Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36620423›Full record

ArticleEcology and evolution2023

The spectral composition of a white light influences its attractiveness to

Roksana Wilson, Christopher E C Cooper, Rochelle J Meah, Andrew Wakefield, Nicholas W Roberts, Gareth Jones

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Scaling artificial light at night and disease vector interactions into socio-ecological systems: a conceptual appraisal.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023
    Review
  4. Mitigating the impacts of street lighting on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Roksana WilsonSchool of Biological Sciences University of Bristol Bristol UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5711-4285
Christopher E C CooperSchool of Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Engineering Maths University of Bristol Bristol UK.
Rochelle J MeahSchool of Biological Sciences University of Bristol Bristol UK.
Andrew WakefieldSchool of Biological Sciences University of Bristol Bristol UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2708-2240
Nicholas W RobertsSchool of Biological Sciences University of Bristol Bristol UK.
Gareth JonesSchool of Biological Sciences University of Bristol Bristol UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-3735

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/I/00007039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insect attraction to artificial light can potentially facilitate disease transmission by increasing contact between humans and vectors. Previous research has identified specific wavelength bands, such as yellow and red, that are unattractive to biting flies. However, narrow-band, non-white lights are unsuitable for home lighting use as their very poor color rendering is often considered aesthetically undesirable. The creation of a white light that is unattractive to insects has so far remained elusive. White light can be created by combining a number of narrow-band light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Through choice chamber experiments on

Indexed as

Dipteralight attractionmetamerismphototaxisspectral wavelength preferences

Identifiers

PMID36620423
PMCPMC9817194

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