Street lighting changes the composition of invertebrate communities

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 764-767

  Davies, Thomas W ^a   Bennie, Jonathan ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial light pollution; Community composition; Ground dwelling invertebrates; High pressure sodium; Street lights

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HIGH PRESSURE; INVERTEBRATE; LIGHT EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SODIUM; SURVIVORSHIP; URBANIZATION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866234125     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0216     Document Type: Article

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