Spectral composition of light sources and insect phototaxis, with an evaluation of existing spectral response models

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 225-231

  van Grunsven, Roy H A ^a,b   Donners, M ^c   Boekee, K ^d   Tichelaar, I ^d   van Geffen, K G ^a   Groenendijk, D ^e   Berendse, F ^a   Veenendaal, E M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d VAN HALL LARENSTEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial light pollution; Attraction; Lepidoptera; Mercury vapour; Night; Trapping

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; LIGHT POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MODELING; MOTH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAPPING;

EUROPE;

EID: 84901470210     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9633-9     Document Type: Article

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