UV radiation as an attractor for insects

LEUKOS - Journal of Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-56

  Barghini, Alessandro ^a   De Medeiros, Bruno Augusto Souza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Insects; Light pollution; Light trespass; Uv radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING; BUG-FREE; DEGREE OF VISIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT; EXTERIOR LIGHTING; INSECTS; LIGHT POLLUTION; LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY;

POLLUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LIGHTING;

EID: 84870216411     PISSN: 15502724     EISSN: 15502716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1582/LEUKOS.2012.09.01.003     Document Type: Article

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