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What Is The Impact of ALAN On Nocturnal Pollination By Moths?
Pollination is a fundamental ecological process that supports biodiversity and sustains economies through crop pollination. About 80% of wild plant species rely on insect…
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Spotlight on foraging behaviour of nocturnal rodents
What wakes you up in the morning? Is it your alarm clock? Is it the clattering of your housemate in the kitchen? Is it…
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Artificial light at night may make African mouse species vulnerable
When thinking about a city at night, chances are that you include some twinkling streetlights in your mental image. Billboards, streetlamps, and neon signs…
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Is ALAN an advantage or disadvantage for bats?
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is one of the most significant environmental changes of the past century.1 In 2020, there were approximately 361 million…
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Froggystyle: Urbanization and the Evolution of Sexual Signaling in the túngara frog
Next to the crucial trade route of the Panama canal sits Panama city, where an intriguing example of urban evolution has taken place. As…
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Light Pollution as a Barrier for the Visibility of Aurora borealis in Urban Environments
Unfortunately, I missed something of which I think is one of the most fantastic natural phenomena the world has to offer. Instead of watching…
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Is urban plant phenology and physiology understudied when it comes to artificial light at night?
Increasing artificial light In recent decades, the urban population has grown exponentially worldwide, with the expectation that the urban population will continue to increase…
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New Lit Alert: Artificial light at night alters diurnal and nocturnal behavior and physiology in green anole lizards
Artificial light at night alters diurnal and nocturnal behavior and physiology in green anole lizards Laura A.Taylor, Christopher J. Thawley, Olive R.Pertuit, Abigail J.Dennis, Isabela R.Carson,…
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New Lit Alert: Oriented migratory flight at night: Consequences of nighttime light pollution for monarch butterflies
Oriented migratory flight at night: Consequences of nighttime light pollution for monarch butterflies Adam F. Parlin, Samuel M. Stratton, and Patrick A. Guerra Abstract…
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New Lit Alert: Urbanization extends flight phenology and leads to local adaptation of seasonal plasticity in Lepidoptera
Urbanization extends flight phenology and leads to local adaptation of seasonal plasticity in Lepidoptera Thomas Merckx, Matthew E. Nielsen, Janne Heliölä, Mikko Kuussaari, Lars…
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Urban Observation of the Week: Scaling Salamander
Amphibians can be really great “indicator species” that, if they are present and healthy, then the ecosystem is doing ok. Some amphibians though are…
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Stress Hormones Do Not Reflect Urbanization in Birds and Other Reptiles
Life in the city is stressful, for humans and wildlife! One of the main physiological traits thought to be impacted by the novel pressures…
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Lighting Up Anoles at Night!
This week we are cross-posting (again) from Anole Annals. Check out the original post here, written by Pavitra Muralidhar. How we perceive and interact…
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SICB 2020: How is Light Effecting Behavior and Physiology of Anoles?
Urbanization is becoming a huge concern and many researchers at SICB 2020 wanted to study the effects it has on the surrounding wildlife. Laura…
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Evolution 2019: How Do Anoles Handle Artificial Light at Night?
In the second of four urban anole presentations at Evolution, Emmanuel D’Agostino does a great job summarizing new research by LITC contributor Chris Thawley. Chris’…