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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13371
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The dark side of street lighting: impacts on moths and evidence for the disruption of nocturnal pollen transport
作者: Macgregor C.J.; Evans D.M.; Fox R.; Pocock M.J.O.
刊名: Global Change Biology
出版年: 2017
卷: 23, 期:2
起始页码: 697
结束页码: 707
语种: 英语
英文关键词: ecosystem services ; flowers ; Lepidoptera ; light pollution ; population declines ; sampling
Scopus关键词: Invertebrata ; Lepidoptera
英文摘要: Among drivers of environmental change, artificial light at night is relatively poorly understood, yet is increasing on a global scale. The community-level effects of existing street lights on moths and their biotic interactions have not previously been studied. Using a combination of sampling methods at matched-pairs of lit and unlit sites, we found significant effects of street lighting: moth abundance at ground level was halved at lit sites, species richness was >25% lower, and flight activity at the level of the light was 70% greater. Furthermore, we found that 23% of moths carried pollen of at least 28 plant species and that there was a consequent overall reduction in pollen transport at lit sites. These findings support the disruptive impact of lights on moth activity, which is one proposed mechanism driving moth declines, and suggest that street lighting potentially impacts upon pollination by nocturnal invertebrates. We highlight the importance of considering both direct and cascading impacts of artificial light. © 2016 The Authors. Global Change Biology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
资助项目: Macgregor, C.J. ; School of Biology, Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom ; 电子邮件: calmac@ceh.ac.uk
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/61052
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作者单位: School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; School of Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, United Kingdom; Butterfly Conservation, Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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Macgregor C.J.,Evans D.M.,Fox R.,et al. The dark side of street lighting: impacts on moths and evidence for the disruption of nocturnal pollen transport[J]. Global Change Biology,2017-01-01,23(2)
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