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Nature, extent and ecological implications of night‐time light from road vehicles

The erosion of night‐time by the introduction of artificial lighting constitutes a profound pressure on the natural environment. It has altered what had for millennia been reliable signals from natural light cycles used for regulating a host of biological processes, with impacts ranging from changes in gene expression to ecosystem processes.

Make lighting healthier

Artificial illumination can stop us sleeping and make us ill. We need fresh strategies and technologies, argues Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska.

Barriers and benefits: implications of artificial night-lighting for the distribution of common bats in Britain and Ireland

Artificial lighting is a particular problem for animals active at night. Approximately 69% of mammal species are nocturnal, and one-third of these are bats. Due to their extensive movements—both on a nightly basis to exploit ephemeral food supplies, and during migration between roosts—bats have an unusually high probability of encountering artificial light in the landscape.

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Nature, extent and ecological implications of night‐time light from road vehicles

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Barriers and benefits: implications of artificial night-lighting for the distribution of common bats in Britain and Ireland

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