Green light for nocturnally migrating birds

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Poot, Hanneke ^a   Ens, Bruno J ^b   de Vries, Han ^c   Donners, Maurice A H ^d   Wernand, Marcel R ^e   Marquenie, Joop M ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIPS LIGHTING   (Netherlands)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f Shell EP Europe (NAM BV)

Author keywords

Artificial light; Bird friendly lighting; Ecological light pollution; Light color; Magnetic compass; Nocturnally migrating birds; Orientation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; LIGHT EFFECT; MIGRATION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; WAVELENGTH;

AVES;

EID: 58749106476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02720-130247     Document Type: Article

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