ArticleOecologia2014
Human alteration of natural light cycles: causes and ecological consequences.
Article in Oecologia, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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82 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Artificial Light at Night Consistently Impacts Avian Physiology and Behaviour: A Meta-Analysis.Ecology letters · 2026Pooled it
- Nocturnal Lepidoptera Larvae in Mega-Project: Habitat and Environmental Factors Over Construction Effects.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Local Infrastructure Induces Edge Effect in Nocturnal Insects-A Case Study in the Donau-Auen National Park (Austria).Insects · 2026Article
- Waning light, waxing pain: The lunar cycle's association with migraine headache occurrence.Headache · 2026Article
- The diversity of lepidopteran spatial orientation strategies - neuronal mechanisms and emerging challenges in a changing world.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Review
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- Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Integrated of metabolome and transcriptome analysis reveals the effect of artificial light at night on Platanus orientalis L.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Artificial light at night alters foraging behavior of freshwater amphipods depending on the light spectrum and the presence of predation cues.Current zoology · 2025Article
- AI, citizen science, and the 2024 eclipse emphasize the importance of light for bird behavior.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- The Effect of 3000 K LED Lamps on the Photosynthesis and Morphology of Deciduous Tree Species.Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Impact of light pollution on the success of loggerhead turtle nesting in Chebba, Tunisia.Open veterinary journal · 2025Article
- Redefining the photic zone: beyond the autotroph-centric view of light in the ocean.Communications earth & environment · 2025Review
- Beyond Lux: methods for species and photoreceptor-specific quantification of ambient light for mammals.BMC biology · 2024Article
- Pulsed artificial light at night alters moth flight behaviour.Biology letters · 2024Article
- Shedding light with harmonic radar: Unveiling the hidden impacts of streetlights on moth flight behavior.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Harmonic radar suggests greater impact of light pollution for nocturnal insects.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- The moon's influence on the activity of tropical forest mammals.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- The effects of artificial light at night on spider brains.Biology letters · 2024Article
- Anthropogenic disturbance affects calling and collective behaviour in corvid roosts.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Artificial light at night is profoundly altering natural light cycles, particularly as perceived by many organisms, over extensive areas of the globe. This alteration comprises the introduction of light at night at places and times at which it has not previously occurred, and with different spectral signatures. Given the long geological periods for which light cycles have previously been consistent, this constitutes a novel environmental pressure, and one for which there is evidence for biological effects that span from molecular to community level. Here we provide a synthesis of understanding of the form and extent of this alteration, some of the key consequences for terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, interactions and synergies with other anthropogenic pressures on the environment, major uncertainties, and future prospects and management options. This constitutes a compelling example of the need for a thoroughly interdisciplinary approach to understanding and managing the impact of one particular anthropogenic pressure. The former requires insights that span molecular biology to ecosystem ecology, and the latter contributions of biologists, policy makers and engineers.
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