Mapping artificial lightscapes for ecological studies

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 534-540

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diurnal; Landscape ecology; Light; Light pollution; Night; Nocturnal; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902082085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12182     Document Type: Article

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