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ArticleRoyal Society open science2023

A light-exploiting insectivorous bat shows no melatonin disruption under lights with different spectra.

Alicia M Dimovski, Stephen R Griffiths, Kerry V Fanson, Danielle L Eastick, Kylie A Robert

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alicia M DimovskiSchool of Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5451-2202
Stephen R GriffithsSchool of Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia.
Kerry V FansonSchool of Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia.
Danielle L EastickSchool of Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia.
Kylie A RobertSchool of Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia.
La Trobe University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural light-dark cycles synchronize an animal's internal clock with environmental conditions. The introduction of artificial light into the night-time environment masks natural light cues and has the potential to disrupt this well-established biological rhythm. Nocturnal animal species, such as bats, are adapted to low light conditions and are therefore among the most vulnerable to the impacts of artificial light at night (ALAN). The behaviour and activity of insectivorous bats is disrupted by short-wavelength artificial light at night, while long-wavelength light is less disruptive. However, the physiological consequences of this lighting have not been investigated. Here, we examine the effect of LEDs with different spectra on urinary melatonin in an insectivorous bat. We collected voluntarily voided urine samples from Gould's wattled bats (

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ALANcircadian disruptionLEDlight pollutionmicrochiropteraurinary melatonin

Identifiers

PMID36998760
PMCPMC10049747
OpenAlexW4361212301

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