Shedding light on moths: Shorter wavelengths attract noctuids more than geometrids

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Somers Yeates, Robin ^a   Hodgson, David ^a   Mcgregor, Peter K ^b   Spalding, Adrian ^c   Ffrench Constant, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Cornwall College Newquay ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Spalding ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial light pollution; Ecological impact; Lepidoptera; Metal halide street lights; Moth population declines

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENTOMOLOGY; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT POLLUTION; MOTH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; WAVELENGTH;

EUROPE;

GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIGHT POLLUTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT; METAL HALIDE STREET LIGHTS; MOTH; MOTH POPULATION DECLINES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION;

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT POLLUTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LEPIDOPTERA; METAL HALIDE STREET LIGHTS; MOTH POPULATION DECLINES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENGLAND; LIGHT; MOTHS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84880791760     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0376     Document Type: Article

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