artificial nighttime lighting on animal populations

By editor 21/03/2014 Animals, Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Humans

Gaston, Kevin J., and Jonathan Bennie. “Demographic effects of artificial nighttime lighting on animal populations.” Environmental Reviews 22.4 (2014): 323-330. Artificial lighting, especially but not exclusively through street lights, has…

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Biogeography of time partitioning in mammals

By editor 27/10/2013 Animals, Ecolight, Temporal

Bennie, J. J., Duffy, J. P., Inger, R., & Gaston, K. J. (2014). Biogeography of time partitioning in mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(38), 13727-13732. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1216063110…

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Altering light cycles

By admin 10/06/2013 Artificial lighting, Ecolight, Kevin Gaston, Macroecological, Skyglow

Davies, T.W., Bennie, J., Inger, R., & Gaston, K.J. 2013. Artificial light alters natural regimes of night-time sky brightness. Scientific Reports 3, 1722. Artificial light is globally one of the most widely…

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Lighting and vision

By admin 10/06/2013 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.…

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Green light for efficiency

By admin 10/06/2013 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…

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The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal

By editor 08/04/2013 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…

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Reducing the impacts of nighttime lighting

By admin 08/12/2012 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…

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Street lighting changes communities

By admin 16/09/2012 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…

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Media on lighting

By admin 17/06/2012 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.…

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