In recent decades, advances in lighting technology have precipitated exponential increases
in night sky brightness worldwide, raising concerns in the scientific community about the …

Highlights•Artificial light at night disrupts inter-specific and intra-specific interactions.•ALAN
affects individual insects but can also reduce population sizes.•Insect community …

Insects around the world are rapidly declining. Concerns over what this loss means for food
security and ecological communities have compelled a growing number of researchers to …

The alternation of light and dark periods on a daily or seasonal time scale is of utmost
importance for the synchronization of physiological and behavioral processes in the …

Reported declines in insect populations have sparked global concern, with artificial light at
night (ALAN) identified as a potential contributing factor. Despite strong evidence that …

The nighttime environment is being altered rapidly over large areas worldwide through
introduction of artificial lighting, from streetlights and other sources. This is predicted to …

The night‐time environment is increasingly being lit, often by broad‐spectrum lighting, and
there is growing evidence that artificial light at night (ALAN) has consequences for …

The current decline in insect numbers and biomass is likely due to several factors [1] and
one of the lesser studied factors is the increased artificial light at night (ALAN). Several …

Widespread and significant declines of insect population abundances and biomass are
currently one of the most pressing issues in entomology, ecology and conservation biology …

Artificial lighting allows humans to be active at night, but has many unintended
consequences, including interference with ecological processes, disruption of circadian …