Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments

T Caspi, JR Johnson, MR Lambert, CJ Schell… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Plasticity-led evolution is central to evolutionary theory. Although challenging to study in
nature, this process may be particularly apparent in novel environments such as cities. We …

Endocrine–circadian interactions in birds: implications when nights are no longer dark

B Helm, T Greives, M Zeman - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biological clocks are evolved time-keeping systems by which organisms rhythmically
coordinate physiology within the body, and align it with rhythms in their environment. Clocks …

Fitness consequences of chronic exposure to different light pollution wavelengths in nocturnal and diurnal rodents

H Vardi-Naim, A Benjamin, T Sagiv… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Use of artificial at night (ALAN) exposes the world to continuously increasing levels and
distribution of light pollution. Our understanding of the adverse effects of ALAN is based …

More than mortality: Consequences of human activity on migrating birds extend beyond direct mortality

CE Nemes, SA Cabrera-Cruz… - Ornithological …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Birds must contend with an array of anthropogenic threats during their migratory journeys.
Many migrants are killed due to encounters with artificial light, introduced species …

Monitoring, trends and impacts of light pollution

H Linares Arroyo, A Abascal, T Degen… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Light pollution has increased globally, with 80% of the total population now living under light-
polluted skies. In this Review, we elucidate the scope and importance of light pollution and …

The influence of light on elasmobranch behavior and physiology: a review

D Carroll, J Harvey-Carroll - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In this review, we summarize the state of knowledge of the influence of light on the activity
and physiology of elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, rays, and sawfish). These are a diverse …

Light pollution affects activity differentially across breeding stages in an urban exploiter: An experiment in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

E Beaugeard, F Brischoux, F Angelier - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Artificial Light At Night (ALAN) is a major urban perturbation, which can have
detrimental effects on wildlife. Recent urban planning has led to an increased use of white …

The interplay between parameters of light pollution and energy efficiency for outdoor amenity lighting

K Skarżyński, A Rutkowska - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper is related to light pollution and the energy efficiency of outdoor amenity lighting. It
concerns the standard design assessment parameters of light pollution, the Upward Light …

Light pollution disrupts circadian clock gene expression in two mosquito vectors during their overwintering dormancy

LR Fyie, KM Westby, ME Meuti - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is an increasingly important form of environmental disturbance
as it alters Light: Dark cycles that regulate daily and seasonal changes in physiology and …

Silk sericin alleviates aberrant photoperiod-induced alterations in testicular and adrenal steroidogenesis in adult mice

E Hassan, S Magdy, A Attaallah, E Gaber… - Reproductive Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Background Steroidogenesis is a complex process of sequential enzymatic reactions
affected by climate change. Animals respond to altered day length, the so-called …