Artificial light at night disrupts species interactions and changes insect communities

M Grubisic, RHA van Grunsven - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Artificial light at night disrupts inter-specific and intra-specific interactions.•ALAN
affects individual insects but can also reduce population sizes.•Insect community …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a mechanistic understanding of the effects of artificial light at night on insect populations and communities

R Kehoe, D Sanders, FJF van Veen - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Artificial light at night (ALAN) impacts insects far beyond the immediate vicinity of
light sources.•By affecting species interactions, the impact of ALAN spreads through …

Assessing long‐term effects of artificial light at night on insects: what is missing and how to get there

G Kalinkat, M Grubisic, A Jechow… - Insect Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Widespread and significant declines of insect population abundances and biomass are
currently one of the most pressing issues in entomology, ecology and conservation biology …

How artificial light at night may rewire ecological networks: concepts and models

D Sanders, MR Hirt, U Brose… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is eroding natural light cycles and thereby changing species
distributions and activity patterns. Yet little is known about how ecological interaction …

Artificial light at night may decrease predation risk for terrestrial insects

GM Eckhartt, GD Ruxton - Biology Letters, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is thought to be detrimental for terrestrial insect populations.
While there exists evidence for lower abundance under ALAN, underlying mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] LED streetlight characteristics alter the functional composition of ground-dwelling invertebrates

N van Koppenhagen, J Haller, J Kappeler… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) has been identified as a primary driver of
environmental change in the 21st century with key impacts on ecosystems. At the same time …

Insects within bushes assemble and forage closer to artificial light at night

GM Eckhartt, GD Ruxton - Ethology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial light at night (ALAN) has been implicated in the global decline of insect populations.
Causal mechanisms contributing to declines remain unclear, however. Here we examine …

Changes in nocturnal insect communities in forest-dominated landscape relevant to artificial light intensity

L Hakbong, C Yong-Chan, J Sang-Woo… - Journal of Ecology and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Artificial light at night has recently been identified as a major factor adversely
affecting global insect diversity. Here, we compared the insect diversity in Gwangneung …

[PDF][PDF] Effecten van nachtelijke verlichting op biodiversiteit Een literatuurstudie voor beleidsonder-steuning

D Dekeukeleire, R Gyselings, L De Bruyn - 2023 - purews.inbo.be
Lichtvervuiling is een onderschat milieuprobleem. België is één van de wereldwijde
koplopers op vlak van nachtelijke buitenverlichting. De komende jaren wordt verwacht dat …

[PDF][PDF] Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

CMSS Council - BALANCE, 2002 - dev-d9.cms.int
2. Mr. Bradnee Chambers, the Executive Secretary of CMS, said that the Twelfth Session of
the Conference of the Parties (COP12) was approaching and it faced a heavy agenda. Many …