Individual-based measurements of light intensity provide new insights into the effects of artificial light at night on daily rhythms of urban-dwelling songbirds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 681-692

  Dominoni, Davide M ^a,b   Carmona Wagner, Esther O ^c   Hofmann, Michaela ^d   Kranstauber, Bart ^a,b   Partecke, Jesko ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms; Light at night; Light loggers; Light pollution; Night shift; Noise; Radiotelemetry; Sleep disruption; Temporal niche; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; TURDUS MERULA;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CITY; GERMANY; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CITIES; GERMANY; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SONGBIRDS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84898541965     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12150     Document Type: Article

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