ArticlePeerJ2018
Artificial light at night alters life history in a nocturnal orb-web spider.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A meta-analysis of biological impacts of artificial light at night.Nature ecology & evolution · 2021Pooled it
- Impact of light pollution spectra and intensity on the development and mortality of tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) larvae.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
- Artificial light at night (ALAN) negatively affects expression of transcripts involved in biosynthesis of molting and juvenile hormones in Bombyx mori.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026Article
- Phase response curve and RNA-sequencing demonstrate spiders' sensitivity to light and pinpoint candidate light-responsive genes.PloS one · 2026Article
- Dietary melatonin supplementation mitigates the negative effects of artificial light at night in the Pacific field cricket,Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Herbivory rate is elevated but orb-weaver spider growth unaffected by artificial light at night in subtropical forest.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2025Article
- Light pollution disrupts seasonal reproductive phenotypes and reduces lifespan in the West Nile vector, Culex pipiens.Journal of insect physiology · 2024Article
- The effects of artificial light at night on spider brains.Biology letters · 2024Article
- Light pollution disrupts circadian clock gene expression in two mosquito vectors during their overwintering dormancy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Eyeless cave-dwellingScience advances · 2023Article
- High-quality host plant diets partially rescue female fecundity from a poor early start.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Light pollution: a landscape-scale issue requiring cross-realm consideration.UCL open. Environment · 2022Review
- Long-term exposure to artificial light at night in the wild decreases survival and growth of a coral reef fish.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Artificial light at night at the terrestrial-aquatic interface: Effects on predators and fluxes of insect prey.PloS one · 2020Article
- Exposure to Artificial Light at Night and the Consequences for Flora, Fauna, and Ecosystems.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Review
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Abstract
The prevalence of artificial light at night (ALAN) is increasing rapidly around the world. The potential physiological costs of this night lighting are often evident in life history shifts. We investigated the effects of chronic night-time exposure to ecologically relevant levels of LED lighting on the life history traits of the nocturnal Australian garden orb-web spider (
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