Effect of spectral composition of artificial light on the attraction of moths

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2274-2281

  van Langevelde, Frank ^a   Ettema, Jody A ^a,b   Donners, Maurice ^c   WallisDeVries, Michiel F ^a,b   Groenendijk, Dick ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS LIGHTING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body size dependent effect; Cascading effects; Ecology of the night; Lepidoptera; Light pollution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EYE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT POLLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH WORK; SIZE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WAVELENGTH;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 79960906969     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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